Sony, Toshiba, and LG-Electronics have upgraded their membership of the Wireless Power Consortium. They have joined the highest member category, the so-called 'regular members'.

The wireless power consortium now has 19 regular members out of a total of 106 members:

1. ConvenientPower
2. Delta Energy Systems
3. Energizer
4. Freescale Semiconductor
5. Fulton Innovation
6. Haier
7. Hanrim
8. Huawei
9. Leggett & Platt
10. LG Electronics
11. Nokia
12. Philips
13. Powerkiss
14. Sang Fei
15. Panasonic
16. Sony
17. ST-Ericsson
18. Texas Instruments
19. Toshiba

The regular members jointly govern the wireless power consortium. They make significant investment in time and money to make Qi the global standard.
 

Sometimes a new technology changes our behavior.

Has wireless power technology that potential?

Let's do a psychological experiment to find out. Take your phone, connect the power cable, and place the phone on your desk. Do you feel any hesitation to pick up the phone to make a call? What happens when the phone rings? Do you feel annoyed that you have to unplug the phone? I do. It is a subtle effect, but it influences how I charge my phone. I tend to delay charging until the battery runs low or until I know that I won't be using my phone for a while.

Connector-free charging changes that behavior. When people don't feel reluctant they will charge more often and for shorter periods. And that will improve the user experience of high-performance, power-hungry, smart-phones.