Palm Pre Touchstone eyes-on

This isn't a Palm-branded party favor, a paperweight, or a doorstop. Actually, sure, it could be any of those things if you really wanted it to be -- but Palm's Touchstone is mainly about charging your Pre and making sure it looks pretty while it's getting juiced. It's a pretty wild product (and the first accessory purchase for many a would-be Pre owner, we'd bet), so we wanted to spend a little quality time with it. We weren't allowed to do much charging on our own, but the magnets buried in the Pre certainly seemed to do their job of keeping it glued to the base in portrait and landscape orientations. Oh, and just to validate what we know you're thinking right now, yes: we overheard several Palm employees call it "the puck," so you should, too.

Palm Pre Touchstone eyes-on

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 10th 2009 10:47AM]

When the new, unsupported phone comes out at $399/On 2-Yr- Contract with Sprint, you'd think they wouldn't charge another $50 or so just to charge the damned thing outside of a traditional wall charger.

http://www.mobilewhack.com/palm-pre-prices-announced-399-from-sprint/

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 10th 2009 1:53PM]

i have my reservation on how power a OS can be when it is all comprised of css, html and javascript. How about developing SIP/VOIP stacks for such OS. is that doable?

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 10th 2009 4:15PM]

Make it so I can charge it while keeping it in my pocket, than I'll be impressed.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 25th 2009 6:53AM]

Is this the only way Palm Pre can charge? How about making long phonecalls when you're almost out of battery then? (Charging and calling at the same time) Don't tell me I have to put in in speaker modus..