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Crave giveaway: FurniQi wireless charging table from Fonesalesman

Score an early prototype of a bamboo charging table that's headed to Indiegogo next month.

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Congratulations to Ricardo H. of Austin, Texas, for winning a pair of Grain Audio solid-wood over-ear headphones in last week's giveaway, and to Jaron H. of Tallahassee, Florida, for winning a pack of Tile Bluetooth trackers the week before that.

This time around, we have a table. But it's not just any table. It's a wireless charging side table from Fonesalesman, a London-based company that's expanding its US presence (and makes other charging products like the QiStone+ portable wireless charger we offered up in a giveaway earlier this year).

Now the company's working on a line of furniture, FurniQi, that uses the Qi charging standard to power Qi-compatible gadgets such as the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge ; Google Nexus 6 and Nexus 7; and Nokia Lumia 830 and 930 . Two round charging pucks fitted into the bottom of the table transmit power. Plop your device onto one of the bamboo table's ringed zones to charge it up. (CNET just tried a FurniQi table at the 2015 IFA tech conference in Berlin; read our take here .)

Each FurniQi assembly kit comes with a wood tabletop, two interlocking leg pieces, four bolts and a hex key for putting it all together. Fonesalesman will be launching an Indiegogo campaign to raise awareness of FurniQi early next month, and says the product will ship to early backers in time for the holidays, with others receiving it later. This week's giveaway winner gets an early prototype worth approximately $150. For devices that aren't set up for wireless charging, a iQi receiver will do the trick -- and Fonesaleman will include one if our giveaway winner needs it.

So what do you have to do to be that winner? There are a few rules, so please read carefully.

Some assembly, but not much, required. Tyler Lizenby/CNET

  • Register as a CNET user. Go to the top of this page and hit the "Join CNET" link to start the registration process. If you're already registered, there's no need to register again.
  • Leave a comment below. You can leave whatever comment you want. If it's funny or insightful, it won't help you win, but we're trying to have fun here, so anything entertaining is appreciated.
  • Leave only one comment. You may enter for this specific giveaway only once. If you enter more than one comment, you will be automatically disqualified.
  • The winner will be chosen randomly. The winner will receive one (1) Fonesalesman FurniQi table with a retail value of up to $185.
  • If you are chosen, you will be notified via email. The winner must respond within three days of the end of the sweepstakes. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen.
  • Entries can be submitted until September 21, 12:00 p.m. ET.

And here's the disclaimer that our legal department said we had to include (sorry for the caps, but rules are rules):

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN. DATA RATES MAY APPLY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT INCREASE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. YOU HAVE NOT YET WON. MUST BE LEGAL RESIDENT OF ONE OF THE 50 UNITED STATES OR D.C., 18 YEARS OLD OR AGE OF MAJORITY, WHICHEVER IS OLDER IN YOUR STATE OF RESIDENCE AT DATE OF ENTRY INTO SWEEPSTAKES. VOID IN PUERTO RICO, ALL U.S. TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS, AND WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. Sweepstakes ends at 12 p.m. ET on Monday, September 21, 2015. See official rules for details.

(And be sure to follow Crave on Twitter at @crave; some of our giveaways are now Twitter-based.)