WildCharger bundle review (AT&T & T-Mobile RAZR)

Installing the adapter on the phone is a simple affair; you need only to remove the battery cover and snap the adapter in its place. Then, just insert the adapter's mini-USB plug into the Razr's mini-USB port (just as you would the normal charger). After everything is connected, place the Razr face up on the pad so the adapter faces down. It doesn't matter where you place it on the pad; you just need to make sure that the four metal bumps on the back of the adapter are resting flat on its surface and the phone is not hanging off its end. Fortunately, the adapter is magnetized to the pad so the phone won't fall off. Also, you shouldn't place the pad on a metal surface, or it won't operate properly.

We tested the device with a GSM Motorola Razr V3. The WildCharger is also compatible with CDMA Razr V3s but they require a separate adapter. Putting everything together took just a couple minutes, and our Razr started receiving its charge as soon as we placed it on the pad. It took a little more than an hour to charge the phone completely, which is about the same time that it takes a standard electrical socket charger to do the job. The blue indicator light on the pad will turn on to indicate your phone is charging, when the pad is not in use the light will turn off. As the WildCharger outputs 15 watts of power, WildCharge says you can charge as many devices that can fit on the pad. We couldn't test that promise as we only had one phone adapter, nor did we have five Razrs sitting around. We noticed, however, that throughout our test, the phone grew pretty hot during the charging period.

So how does it work? Electrical current is delivered to the metal stripes on the pad from the AC adapter, which is then passed to the phone adapter (remember those metal bumps) and then on to the phone. When you think about it, the concept is pretty basic but WildCharge is one of the few to put it into practice. All in all, it's an innovative and effective device, but like we said earlier, we need a more compelling reason to shell out the money when a perfectly good charger comes in the box. The ability to charge multiple devices at once is nice, but other products do the same, and frankly, we need more than that.