If you are one of those (like us) who is experiencing horrendous battery life, then you might want to think of picking up a Touchstone charger. These things are very efficient and can charge your Pre for up to three times once they (the Touchstone charger) has been juiced to its max.
This means you dont have to worry about carrying that bothersome USB cord around to charge the blasted thing. The accessory is not the cheaperst, but it can be bought at the likes of Best Buy, Sprint Store and other outlets for $70 (that is for the charger and the specialized magnetic back which is required for the charger to work).
Enough said on that, here are a few tricks you probably didn’t know you could use the Touchstone charger to do.
- If a call comes in while your Palm Pre is on the Touchstone charger and you pick it up, you automatically answer the call.
- If you’re in a call and you place the Pre on the Touchstone charger, the Pre automatically converts to speakerphone mode unless you happen to be using a Bluetooth device or an ancient wired headset.
- If you’re in a call and the Pre is on speakerphone while sitting on the Touchstone charger, picking up the Pre will turn off the speakerphone mode.
So there you have it, a few tips to help you enjoy your Touchstone charger.
UPDATE: Thanks to Shawn for pointing out that the Touchstone charger does not hold charge, it only conducts it. We will chastise our n00bish writers. BTW the misinformation was relayed to us by a Sprint rep so it just goes to show check out the info first. And Sprint reps are notorious for giving out crappy info.
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????? You cant charge your Pre with the touchstone with out the usb cable. The USB cable has to be plugged into the Touchstone in order to charge the Pre. The Touchstone does not carry or hold a charge. It is just a conduit for the power coming out of the USB cable. This is very missleading information.
My Pre continues to emit the two-tone charging sound when on the charger even when the phone is completely charged. The sound is really annoying – any ideas about stopping it without turning off the phone sound?
Move it up or down on the touchstone. Mine did that a couple of times until I figured that out. Just reposition it. Hope that helps