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Intel preps wireless charging tech for ultrabooks and smartphones

Updated Dec 19th, 2018 8:32PM EST
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Intel (INTC) is trying to make sure that smartphone users never have to worry about misplacing their chargers again, DigiTimes reports. Unnamed supply chain sources told DigiTimes that Intel plans on unleashing its wireless charging technology in the second half of 2013 by implementing it on Intel-based smartphones and ultrabooks. According to DigitTimes, the Intel charging technology “uses an ultrabook as the power source paired with related software and a transmitter to wirelessly charge a smartphone” and “will feature lower power consumption and does not require the phone to be put in a very specific position.”

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Brad Reed has written about technology for over eight years at BGR.com and Network World. Prior to that, he wrote freelance stories for political publications such as AlterNet and the American Prospect. He has a Master's Degree in Business and Economics Journalism from Boston University.