Re:Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
by acabal on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @01:04AM
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I miss the Palm Touchstone. Not only was the accessory itself brilliant--magnets held the phone in place and aligned--but the entire Pre ecosystem had a thoughtful and slick feel to everything about it. Very much the opposite of the Nexus experience, which, while still very much fine, I can't help but feel is rushed and developed without thought to the small details.
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Re:Google has lowered the price of the Nexus 4 by $100
by ibrahima on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @02:38AM
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Interestingly, you can actually connect the Palm Touchstone coils to some newer phones that have the right connections on the back and use a Touchstone for inductive charging - I did it with my Galaxy S3 for a while, it's a pretty simple mod. Yeah, the magnets are really nice, I almost can't believe that other manufacturers wouldn't put them in their charging bases.