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.
Install Homebrew apps VIA Desktop application for Mac and Windows
We know Palm is dragging their feet in getting those loooong awaited apps to the app store. But in the meantime, the Pre community has beenbusy creating apps of their own that can be installed on the Pre without the need to root the device. But doing the action has gotten a whole lot easier thanks to Jason Robitaille of the PreCentral Forums who has created a desktop app that carries out the process in a few quick steps and is aptly named webOS Quick Install.
All is required is for you to put the device into developer mode and then follow the steps. And as stated in in the title of this post, it runs on both the Mac® and Windows® OS. So no excuses. In any case we say, do it at your own risk. Check out the link below for the full details.
PreCentral
webOS Homebrew app, xBox Live
While the webOS update 1.0.4 did fix some vulnerabilities, it did lock up the loop hole that allowed dedicated Pre fans to install homebrew apps without rooting their Pre. Well the hack is back and you can thank the Pre gods that you won’t need to learn all that nasty coding that some of us actually have to do. So head over to the read link for the full details on what type of homebrew apps are currently available and check out the other link for the full instructions. Hope it works out for you, and as usual we say hack at your own risk. We will not be held responsible for your n00bishness.
How to Install Homebrew apps on the Pre
List of available Homebrew apps
Palm Pre Tips 7 Tricks
Want to have all the dirty tricks so you can use your Pre as a pro? Well check out the download below for a PDF chuck full of over 200 Pre gestures, tips and tricks. And if you like it share it, with your friends.
Palm Pre Tips & Tricks (269)
Palm Pre email in Landscape Mode
If you are interested in viewing your emails in landscape mode here is a cute trick you can use.
All you do is type RocknRollHax and the hack will work.
Hold Shift + R
ockn
Hold Shift + R
oll
Hold Shift + H
ax
Once you have typed that switch the orientation of the screen to landscape and vwala it is done.
Screen capture for PalmArena.com
If you’ve ever wanted to do a screen capture on your Palm Pre, but didn’t know how its pretty simple. Hold down the: “orange + sym + p”
The image will be saved in your photo album under the “screencaptures” folder. Pretty straightforward. Now you can capture that priceless screen.
Palm Pre
This just in: PalmGoon has appearntly gotten themselves a Pre or been able to nab some serious info as they currently have a bunch of Pre application walkthroughs. From what we have read these tutorials look pretty impressive, and if you had any doubt that Palm might not stand a chance against Cupertino, this will erase all doubts. Check out the links below for the walkthroughs.
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