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A white knight for Splashpower?

Posted on April 30, 2008

As I vaguely predicted a year ago as part of my series on unmarketable technologies , Cambridge-based Splashpower has gone into administration. This is a sad day for the forces of openness and interconnectivity who have once again been defeated by the ogre of proprietary systems and consumer lock-in. With its universal charging pad, Splashpower tried to free us from our dozens of phone and PDA chargers so that we can get on with letting these devices improve our productivity rather than weigh down our briefcases. But it was not to be. None of the consumer electronics or phone vendors...

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