Apple has filed a patent for wireless inductive charging mat for iPhone, other mobile devices

29. jael206 posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:07 19 0

Hey PA.. Do your beloved readers a favor and make an article about this awesome news. Thanks PA!

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/09/patent-busting-crowdsourced/

44. PhenomFaz posted on 27 Sep 2012, 11:25 10 0

I mean come on Rotten Apple first fix the wireless in the device then move on to wireless charging and other wireless stuff externally.
For those who arent aware there is a wi-fi bug in iPhone 5 / iOS6!

THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN ISSUED IN PUBLIC INTEREST :)

67. metalpoet (unregistered) posted on 27 Sep 2012, 14:30 8 0

Do you know why so many idiots think that the icr*p is the best phone ever? Thats because most of them are too stupid to read reviews on Apple products on non biased websites like these. Instead they go on Apple.com and blindly pay way too much for last years technology. I work for a wireless sales based company that sells AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint phones and I am sick and tired of hearing about the f**king iCr*p 5, no offense but its mostly from women and femy men who think there the sh*t because that have some fragile POS phone covered in breakable glass! Apple die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die die!

71. Jelly_Bean posted on 27 Sep 2012, 15:38 3 0

Get a life Tim Cook n his team....

I don't f**king care about PA even if they ban me just f**kk offf rotten Apple.....!!!!

79. Android2627 posted on 27 Sep 2012, 21:44 2 0

Height Of BLO*DY SH*T Man Apple is a REAL THREAT TO INNOVATION of Future.
Apple will patent it and Block all PHONES Supporting it and after 4-5 years perhaps Launch its iSH*T With this and iFANS WOULD DANCE LIKE A GAY SEEING THIS AS TECHNOLOGY MARVEL OF THE DECADE
IF U WANT TO BAN ME I WONT CARE IFANS BUT THIS IS DISGUSTING

4. AliNSiddiqui posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:16 17 1

We all have 10 phones with signals to towers, WiFi connection from all the laptops, mobiles, etc. to the modem... And all that...

7. StephenElop (banned) posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:19 8 0

Your phone is a better radiator than that close range wireless charging lol..

12. drazyw posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:26 6 0

Yeah, it's just an inductor. They are in every electronic device on the planet. EM fields generated by inductive charging on this scale are on the very low end.

22. McLTE posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:43 22 0

All these watts floating in the air.. that's the funniest thing I've read in a while!

I just had a swarm of them buzzing around my head like bees!

No worries.. Apple will also invent iWatt repellent.

23. StephenElop (banned) posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:44 8 0

LOL you got it bro, Apple will invent iCoat too.

28. eisenbricher posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:07 8 0

lmao!! Made my day xDD

21. bobfreking55 posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:40 22 0

Nokia and Motorola should patent pressing on numbers to call a contact, texting and even using an antenna and a screen. THEY WERE FIRST. They should patent chargers too, and games (snake) and earpieces and microphones and loudspeakers. I hate the patent system.

26. No_Nonsense posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:52 11 0

You sir, are awesome.

36. neutralguy posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:26 11 0

Patent system was a crap since edison and tesla.

True, motorola and nokia are the first to develop these kinds. But funny thing is that, a new comer, such as apple, is beating them a mile. Apple is like edison, wait for something to be pioneered on and try to do a paperwork for that thing and try to be the first on the patent office.

On the other hand, nokia, motorola are like tesla. They don't give a sh*t on patents. They focus on developing what has been there.

37. neutralguy posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:31 7 0

But can't blame them. First come first serve.

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86. bobfreking55 posted on 30 Sep 2012, 10:51 1 0

just wait till they patent the notification bar, the widgets and even live tiles.

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13. moroninc posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:26 14 0

Just goes to show that Apple can't be trusted. Nokia should have patented every possible patent for the wireless technology, if this isn't suppressing innovation then i don't know what is. Just a big Bully is what Apple is!!

40. asseek posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:57 3 0

lol Apple is like a nerd turned into a bully, fighting everyone but do all the mathematics for this fight (by patents and court rooms). all manufacturers should patent their works and sue Apple for every infringement they make

78. InspectorGadget80 posted on 27 Sep 2012, 21:22 0 0

they won't sue Nokia but everyone else this is fcking stupid. If Apple hadn't made a phone they would it ipatent the who damn tech world. Their wouldn't be NO LAW SUITS

9. StephenElop (banned) posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:22 9 0

Dude, you know what?!?
This converted me to an anti Apple guy..

I am a Nokia fan myself.

20. moroninc posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:37 7 0

hey isn't editing a technology and patenting it sort of like Plagiarism? i know Apple is against copying ala Sammy and Android, but i know that 'iphone' was a trademark owned by cisco systems before they sued Apple... so they can act all innocent they want, AAPL is Evil and run by crooks.

50. bayusuputra posted on 27 Sep 2012, 11:56 3 0

didn't you know that hypocrisy is apple's 2nd motto after litigation?
the third one is to copy but sue others who copy them..

15. dexter_jdr posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:28 5 0

well, fukk their greediness.............

30. No_Nonsense posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:08 1 1

The question is: Why patent something which is already seen on existing devices/ there is a prior art for?

38. Aeires (unregistered) posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:35 3 0

It's lame, but because they can.

The patent office needs a major overhaul, but recent patent reform may help because they just started allowing people the ability to fight submitted patent applications if they have enough evidence like prior art to invalidate the claim.

52. bayusuputra posted on 27 Sep 2012, 11:59 3 0

I have a feeling that USPTO favours apple just because they are american company, hence they always grant stupid patents for apple just so that it will gain trade advantages in the US..

it's dirty, it's political, it's apple..

18. StephenElop (banned) posted on 27 Sep 2012, 09:30 5 0

no my dad's idea

32. No_Nonsense posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:11 3 0

Create and complicated with Apple? More like Having to create another device you have to plug into the wall is actually, for most situations, is detrimental to are sky high profit margins. The $400 margins will come down to $375.

53. bayusuputra posted on 27 Sep 2012, 12:05 4 0

dude, it's just their lame excuse for being late into the scene again..
I bet this and NFC will be their highlight for the iPhone 5S..

fark you, apple!

31. No_Nonsense posted on 27 Sep 2012, 10:09 5 0

One of Palm's devices had wireless charging before this patent was filed for.

66. JC557 posted on 27 Sep 2012, 14:20 1 0

And it was also the topic of many tech magazines years before that.

SMH at Apple's hipster arrogance.

47. asseek posted on 27 Sep 2012, 11:42 3 0

same here!! a Nokia fan from the begining till now, but was a bit positive about apple, but now no

45. asseek posted on 27 Sep 2012, 11:34 2 0

+1 for this comment

56. bayusuputra posted on 27 Sep 2012, 12:11 3 0

I can make it better, APPLE WAY, by just doodling a way to charge the device(s) wirelessly without even having to put them on the mat, I can use ultrasound or EM waves to vibrate particles inside the phone, and a mechanism would turn the kinetic energy from the vibrations into electrical energy..

well, sorry i don't have a prototype, but i will patent this anyway..

apple didn't have a prototype, and they only provide some sketches..

and this is the APPLE WAY, turning dreams into sketches and patent the heck of it, without even have one single working prototype.. yeah, fuk apple!