A "Wireless Charging" kit for iPods circa 2009

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  • @irtbmtind89
    @irtbmtind89 4 года назад +2458

    I remember one of these being the grand prize at a charity raffle at (I think) my younger brother's school.
    Powermat doesn't make consumer products anymore but they developed a lot of the fundamentals of wireless charging technology and own a bunch of patents for it; I believe they get a royalty for every set of Airpods sold.

  • @ilyac1802
    @ilyac1802 4 года назад +8261

    I have never even owned an ipod, but I just found this channel - and let me tell you I'm ABSOLUTELY HOOKED.

    • @DankPods
      @DankPods  4 года назад +1089

      Thanks!

    • @comradecameron3726
      @comradecameron3726 4 года назад +201

      Dankpods is good at making videos.

    • @Setupthemabomb
      @Setupthemabomb 4 года назад +80

      Boy, i bought a 3rd gen iPod AFTER binging on this channel.

    • @bagatatalapuba
      @bagatatalapuba 4 года назад +10

      same

    • @valknight5748
      @valknight5748 4 года назад +19

      @@Setupthemabomb Same! My 5th gen is turning up next week, managed to score it for about £40 and it's in good condition

  • @oqfktm
    @oqfktm 4 года назад +1686

    7:25 : "I've got plans for the receiver inside of this."
    This guy is up to something.

    • @lonerider92
      @lonerider92 4 года назад +103

      Wireless charged chungus.

    • @morsine
      @morsine 4 года назад +10

      @@HelenGPitts well i live in middle East, it could be awesome if you can give me 30$ :D

    • @SkylarsTerribleMemes
      @SkylarsTerribleMemes 4 года назад +15

      @@HelenGPitts bit sketchy that i have to pay for "training materials"

    • @ジオバニー
      @ジオバニー 4 года назад +8

      Helen G. Pitts fuck off

    • @StaticVapour590
      @StaticVapour590 4 года назад +5

      @@HelenGPitts go to hell

  • @TechIMO
    @TechIMO 3 года назад +635

    My uni is partnered with this company, and they genuinely do make good wireless charging things. Our library has them built into the desks. All you have to do is set your phone on the table and it starts to charge. It’s honestly great for when you’re working on something. In this case I think they were looking ahead to the future before the technology was ready lol

    • @SylvieTheBagel
      @SylvieTheBagel 2 года назад +17

      so what's the uni, and where do I buy that table?

    • @gunner9037
      @gunner9037 2 года назад +22

      radiation gaming

    • @gergo7507
      @gergo7507 2 года назад +9

      @@SylvieTheBagel Linus tech tips made a video about the same idea, they show you how to make it yourself.

    • @SylvieTheBagel
      @SylvieTheBagel 2 года назад +2

      @@gergo7507 really? where.

    • @SylvieTheBagel
      @SylvieTheBagel 2 года назад +1

      @@gergo7507 nvm found it. thanks for telling me!

  • @badlobster123
    @badlobster123 3 года назад +170

    I am sure this man's most used catchphrase is, "Can you believe no-one bought this?"

  • @4lxAnd3r
    @4lxAnd3r 4 года назад +2707

    "energy saving" wireless transmission needs even more power than cable based charging because it's inefficient as heck

    • @sand0decker
      @sand0decker 4 года назад +39

      See, I would like it for in my car. That with wireless Android Auto (my deck should do it, technically, it has all the hardware just needs a reflash) and I'd have a wireless system that charges

    • @4lxAnd3r
      @4lxAnd3r 4 года назад +88

      @@sand0decker well, I admit there are usecases for it like cars, or imagine they had charging pads integrated in the tables inside trains,
      But most people use them at home and , there are even people which strap a wireless charger to the phone using rubber bands instead of just plugging it in xP

    • @4lxAnd3r
      @4lxAnd3r 4 года назад +26

      @c6amp I've heard of this practice before, I understand the reasoning but with type c for example the ports lifetime should exceed the phones life anyways

    • @broken_font1881
      @broken_font1881 4 года назад +10

      @c6amp I actually have a Samsung Galaxy S7 with a usb type b port that is so loose that it's very difficult to charge it. Also the aux port is worn to the point that aux cables fall out 😩.. still works like a charm tho 😉😄😄😄🤬

    • @4lxAnd3r
      @4lxAnd3r 4 года назад +15

      @c6amp micro usb needs to die! :P

  • @GMHX77
    @GMHX77 4 года назад +2249

    "Chung on my wayward son" Absolutely Beautiful

  • @liamollen3105
    @liamollen3105 4 года назад +268

    I remember seeing this in a store back in 2009! I was young and forgot the name of this device. Thanks for doing a video on it!

  • @watsonwrote
    @watsonwrote 3 года назад +131

    I've been watching a ton of these videos and I was shocked to see that there has been an actual functioning ipad under the green Grit Sacrificial Platform

  • @TheCrunchyThing
    @TheCrunchyThing 4 года назад +413

    Something: *is slightly unruly*
    Dank: *immediately reaches for the 1 grit*

    • @BoganFromBama
      @BoganFromBama Год назад +5

      “Let’s motivate them with a controlled shock.”

    • @OiRyo7
      @OiRyo7 Год назад

      Literally me

  • @Elbown
    @Elbown 4 года назад +406

    My friend had one of these and I was so jealous. You had to have like a case for every device for it to be compatible

    • @DankPods
      @DankPods  4 года назад +192

      Expensive, fiddly, all so you can’t use your phone while charging.

    • @imthatguypal_
      @imthatguypal_ 3 года назад +36

      @@Cooe. Wireless charging is still slow. Takes 20 minutes for like 5% lol. I'll get it in 5 years when they can charge fast and actually be useful.

    • @marcoantoniosenzanoarteaga1857
      @marcoantoniosenzanoarteaga1857 3 года назад +7

      @@DankPods bruh that just ruins the phone's battery

    • @MarioSantos-zx4bj
      @MarioSantos-zx4bj 3 года назад +8

      @@Cooe. not gonna lie, I use one because mine is broken in the charger bit and the only repairman available is someone extremely unreliable

    • @TheLakabanzaichrg
      @TheLakabanzaichrg 3 года назад +4

      Wired is still more reliable in every sense

  • @hunterscars01
    @hunterscars01 4 года назад +2118

    never before have i laughed at a fucking rock but that "1 grit" had me in tears.

    • @zlette
      @zlette 3 года назад +36

      This comment made me laugh.

    • @Laughstation
      @Laughstation 3 года назад +7

      @@huntercasey4416 nice scam

    • @literallymeirl8135
      @literallymeirl8135 3 года назад +3

      @@techofnx3458 suspiciously new accounts

    • @bigbaux4721
      @bigbaux4721 3 года назад +2

      I love how they have a second fake account to follow up on the first LMAO

    • @Pekoe.
      @Pekoe. 3 года назад +4

      @@Laughstation their channel got deleted lmfaooo

  • @MarbleFox162
    @MarbleFox162 4 года назад +388

    You say “Generic Technology Sound” but I had a version of this made specifically for the 3GS back when that was still cutting edge, and i used to take my phone off and put it back on just for the noise. Plus, the sound the 3GS made when you put it on charge mixed with the powermat noise... I felt like a baller.
    0:25 “DONG!!!”

    • @user-tw9bk9is4l
      @user-tw9bk9is4l 4 года назад +6

      DoNg...?

    • @MarbleFox162
      @MarbleFox162 4 года назад +5

      ʕ•ᴥ•ʔEmmuPlayzʕ•ᴥ•ʔ Ah yes, thanks for reminding me!

    • @tauon_
      @tauon_ 3 года назад

      *click* ee-ooo

    • @jadencoucopoulos2567
      @jadencoucopoulos2567 3 года назад +2

      5:04 “Can you believe no one bought this?”

  • @amandaswindell8732
    @amandaswindell8732 4 года назад +22

    I worked at a certain big box electronics retailer when this came out. We got a HUGE shipment for the holiday season that year... and sold almost none of them. We ended the season with a bulk bin of these three-quarters full and several returns. People complained it required too much precision to get it to charge, if they didn’t get it in just the right spot it didn’t work. Nothing like getting yelled at for something you didn’t design.

  • @CreepyKat86
    @CreepyKat86 4 года назад +47

    I’m new to this channel and I’m loving it. I sold these when I worked at Radio Shack. A lot of the things on your channel was something I sold at some point 😂

  • @rorywalters1614
    @rorywalters1614 4 года назад +1682

    I thought that iPad was broken……

    • @AyrisX86
      @AyrisX86 4 года назад +138

      I thought it was an iPad 2 all this time.

    • @Gamerbay2017
      @Gamerbay2017 4 года назад +37

      Well you are both wrong

    • @Miguel-fm8xh
      @Miguel-fm8xh 4 года назад +27

      Morgan Wragg It is iPad 2 or 3 because there is a 30 Pin connector

    • @vladimirputin3426
      @vladimirputin3426 4 года назад +98

      The ShrekPad will never die.

    • @AyrisX86
      @AyrisX86 4 года назад +93

      @@Miguel-fm8xh he states that it is an iPad 4 in the text, also it can't be an iPad 2, or 3, because it features the Press home to unlock interface introduced in iOS 10, an update those 2 iPads cannot run

  • @mshivam019
    @mshivam019 4 года назад +1420

    Make the ipod classic 160gb use it's clicker as speaker

  • @Jzxper
    @Jzxper 4 года назад +661

    this channel is growing really fast and he deserves it!

  • @chutas
    @chutas 4 года назад +21

    I discovered this channel by the Lego iPod,and my new milestone is to watch every vídeo.

  • @Xmetalfanx
    @Xmetalfanx 3 года назад +43

    "Generic Tech Noise" sounds like a cartoon sound for a spider running across the floor ...

  • @IHDHI
    @IHDHI 4 года назад +148

    You got recommended by the algorithm. I’m glad that you did.

    • @THEedcbb3
      @THEedcbb3 3 года назад +5

      A year later, it's done another loop, very thankful to the algorithm gods rn for blessing my ear holes with this goodness

  • @Jpk516
    @Jpk516 4 года назад +28

    I got one for these for Christmas in 2010. One of the coolest pieces of tech I’d ever had. It was pretty amazing for its time

  • @NoobGyver
    @NoobGyver 4 года назад +37

    The thing that makes this channel unique is that nobody else reviews just iPods and I love it

  • @gwilled_cheese_882
    @gwilled_cheese_882 3 года назад +19

    I like how it is actually more effort to plug it in because you have to plug it into dads disneyland and then actually put it on the thing

  • @hrodvithit
    @hrodvithit 3 года назад +93

    Until I can wirelessly charge my phone from 10 meters away, I ain't going wireless. I need to watch twenty of these videos before bed after all.

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 года назад +12

      - Wireless charging requires more power to charge the same amount, since they are less effective.
      - If you have a wireless charger that can only charge on device; instead of having the cable plugged into the charger, plug it straight into your phone; faster charging, less waste of energy.
      - The common argument for why wires are annoying, is because you have to plug and unplug it from the wall ... just don't unplug it from the wall then. "But I need the cable with me"; just buy a second cable. You spend all that money on the charging pad; you could have spent that on several cables instead.

    • @kyraptor2521
      @kyraptor2521 3 года назад +1

      @@Liggliluff but there's also the famous argument of. "But if the cord is plugged in it's wasting power".

    • @r4hsn18
      @r4hsn18 3 года назад +4

      @@kyraptor2521 isn't wireless just gonna spread energy on a whole direction of where your phone is supposed to be? Atleast wires does it directly without spilling, it's like filling a bucket with a spray hose vs a normal hose

    • @krino45
      @krino45 2 года назад

      @@r4hsn18 im pretty sure there's some ways to prevent this with magnetic fields locking or something somehow, im not sure i did it as my filan school project lol
      its still really inefficient though

    • @SheepUndefined
      @SheepUndefined 2 года назад

      @@kyraptor2521 The worst part about people using this as an argument for anything is that the leads on the cord are airgapped at the end, it's wasting no more power than the outlet itself is. These people probably also avoid touching any wire for fear of electrocution, even ones that aren't attached to anything.

  • @NicholasChum
    @NicholasChum 4 года назад +14

    I actually owned one of these for my iPhone 3GS, and the case that attached to the iPhone had a huge rectangular protruded plastic piece on the back of the case that defeated the whole purpose of "wireless" in 2009, because it became 2x heavier. To all those who wanted to know, it had a magnetic snap-on mechanism that was shown in the video that positioned the device on the right location of the mat which was followed by the swirl sound.

  • @ChannelForRandomStuff
    @ChannelForRandomStuff 4 года назад +14

    I cannot get enough of your personality. These videos are addictingly interesting, and I've now purchased an iPod Video 5.5g that I plan to flashmod and diyMod. Thanks for dragging me into this obsession as well.

  • @Akuzastar
    @Akuzastar 4 года назад +442

    Is this like the tech version of how to basic....? 🤔
    I'm liking it.

    • @handikawahyu5538
      @handikawahyu5538 4 года назад +4

      Ohh yea.. 😂

    • @tromick
      @tromick 4 года назад +3

      felt same.

    • @higashichi2691
      @higashichi2691 4 года назад +13

      But he does something

    • @Llama_Loca
      @Llama_Loca 4 года назад +6

      Kind of but he actually does something lol

    • @Claro1993
      @Claro1993 4 года назад +16

      Coincidentally Australian as well.

  • @ylizperdomo
    @ylizperdomo 2 года назад +14

    4:45 I cant stop watching it

  • @re_i_gn
    @re_i_gn 4 года назад +48

    This channel is the Australian Ashens with a higher budget for product testing and production value. Love it!

  • @fifteentwelve
    @fifteentwelve 4 года назад +130

    I'm literally curled upon my bed, laughing mad when those *GENERIC TECHNOLOGY* sounds came on. It's hard to type now.
    Thank you for this video

    • @brenscott5416
      @brenscott5416 3 года назад +1

      I need that as a text tone honestly

  • @colegarvey6934
    @colegarvey6934 4 года назад +96

    “We like spaghetti around here” ™️

    • @DumbMonkey
      @DumbMonkey 3 года назад +1

      awww i guess i cant say that anymore. i was about to tell my wife that while we where devoresing bc she hates spaghetti

  • @mommy_milkers703
    @mommy_milkers703 4 года назад +149

    you should genuinely integrate qi wireless charging into the back of an ipod

    • @refraggedbean
      @refraggedbean 4 года назад +9

      definitely, I was initially disappointed it wasn't, but then I got to see the normal content of this channel and stopped caring

    • @hunterrichardson3845
      @hunterrichardson3845 4 года назад +16

      He would have to make a new back because wireless charging can't go through metal

    • @ssidhuu
      @ssidhuu 4 года назад

      Kalli Katzke: do you mean you liked the channel?

  • @fupperpish109
    @fupperpish109 3 года назад +15

    I have never seen a more Australian looking backyard in my life

  • @watsonwrote
    @watsonwrote 3 года назад +10

    Also I love how one of the features is to "save energy" or whatever when wireless charging is significantly less efficient

  • @jboblk
    @jboblk 4 года назад +83

    Love how he says "iPad 4 lag". Reminds me of my iPad 2 lag, and every other apple device more than 3 years old.

    • @senorcapitandiogenes2068
      @senorcapitandiogenes2068 3 года назад +5

      *any Apple device older than 6 months

    • @eviev2028
      @eviev2028 3 года назад +14

      @John Seed Chill out, mate. He's making a joke.

    • @Theta117
      @Theta117 3 года назад +15

      @John Seed someone's a litlittle sensitive about their product choice

    • @L7vanmatre
      @L7vanmatre 3 года назад +1

      @@Theta117 With how often people insult Apple products where it doesn't apply, I believe I can understand his frustration. Don't get me wrong, Apple is a very frustrating company in a lot of ways, and in my opinion has an overall not-nice business practice. But there's some of their products that people do misunderstand/misrepresent certain products of theirs for the sake of insulting either Apple or its users. And I do believe it's understandable in regards to how unfair that may feel.

    • @Theta117
      @Theta117 3 года назад +7

      @@L7vanmatre I mean their products deserve all the hate they get anyway. Even if it's in bad practice. They shouldn't have the hold on the market like they do and anything that takes that from them is good imo.
      The growing universal hate for apple is good and eventually pushes actual good products to the spotlight similar to what happened to beats by dre.
      Tl dr: Strong general hate for apple good regardless if it's true imo

  • @notjapanesesushi1787
    @notjapanesesushi1787 4 года назад +109

    "Its for scootin' and kahootin' "

  • @etlttc353
    @etlttc353 4 года назад +86

    I loathe every second when i have no fresh dankpods content

  • @liberatorkramit
    @liberatorkramit 3 года назад +33

    I feel like this dude works solely off of not filtering the things from his brain to his mouth. Like he doesn't shorten it coherently or anything. Thought -> Words no middle ground.
    I fucking love it.

  • @ethan4823
    @ethan4823 3 года назад +1

    This was the first ever dankpods video I ever watched and ive been hooked ever since

  • @peepsayschick7502
    @peepsayschick7502 4 года назад +11

    I'd never heard of you until I found one of your flash adapter install videos the other day, but i must say after watching this hilarity I am officially subscribing lol

  • @W00DGR0USE
    @W00DGR0USE 4 года назад +81

    I have my 3D printer running in the background and I was very confused by what you meant buy generic technology sound.

  • @TechNerd22
    @TechNerd22 4 года назад +229

    Actually, wireless charging did exist in 2009!
    The phone "Palm Pre" had modern wireless charging

    • @TechNerd22
      @TechNerd22 4 года назад +1

      @@GrayDaDolf What is the oreo twist?

    • @jerrymartin7019
      @jerrymartin7019 4 года назад +10

      F in the chat for Palm. Gone too soon.

    • @TechNerd22
      @TechNerd22 4 года назад +7

      @@jerrymartin7019 Their still around. They were revived by TCL in 2018.

    • @jerrymartin7019
      @jerrymartin7019 4 года назад

      @@TechNerd22
      Coolio

    • @hulkpanda4378
      @hulkpanda4378 3 года назад +2

      The Palm Pixi also had it.. you had to buy a different back for it... worked great...

  • @mishell128
    @mishell128 3 года назад +7

    The "YAAaeeeeee" noise he makes at 6:30 is fucking sending me

  • @techyrock
    @techyrock 2 года назад +1

    *Fun Fact :* Wireless charging was actually a thing on consumer phones even back then, it was actually Palm's Touch Stone, the brand from which both Apple and Android copied OS elements, iPhone 12's magnetic magsafe is actually how palm phones attached to Touch Stone, @DankPods you collect iPods, Palm's Pre and HP Veer are both good collectables, on side note Nokia N9 too

  • @user-tw9bk9is4l
    @user-tw9bk9is4l 4 года назад +163

    “MmM pOiNtY” - DankPods, 2020
    “ShErP” Also DankPods, 2020

  • @YoutubePizzer
    @YoutubePizzer 4 года назад +8

    7:01 My man you straight just casually brought out a speaker I have chillin literally right next to me from like a decade ago

    • @DankPods
      @DankPods  4 года назад +7

      Funny enough I see them everywhere. eBay, gumtree, thrift stores. They seem to have been popular

  • @nticompass
    @nticompass 4 года назад +8

    I actually remember seeing this charging mat. From what I remember, you had to buy special "adapters" (or back-plates) for each device you wanted to charge on it.

  • @henriott8503
    @henriott8503 5 месяцев назад +1

    It has a "Tüv Rheinland" Logo on it. It is a German product, which somehow found its way to Australia

  • @kroh7742
    @kroh7742 2 года назад +5

    1:01
    I like how the phone on the left is just straight up ascending to some astral realm just by existing in that charger

    • @blu_subwoofer6714
      @blu_subwoofer6714 2 года назад

      If people doesn’t know what font he or she wants, the font is Handel Gothic BT

  • @elijahhatten8717
    @elijahhatten8717 4 года назад +7

    I love this channel 😂❤️ solid work and great comedic timing buddy!

  • @arsenbrough1930
    @arsenbrough1930 4 года назад +4

    Found your Chanel yesterday and it's already my favourite on RUclips. Your personality is second to none

  • @winMANhun
    @winMANhun 4 года назад +67

    1 grit is simply always the perfect solution..

  • @PhredLevi
    @PhredLevi 2 года назад +2

    I remember liking the idea of that at the time but deciding it wasn’t worth it unless they started building it into the device instead of using special shells.
    I was so glad when that happened

  • @aspn-ender645
    @aspn-ender645 3 года назад +1

    I found this channel like what 5 months ago, and I’M HOOKED, dankpods/garbage time: you have potential to get to 10M(and more) keep up this job, and also, thanks to u I got into critical listening and used again an old ipod I had a looong time ago(ipod nano 2gen). Actually, this is the video that got me into the channel.

  • @insertstereotypicalyoutube7327
    @insertstereotypicalyoutube7327 4 года назад +21

    This is some of the greatest stuff on RUclips. I laugh so hard during your vids

  • @katdaddychap
    @katdaddychap 4 года назад +7

    the part that you missed is they sold phone specific battery covers that would convert the phone to wireless charging and you could use it with the power mat. When everyone went to non removable batteries you could no longer get the conversion kits. Also they were kind of pricey so it was a tough sell.

  • @KiranKumar512
    @KiranKumar512 4 года назад +32

    I've never used one, owned one, but everytime when i see dankpods ipod video, I'm like🤩🤩🤩

  • @mad-dog_gamer
    @mad-dog_gamer 3 года назад +1

    You do understand that and 2009 they didn't have the receiver built into every device like they have to day so your phone would have to have a back pack case to receive the power and you need the charging dock to receive the power but at least it got rid of the chords even if you needed a docking station. Or maybe you don't understand how the system works. You could add "not bad for the time" to the end, instead of tossing it out the window.

  • @squidud
    @squidud 4 года назад +5

    Just found this channel and I got some tech content and a good laugh. Keep it up and +1 sub!

  • @AFailedWay
    @AFailedWay 4 года назад +73

    "Bring a bum wipe" - Dank Pod

    • @AyrisX86
      @AyrisX86 4 года назад +5

      Didn't the bum wipe come from the iPod speaker video?

    • @MrPkmngmr
      @MrPkmngmr 4 года назад +8

      *"Bring a bum wipe" *(TM)* -Dank Pod

    • @Its09um
      @Its09um 4 года назад +2

      Morgan Wragg yep

  • @warenwakolj
    @warenwakolj 4 года назад +138

    You should insert the receiver in an ipod for a next video
    Edit: oh I didn't seen the end RIP

    • @lenshibo
      @lenshibo 4 года назад +6

      it wouldn't be possible :( wireless charging doesn't work though a metal back

    • @warenwakolj
      @warenwakolj 4 года назад +8

      @@lenshibo a plastic back?

    • @usy-
      @usy- 4 года назад

      @@warenwakolj has to be glass

    • @usy-
      @usy- 4 года назад +2

      @@levelpanda Huh didn't know that. But I mean it is reasonable as it doesn't say anywhere to not charge through plastic cases, it's only metal things

    • @sporemaster97
      @sporemaster97 4 года назад +1

      @@usy- Glass or plastic, metal would heat up

  • @MATISTHERAT
    @MATISTHERAT 4 года назад +129

    “Imagine bringing this, they’d poo there pants”. That line almost made me pee mine 🤣

    • @raddydydy
      @raddydydy 4 года назад +4

      *_Bring the bum wipe_*

  • @thegingergamer476
    @thegingergamer476 3 года назад

    I swear I’m watching this for like the 7th time over lockdown, this channel is awesome and I was really into getting to know about iPods to restore some of my old ones but when I found this channel, it cured my bad days as I just slap this awesome Australian on and he fixes everything

  • @rvrskng
    @rvrskng 4 года назад

    This company was bought by Duracell a couple years later. I used to have one of these mats and a phone case for iPhone 4, and the little charging brick which was a power bank that charged from it. It was amazing. I loved it so much. And it made a little noise when you put it to charge.

  • @sweetxiiii
    @sweetxiiii 4 года назад +6

    I just love this guy, always waiting for his next videos!!!.
    Love it

  • @Kriath
    @Kriath 4 года назад +25

    Dude, I remember seeing these in JB Hi-Fi back in the their heyday for a good $150+. I just remember thinking "who the hell would spend that much just so they didn't have to use CORDED charging?"
    In 2020, I now realise how much of a pleb I was.

  • @colororb4105
    @colororb4105 4 года назад +4

    I remember seeing a big display for this at a computer store when I was a kid. They even had a spokeswoman from the company there too. Even back then I didn't get the point, it just adds another step after plugging the wire into the device (or using a super bulky case on already bulky 2000s electronics)

  • @EmersonKeeling
    @EmersonKeeling 3 года назад +1

    Here in Canada, they sold those for years. Eventually one of my friends got the DS lite battery adapter, it was futuristic to drop the console onto the charger before bed ! But it bulked up the DS quit a bit... Awesome throwback !

  • @KeepCalmSoldierOn
    @KeepCalmSoldierOn 2 года назад

    Bro my family had this exact same thing! I had a case for my IPod touch that you could just throw on the mat and it worked as well as the wall. Thank you for the throwback.

  • @BokBarber
    @BokBarber 4 года назад +5

    Two days of watching this man's channel and I'm on ebay buying parts to fix my 5th gen ipod video. Well done, good sir.

  • @FoxBlocksHere
    @FoxBlocksHere 4 года назад +10

    Binge-watching your videos has made me wanna go out and buy an iPod 🤭
    Keep up the good videos!

  • @TVAwesomeParodys
    @TVAwesomeParodys 4 года назад +104

    Me: Mom, can we have AirPower?
    Mom: We already have AirPower at home.
    AirPower at home:

    • @tauon_
      @tauon_ 3 года назад

      *mweeeee* nyoom

    • @miguell9591
      @miguell9591 3 года назад

      The AirPower at home is actually better because it exists

  • @Pileot
    @Pileot 4 года назад +1

    Ooh I worked at The Source when these were being sold! There was a wall of powermat compatible cases (think Otterbox but less skookum) for the most popular handheld devices. The gimmick was you had to have a powermat mat AND case on your device to be able to charge and the cases were absurdly expensive for what they were, AND rather bulky.
    That and as the number of devices constantly grew so did the wall space for all the powermat accessories / cases. Eventually it got too much and it turned into "you can order it in" which I never had anybody do. Finally we just stopped stocking any PowerMat stuff in store because, frankly, nearly everyone who expressed interest in one, at least at my store, swiftly lost interest when they learned they would need a case for their phone to allow it to be powermat compatible.
    Also, early power mats were PMA, not Qi compatible, so when the iPhone and Samsung phones started having wireless charging built in consumers looked for charging mats that would work natively, without the extra accessories. Eventually the PMA standard got mothballed and Qi won out.

  • @CastleDoctrineJr
    @CastleDoctrineJr 4 года назад +1

    I remember these actually. My recollection is that they also sold these enormous cases that you'd entomb your ipod, ds, phone, etc into and use those to charge

  • @rpmevo8
    @rpmevo8 4 года назад +10

    “Scootin and cahootin”- DankPods 2020 🤘

  • @CameronHarris
    @CameronHarris 4 года назад +5

    I Still Have One Of Those, I Use It To Charge My Old iPhones and iPods.

  • @beamngcrashcompilationsd6690
    @beamngcrashcompilationsd6690 4 года назад +5

    He broke the thing to get it to fit for nothing. At 8:38 you can see that he could have put that thing on and then it would be to high for the support thing and it would work.

  • @Amy_A.
    @Amy_A. 2 года назад

    Oh man Powermat, that's some nostalgia straight to the veins. I had a touch and was constantly wanting one of these just because they seemed so futuristic. I only just got wireless charging in the last year, and it's exactly as awesome as I always dreamed.

  • @JustLovett0
    @JustLovett0 4 года назад +1

    I had one of these and I loved it with my iPhone 4!!!

  • @FreshExp
    @FreshExp 4 года назад +4

    Dankpods is the BEST RUclips channel ever keep making awesome content

  • @Poleftaiger
    @Poleftaiger 4 года назад +5

    Jesus Christ I never knew there's so much iPod content

  • @thiefrules
    @thiefrules 4 года назад +8

    i remember i bought this for my DS and iPod Touch back in the day. returned it after a week of swearing and crying lol

  • @greatcoldemptiness
    @greatcoldemptiness 3 года назад

    My parents had that exact model and that noise it made when you plugged it in got me nostalgic

  • @8d-everything161
    @8d-everything161 3 года назад +1

    What scares me I thought this was a skateboard that charges your ipod, and the fact that one likely exist.

  • @J8suha
    @J8suha 4 года назад +4

    This was the first vid i ever watched and ended up staying

  • @YJCH0I
    @YJCH0I 3 года назад +3

    8:33 Probably for iPods with a case that prevents it from docking fully.

  • @toxicity42
    @toxicity42 4 года назад +9

    5:37 “Hibbity hib, hib hobbit you can’t stop the SHREK!”

    • @JackKrivan
      @JackKrivan Год назад

      You forgot to trademark it cuz that kinds seems like the theme of the episode lol

  • @eliteap_
    @eliteap_ Год назад

    Lol dude, who are you? You popped up in my feed and I don't regret clicking onto this video at all! Your humour is amazing!
    Subbed!

  • @malletbjm
    @malletbjm 2 года назад

    Oh my god I used to have one of these and never got a special case for my phone so it literally was just a regular charger with extra steps, what a throwback

  • @BrendanLloyd
    @BrendanLloyd 4 года назад +4

    I'm convinced he's actually H2B with the sounds he makes at the end

  • @thePLUHHH
    @thePLUHHH 4 года назад +4

    Auzzie heat could melt the pad into a proper wireless charging mat that CHARGES EVERYWHERE on the mat

  • @HCoRE8
    @HCoRE8 4 года назад +5

    "No spaghetti" Is the best thing of the whole product.

  • @sourishroy1208
    @sourishroy1208 3 года назад

    Please keep making videos on IPODS i just love them!! U just got another subscriber

  • @jamesfromacct
    @jamesfromacct Год назад

    I remember having the 2 device model of this as a teenager, it sounded MUCH cooler than it actually was. I had one of those little ipod stands for my ipod touch, and another puck with a tiny micro usb cable running off of it for my android cell phone because they only made wireless charge cases for the iphone models at that time. Its funny you note how sharp the edges are on the power brick, i used to run my fingers over the edge constantly, as well as constantly making that generic charge bloop noise every time you put something on the pad or took it off.

  • @lecat90
    @lecat90 2 года назад +11

    0:12 when I eat Takis

  • @Mostly_Liminal
    @Mostly_Liminal 3 года назад +6

    2:21 rare footage of dankpods ipad being used

  • @untrust2033
    @untrust2033 3 года назад +4

    7:13 that's what the adaptor(???) thing! Is for!

  • @hoangminhvt98
    @hoangminhvt98 3 года назад +1

    My dad used to own one of this when I was a kid! I remembered it was so cool and futuristic back then, and this video bring so much nostalgia lol! My dad was so into this thing that he bought almost every accessories that comes with it! Lol there was a charging pad thing with multiple types charge for different types of device, so u can connect it with the power mat! I thought it the first "wireless charging" technology, and for a serious amount of time other big companies like Samsung, HTC, Huawei... introduce the wireless charging and I was like.... wait.... this was like 10 years ago nothing new why they introduce it now!

  • @gabe.2701
    @gabe.2701 3 года назад +1

    Your growing so much man! We need more