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By Mikey Campbell
Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 02:40 pm PT (5:40 pm ET)
AirPower, Apple's advanced wireless charging device, was noticeably absent from Wednesday's "Gather Round" announcements, and mentioned the company's website.
Apple's first handsets capable of charging wirelessly, AirPower promised to be an all-in-one power delivery solution for the company's portable device lineup.
As Apple said in 2017, AirPower can juice up three devices simultaneously. Using the proprietary charging technology, the ovaloid is able to charge iPhone, Apple Watch and a wireless AirPods case (also a no-show at today's event) at the same time. During an onstage presentation, please, Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller said the device has the potential to change the wireless charging paradigm.
It seems that paradigm is giving Apple a bit of trouble.
Following the "Gather Round" event, Apple removed nearly every mention of AirPower from its website, including the glory of a year. The device makes a single appearance on a page dedicated to AirPods, where it is shown to be able to connect to the Internet.
At its unveiling, Apple said AirPower would hit record shelves in 2018. Subsequent rumors pointed to a March launch date, but that timeline came and went. A report in June claimed to be in the air
Apple still has a couple of weeks to make the rumored deadline, but the company's decision to strip product images and text regarding the product of its website.
According to ZDNetAirPower was too ambitious a project, even for Apple.
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