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Chimaera
11/12/09

In reply to DIY Palm TouchStone Car Mount: Death to All Cables
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
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jhong42
11/12/09

@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.
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Prolab
11/12/09

@Chimaera: Exactly.

Its a good idea, but bumps, potholes aint a good idea with this thing magnetically latch to that touchstone. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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ospreyguy
11/12/09

@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
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Yinzers Are People Too
11/12/09

@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
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beamin445
11/12/09

@Chimaera: i can't vouch for this method, but i use it mounted horizontally. hasn't fallen yet. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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NyC88Rican
11/12/09

@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
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Fractal the Meek
11/12/09

In reply to DIY Palm TouchStone Car Mount: Death to All Cables
Soon to make my jump to webOS. Wonder if modders out there might comment on how well those magnets hold up to bumps in the road?

This guy's mounted at a steeper angle than most. Can't imagine it holds well. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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pixelpushing
11/12/09

@Fractal the Meek: He discusses it in the article, says it's fine. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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raebis
11/12/09

@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
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Fractal the Meek
11/12/09

@raebis: Then I'm thinking this coupled with bluetooth into the stereo = ultimate car kit. #palmtouchstonecarmount
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raebis
11/18/09

@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)

#tips
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Evangelion
11/12/09

In reply to DIY Palm TouchStone Car Mount: Death to All Cables
Thats badass. Why didn't Palm think of this before?! #palmtouchstonecarmount
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discounteggroll
05/10/09

In reply to Best Buy Internals List Palm Pre Touchstone Price ($70!), Dubious Stock Date
to plug a damn cable into a phone? I'd love to spend that $70 on stuff like cheez doodles and hummus (not at the same time, of course)
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OMG! Ponies!
04/12/09

In reply to Palm Pre Touchstone Could Be Beginning of New Product Line
How about PALM worry about selling a smartphone that is competitive with the iPhone and the BlackBerry. Later, when it is no longer a shambling zombie, it can talk about launching product lines.
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Révolution
04/12/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Umm. This is competitive.
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OMG! Ponies!
04/12/09

@Révolution: That has yet to be proven. There's a world of difference between "buzz on tech blogs" and quarterly sales figures.

Palm is entering a market dominated by two titans - the iPhone and the BlackBerry. If it is going to success, it is going to need to differentiate itself. I don't know whether the Touchstone is enough of a feature to get people to pick the Pre over the iPhone and/or the BlackBerry.

Either way, it's foolish to declare victory when your soldiers are still sleeping in the barracks.
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Con Seannery
04/12/09

@OMG! Ponies!: No love for the G1?
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OMG! Ponies!
04/13/09

@Con Seannery '09: Illegal in 1 Giz: They're putting money into advertising and that's a good thing. But except for sportscars, letter/number names are not catchy to the average person.

It's a good start and while the G1 is a successful phone, it's also too early to call the Android platform a success based only on that one phone. Both the iPhone and BlackBerry have been market stalwarts for years.

And calling the Pre a success without it having been on the market is silly. Does it work as advertised? Will it be properly advertised? Will it work with enterprise systems? Is it at the proper price point to sell? Will it be buried by another iPhone? Is there a market for it given the presence of the Bold, Curve, Storm and the iPhone?

Those are some of the questions that need "yes" answers for the Pre to succeed. And that's just one phone.
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ph15h
01/08/09

In reply to Palm Pre's Amazing Wireless Touchstone Charger
Holy crap that's awesome. I hope more things will start charging in such a manner... I kinda like how my toothbrush charges. :P

Imagine the Wii2 Remote or the DS4 charging like that. :o
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frigg
01/08/09

In reply to Palm Pre's Amazing Wireless Touchstone Charger
Interesting that two different articles by two different writers about the Palm Pre both include the word "Amazing" in their titles. Guess this thing amazes.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/08/09

In reply to Palm Pre's Amazing Wireless Touchstone Charger
It looks like a Hostess Cupcake.

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weatherman
01/08/09

In reply to Palm Pre's Amazing Wireless Touchstone Charger
That's cool, but how does it rest on there? Or does that open up? I guess we'll have to wait for the hands-on...
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