Product Description
Palm Pre Touchstone Charging Dock
| List Price: | $49.99 |
| Price: | $8.99 |
| as of Fri, 15 Mar 2013 07:07:56 GMT ***Remember, deals price on this item for sale just for limited time*** | |
Product Details
- Brand: Palm
- Model: 3454WW
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: .0 pounds
Features
- Place your Palm Pre on the Touchstone Charging Dock for wireless charging when used with the optional Touchstone Back Cover
- Inductive coils inside the Charging Dock generate a small, oscillating electromagnetic field and transmit it through the Back Cover
- Magnets snap your Palm Pre into place on the Charging Dock and charging begins immediately
- Charges in the same amount of time as wall charger that came with your Palm Pre
- What's in the Box: Touchstone Charging Dock for Palm Pre
Amazon.com
Avoid the hassle of tangled cords and charge your Palm Pre wirelessly with this Palm Touchstone Charging Dock. The first inductive charging solution for phones, the Touchstone Charging Dock allows you to set your Palm Pre on top of the dock without worrying about connection, orientation or fit. The device remains active while charging, allowing access to the touch screen, movies or video, or the speakerphone option.
 The Touchstone Charging Dock. |
 Palm Pre and Touchstone Back Cover sold separately. |
Just set your Pre with compatible Touchstone Back Cover on the Touchstone Charging Dock, and it magnetically snaps into place and begins charging. The magnets align your phone in the correct position for charging, whether in portrait or landscape mode--no cables or connectors required to attach your phone to the dock. And it charges in the same amount of time as wall charger that came with your Palm Pre.
The Charging Dock also offers a number of handy features in addition to keeping your battery topped up:
- Place your phone on the Charging Dock when you're on a call and its speakerphone automatically turns on.
- Pick your phone up from the Charging Dock while you're on speakerphone and the conversation is automatically routed back to the phone.
- For incoming phone calls, simply pick up the phone from the Charging Dock and it answers automatically, without having to tap the screen.
- When the phone is not in use, Nightstand mode displays the time and incoming notifications.
Customer Reviews
Most helpful customer reviews
135 of 146 people found the following review helpful.
By DCGeek1
This dock (hockey puck) is great if you want to add a second location (office/car) to charge your touchstone-enabled Palm Pre.
If you have not yet bought any touchstone stuff, then do not buy this. You should first buy the touchstone kit Palm Pre Touchstone Kit which includes the back panel and one dock.
The confusing thing for many is powering the puck, as this dock does NOT include any cables.
The instructions state that you should not connect this dock to the USB port on your computer. The dock should be connected to an A/C power source; I hear a car charger works, as well. If you plan to buy this as a second charging location, then you're already using the cables/AC that came with your phone for your first dock. So after you buy this dock, you'll also need to buy either (a) a car charging kit or (b) a micro-USB cable and AC adapter to power this second dock.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful.
By Tim Hoag
If you have the Verizon Pre Plus, ignore those saying this isn't "the kit" because you already have everything you need. The Verizon Pre comes with the Touchstone back plate, whereas the Sprint version doesn't.
I have the Verizon Pre Plus, which comes with the Touchstone compatible cover, but not the actual Touchstone. This works perfectly, right out of the box. It also works with the car adapter. It works great in the car because the bottom has a tacky surface like sticky notes, so it stays on my dashboard or shift console, making it easy to use and keeping it from sliding around and falling on the floor.
I was skeptical about whether this was worth having. Once I tried it, I am hooked. I wish it came with the phone, because it's definitely one of the best features of the Pre, by keeping it a truly wireless phone.
Well worth the Amazon price (cheaper than Verizon), and something every Verizon Pre owner should get. HIghly recommended!
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
By SoBay5some
The Touchstone is everything I wanted it to do EXCEPT for one big problem --- if I leave my Palm Pre phone on the Touchstone when the charge has completed, the phone keeps sounding "battery charging" constantly. I read about this problem from other reviewers and was crossing my fingers when I bought the product, hoping it will not happen to me. Unfortunately I have the same problem. I tried to adjust the phone position on the Touchstone, but nothing helped. If this is something a software upgrade can resolve, I hope Palm will release such a solution very quickly. This same problem does not occur if I charge the phone directly with the USB wire. Really annoying and with this problem, it is not worth to buy the Touchstone.
Jan 17, 2010. Finally I replaced the Touchstone and the backing plate for Pre. What a difference in performance! The Touchstone is charging properly as it should. No more annoying charging tone every 15 seconds. No more power drainage when I leave the phone on the Touchstone overnight. I am happy that Amazon did the replacement for me so quickly and without hazzles. Not sure what's wrong with the original Touchstone -- whether the problem is with the Touchstone or with the backing plate or both. But I am rating the Touchstone a 5 now.
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