• The Chargepad Is Panasonic's New Wireless Charging Solution For Mobile Chargers

    Serkan Toto

    Dr. Serkan Toto is an independent consultant and advisor focusing on Japan’s web, mobile and social gaming industries. Based in Tokyo, he works together with financial institutions and startups worldwide. Serkan has been the Japan contributor for TechCrunch.com since 2008. He is sept-lingual, holds an MBA and is a PhD in economics. → Learn More

    Thursday, April 21st, 2011

    If you’re like me, you don’t leave the house without a mobile charger in case the cell phone battery goes dry. And that’s exactly the target group for the so-called Chargepad Panasonic announced [JP] today: it’s essentially a device that charges mobile chargers wirelessly (also compare this to Hitachi’s approach by which you charge gadgets, in that case the iPhone, directly).

    Along with the Qi-certified Chargepad itself, Panasonic also introduced compatible mobile chargers in two different sizes today (see below, the QE-CV201 is a case): the 5,400mAh model (QE-PL201-W) will be priced at $67, while the QE-PL101-W with 2,700mAh will cost $49.

    In Japan, Panasonic will start selling both models and the Chargepad itself on June 24 (no word yet regarding a possible international release). The Chargepad itself will cost $61.