What Finally Killed AirPower

Re:What Finally Killed AirPower by X-Istence on Saturday March 30, 2019 @01:06PM (#19530503)

Here's a wireless charger from Anker that sits at an angle that I use at my desk:

https://www.amazon.com/Anker-Qi-Certified-Compatible-Fast-Ch...

With the angle it sits at, when notifications come in FaceID will correctly ID me and unlock the device so I can at a glance see what the notification is.

As for syncing? All of that is done to the cloud, so that's not really something I care much about.

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Re:What Finally Killed AirPower by NeedMoreTea on Saturday March 30, 2019 @04:27PM (#19531631)

Quite - why complexify and lower the charge efficiency it by making it wireless to hold it in exactly the same position as dock?

A perfect example - to my mind - of where a dock would be better, and probably cheaper.

As far as cloud goes, I realise I'm an outlier - perhaps not so much on HN - but I want local copies and start by mistrusting cloud unless I have adequate redundancy. So iPhone gets locally backed up still. Can't see that changing soon, wireless or no. :)

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Re:What Finally Killed AirPower by X-Istence on Saturday April 06, 2019 @06:21PM (#19593360)

My iPhone can wirelessly back up to iTunes on my Mac Mini while charging on my wireless dock using WiFi.

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