Most of what I've seen of Chumbys left me thinking "ok, so it's a widget on a beanbag... why?" but if you could just get the electronics and put them into whatever, at a lower price point, then it becomes much more interesting to me.
@aarriaga001: Not fun to do in the rain. It rains A LOT in Washington. Not to mention that drivers on the roads around my home are so rude and dangerous that my kids can’t ride around here, but they sure will play on that darn Xbox for hours on end. #googlestreetviewcycling
@Software_Goddess: My bike is now in the basement, where it will stay until late spring in Vermont. I really, really want a bike trainer game that doesn't suck. #googlestreetviewcycling
Those are M&M's.
I prefer peanut M&M's to the regular kind.
I prefer smarties to M&M's (but not the peanut kind).
I have some smarties.
No camera though. #bigshot
I can't imagine that the magnet in the Touchstone is strong enough to hold onto the Pre when going over bumps, potholes, etc. Pre owners, what say you? I'd hate to have my phone fall off and be underfoot or underpedal. #palmtouchstonecarmount
@Chimaera: Actually, works fine for me. The only time it ever falls off is if my hand accidentally knocks it off. But it has taken the abuse of my crazy driving! To be honest, it's the ONLY reason I haven't bothered thinking about getting another phone. Voice turn by turn GPS with Pandora with a wireless charging setup is bliss, IMHO.
@Chimaera: Touchstone is a lot stronger than you'd imagine. I know a couple of people on the precentral forums that use this set up. #palmtouchstonecarmount
@Chimaera: You'd have to hit a seriously rough patch of road to shake the Pre off of the touchstone. Those magnets are not at all weak. #palmtouchstonecarmount
@Chimaera: I have a pre and, although I cannot say I have the touchstone in my car. I have tried using it horizontally and vertically on my wall and it works wonders. It really does take some force that a bump or sharp turn can't really produce. Picking it up is easy because you are actually grabbing the phone but sliding off from a turn or bump would have to be reeeeeally rough in order for that to happen. #palmtouchstonecarmount
@Fractal the Meek: i've taken the touchstone with the phone on it and shaken it around (above my bed, of course) and it does take quite the force to knock it off.
i think he'll be fine for going around corners and whatnot, but as for bumps... well maybe the angle of the touchstone will take the force of any bumps rather than the phone sliding off. #palmtouchstonecarmount
@Fractal the Meek: already i use bluetooth to car stereo (CARKIT) in order to listen to pandora on the ride home, and man that is SOOO much beter than FM radio, in terms of content. Quality, OTOH, is lacking.
i have envisioned getting rid of the stereo all together in favor of a bluetooth - audio adapter (hopefully with telephony capability) - speaker & sub amp and then using the phone as the UI.
Take it a step further, and get rid of pandora all together, instead use Last.FM's api to do playlist generation and song recomendations, but build a app that uses mp3s from your own library at home and streams em to your pc. if last.fm reccomends a song you dont have, give the user an option to find it on itunes, or amazon, or elsewhere.
its a pandora for your own music collection without the limits imposed by pandora (song skipping, no requests, etc)
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You're a feisty little one but you'll soon learn some respect.
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i wonder if they can do the non RED/BLUE 3D...
but rather the vertical/horizontal polarization
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I prefer peanut M&M's to the regular kind.
I prefer smarties to M&M's (but not the peanut kind).
I have some smarties.
No camera though. #bigshot
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Its a good idea, but bumps, potholes aint a good idea with this thing magnetically latch to that touchstone. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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This guy's mounted at a steeper angle than most. Can't imagine it holds well. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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i think he'll be fine for going around corners and whatnot, but as for bumps... well maybe the angle of the touchstone will take the force of any bumps rather than the phone sliding off. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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i have envisioned getting rid of the stereo all together in favor of a bluetooth - audio adapter (hopefully with telephony capability) - speaker & sub amp and then using the phone as the UI.
Take it a step further, and get rid of pandora all together, instead use Last.FM's api to do playlist generation and song recomendations, but build a app that uses mp3s from your own library at home and streams em to your pc. if last.fm reccomends a song you dont have, give the user an option to find it on itunes, or amazon, or elsewhere.
its a pandora for your own music collection without the limits imposed by pandora (song skipping, no requests, etc)
#tips
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