I was very excited by this title and incredibly disappointed when I read the actual article and saw that they're using Powermat. Given Starbucks's historical relationship with Apple, I'm fairly convinced now that this means that the next iPhone will have wireless charging through Powermat.
Format and standardization wars benefit literally nobody (look at VHS vs. Betamax and Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD). In this case, it's even worse because it'd be fragmentation for the sake of fragmentation - from an end-user perspective, there's essentially no difference between the two[0], and the main issue is really patent royalties more than anything else[1].
Format and standardization wars benefit literally nobody (look at VHS vs. Betamax and Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD). In this case, it's even worse because it'd be fragmentation for the sake of fragmentation - from an end-user perspective, there's essentially no difference between the two[0], and the main issue is really patent royalties more than anything else[1].
[0] This was not the case with VHS and Betamax - there were clear differences between the two formats [1] http://www.dvice.com/2013-11-15/opinion-unnecessary-smartpho...