Intelligent Communications Update
Wireless Charging
Almost everyone who owns a mobile phone, PDA, Blackberry or other electronic gizzmo has had the experience of a flat battery just when you need the gadget most. Then again with so many devices each needing a different type of charging unit, it takes excess baggage just to carry them around.
Arizona based mobile technology company WildCharge could be coming over the horizon with a solution that does away with the need for all of this hardware.
The WildCharger pad is a thin, flat surface. Once a mobile phone or other electronic device is placed on the pad it begins to charge. A single pad can re-charge all of your devices, no wires, no different types of connection.
The only catch is that you need to enable your device to work on the charger by replacing the back cover with an adaptor. The adaptor contains tiny external contacts that close the circuit with the pad.
The company claims that the pad does not interfere with the operation of electronic equipment, has no impact of reception quality emits no harmful radiation and delivers power as efficiently as your device was plugged into a wall socket.
For around £45 you can say goodbye to borrowing colleagues or hotel chargers.
BT online billing problem
Throughout October a number of BT clients had money taken out of their bank accounts before they had access to their online BT bill. This is against the banking variable direct debiting rules which state that a bill must be made available to clients before money is taken from the account.
Bt have acknowledged that a number of clients were unable to view their bills before BT removed funds from their bank account.