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Charge your stuff wirelessly!!! But theres a catch.....

Mike Anthony | 09:33 UK time, Thursday, 15 April 2010

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I got hold of this wonderful new invention that's supposed to help you get rid of that mess of wires we all have with chargers everywhere.its called the (you may have heard of it).

Basically it looks like a slim black plate and the concept is brilliant. I was lead to believe that all you had to do was plonk your phone down on the plate and Bobs your uncle but no! Theres a catch to get this thing to work you gotta buy the dock/sleeve or whatever its called for each of your gadgets that needs charging. Now each sleeve costs around 30 quid (about double the cost of a charger) add that to the cost of the plate which is around 70 quid and its starting to be pretty expensive. The whole point of this gadget is to free up your wires and plug sockets by charging everything in one place but not if you need a mortgage to do it!

In fairness it does work well and everything charged just like a normal charger, even the sleeves are quite cool (the iphone/touch sleeve doubles as a neat case), but I'm broke man, and would have to think hard even if I had the money.

PROS
1. Gets rid of all your chargers and wires.
2. Works well, and looks cool, so you can impressive your friends.
3. Does UBS charging aswell.
4. Sleeves for all the popular gadgets.

CONS
1. More expensive than other chargers.
2. Need separate sleeves for each gadget (LONG!).
3. Those sleeves are expensive too.
4. Only does 3 gadgets at a time plus 1 USB charge.
5. Total cost very prohibitive.

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