When are we going to get honest-to-god wireless charging?

Mobile World Congress is one of those events that make you realize the thin line between civilization and barbarism is the width of a single charging cable.

Anyone who's attended MWC (or any massive trade show) is familiar with the creeping dread caused by watching your phone's battery power seep away over the course of a very long workday. Tweet by tweet, photo by photo, text by text, the percentage points tick away, until you're scrambling in your bag for a battery pack amid a tangle of chargers and cables or searching the packed halls and press lounges for a free plug point — an oasis in the desert. Read more...