That battery recharge gimick

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Post by GORDON »

So a long time ago I was seeing Best Buy commercials for that electric pad that allowed you to recharge phones and whatever by simply placing them on the pad. i think someone here mentioned it too.

Whatever happened to those? Don't hear about them any more.
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They're out there, but stupid.

I looked into them and something for me was a deal killer, but I don't remember what.
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Post by Malcolm »

It's just a shorter, flatter wire.
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They're becoming slightly more popular now, but are expensive. And slower.
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