Starbucks has announced that it plans to install Powermat wireless charging in stores across the U.S. after a small-scale trial proved successful.
The
Powermat Spots will first be installed in stores in the San Francisco
Bay Area, before being rolled out in the company's coffee shops
nationwide. The west coast will see the wireless charging spots first,
during 2014, while the rest of the U.S. will catch up in 2015. Each
store should receive at least 10 charging spots.
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Why Was the Computer Never Patented?
At
the moment, there are two dueling wireless charging standards: Qi,
backed by companies like HTC, Nokia, Samsung and Sony, and WiCC, backed
by Google, AT&T and Duracell. The Starbucks program uses Duracell
Powermats, so it's a serious win for WiCC—and could, perhaps, be enough
to finally make the standard mainstream. Perhaps.