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This problem's already solved. Qi is the standard. Duracell Powermat is effectively just Qi with proprietary advertisement and tracking codes (light DRM) added
by maxsilver 12y ago
This problem's already solved. Qi is the standard.
Duracell Powermat is effectively just Qi with proprietary advertisement and tracking codes (light DRM) added on to it. As far as I can tell, it only exists because Duracell keeps throwing money at it.
This isn't a Blu-Ray/HD-DVD problem. It's more like a CD vs MiniDisc fight. Or a USB vs Lightning fight.
- wahsd 12y agoWhat? Isn't that the same issue, they're incompatible with each other? So does Qi work with Powermat and vice versa?
- ianburrell 12y agoThey are incompatible. Up until recently, only Qi charging was available for phone. PMA was mostly supported by places like Starbucks offering wireless charging because it can track individual users. Samsung Galaxy S6 is the first phone to work with both Qi and PMA.
- matmann2001 12y agoDuracell uses the PMA standard, which does have incompatible differences with Qi. Primarily the frequency of power transfer and the pairing/syncing logic.