Interested in some inductive charging for your iPad 2? If the idea of inductive charging sounds good to you, and with the added bonus of it being a wall mounted inductive charger feels like icing on the cake, iPort may have something for you with their LaunchPort wall mounted inductive charger for the iPad 2.
As
the name implies, the LaunchPort can be wall mounted and is an
inductive charger and it will consist of three parts. The PowerShuttle
which is a hard case with inductive charging meant to house your iPad 2, then there is the BaseStation which is table top mounted charging station for the PowerShuttle, and finally there is the WallStation which is the wall mounted charging station for the PowerShuttle.
The
PowerShuttle "sticks" onto the BaseStation and WallStation magnetically
and will allow the user to rotate the iPad as they please. We can't
speak for the strength of the magnet, but it does seem a little scary
(and dangerous) to leave your iPad on the wall connected via only a
magnet, but based on the demo video (below) it seems secure enough.
The PowerShuttle case is not just a hard case
with inductive charging capabilities. It seems that it has been
designed in such a way that supposedly passively amplifies and directs
sound towards the front of the iPad, which apparently will result in a
better listening experience.
If all that sounded good, be
prepared to pay as the PowerShuttle case will retail for $149, the
BaseStation for $199 and the WallStation for $199. The LaunchPort is expected to be made available in Q4 2011.
source:Ubergizmo
