[Galaxy S III Accessories] sircody:
Why do you think that companies have millions to waste by making 20 different standards of Wireless charging, just for sport? fun?

Come on...Only a Stupid company would challange a Big issue like this if there was already 2 or 3 started. The Whole point of a Standard is????????

Standards are a big part of everyday Life....Gas, Standards.......Electricity....Standards........D/C Volts, Standards.....All phones going to or have gone to one STANDARD Port, Micro USB......

HMMMM......Except Apple, Which isn't saying much because they are on the road to Being forgotten in the near future. And the Biggest Complaint, even from the Apple Fans, is that they can't use other devices, adapters etc and leaves them out of the Circle etc.....One chose to have their own standard and look at what is happening, Android is the Dom on Devices and no reason for it to Slow down. But apple's standard doesn't make you a special person, it makes you less In with the Crowd, pretty much Useless....LOL

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The Pads on other Induction Chargers have a Circuit board with the Coil to communicate to the Pad. TouchStone never had this ability. The chip in the battery told the Pod it was Full.

Powermat and Samsungs Standards will talk to several devices all at the same time and find out what each device requires in power, say one needs 5 volt while the laptop, needs 18 volts etc etc.....A Palm coil will not work on any PowerMats or others...

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Palm Never had a TouchStone Wireless car charger. For one, it needs a Safety standard...The magnets in the Pod of the TouchStone Grab the little round Metal discs in the Battery cover of the Phone and makes sure the coils are lined correctly. Samsungs/Powermats chargers won't require a Exact placement. It's called Spatial Freedom...below is Qi specs for Manufactures on making a car charger...

10 page Spec Requirements are downloadable...http://www.wirelesspowerconsortium....ines-for-automotive-aftermarket-chargers.html

2 Introduction

Qi Products use wireless signals to send power from the Transmitter to the Receiver, and

will often use other wireless signals (Ping) to detect the presence of a Receiver on the

Transmitter.

The frequency band of these wireless signals is between 110KHz and 205KHz.

In an automotive system it is possible for the wireless signals generated by the Qi

Transmitter to interfere with some of the systems within a car. Specifically key fobs used as

an immobilizer or passive start system, AM/FM radios as well as tire pressure monit

3 Safety

3.1 Foreign object detection:

An automotive aftermarket inductive charging system shall incorporate means for

foreign object detection (FOD). The Qi Low Power Standard states in part 2, “....

3.2 Retention System for Transmitters and Receivers

3.2.1 Attachment of Transmitters in Automobiles

Manufacturers of automotive aftermarket transmitters shall include with the charger

installation instructions that provide means for secure mounting. For proper mounting

distances from other devices refer to section 4.1.1 of this guideline.

3.2.2 Retention of Receivers to a Transmitter

Mechanical means should be provided to hold........

3.2.3 Alignment Aids

Alignment aids assist the mobile device user in finding the charging zone. At least

one method should be utilized. Examples of these could be retention clips that hold

the device while aligning the inductive coils, magnets, visual target zones, alignment

lights or providing a clearly identified charging zone that has an array of transmitter

coils or a self-aligning transmitter coil.