Need to recharge? Starbucks might be able to cure all that ails you! AT&T and Starbucks have announced that they are teaming up to provide wireless charging in 200 Starbucks locations. The roll out will start in the San Francisco Bay area, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see it expand nationally.
While enjoying your latte or espresso pick me up, customers will be able to charge their phones simply by placing it on a disk embedded in the cafe table or bar. “The wireless charging will use technology developed by Power Matters Alliance, an organization backed by AT&T, Starbucks and Google. The technology involves magnetic induction: When a phone is placed on a surface, an electrical current creates a magnetic field, which creates voltage to power the phone.”
“AT&T said Starbucks was the first brand it was working with in rolling out wireless charging. Jeff Howard, an executive in AT&T’s mobile device division, said his team had been in talks to bring wireless charging to airports, restaurants and hotels, too. This is an example of how AT&T is pushing its brand into outlets outside its own retail stores, while also trying to popularize a technology on which it has bet a lot of money.”
Source & Photo Credit: The New York Times
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