Best Buy: Palm Touchstone Charging Dock for Palm Pre and Palm Pixi
Palm Touchstone Charging Dock for Palm Pre and Palm Pixi
- 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
Palm Pre Touchstone Charging DockAvoid 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. |
This package includes just the Touchstone Charging Dock; to charge your device wirelessly, you also need the separately available Touchstone Back Cover for Palm Pre.
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.
The Charging Dock also requires the International Power Charger that came with the Palm Pre to operate.
List Price: $ 49.99
Price: $ 4.99
HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 Desktop Computer – Black
- Powerful performance in a space saving design
- Supports multiple monitors for more workspace and easy multitasking
- Simplify with integrated wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n connectivity
Save on space but don’t skimp on performance with the HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 PC this sleek desktop computer handles all of your essential computing needs like word processing, digital music and photos and e-mail, and it lets you easily transfer photos, music, and other files to and from your digital camera and other peripheral devices with the front panel 6 in 1 memory card reader. The HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 PC comes with Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit, integrated Wireless LAN 802.11b/g/n, an Intel Pentium Processor G630 and has a 1TB hard drive that that stores up to 221,000 songs or 177,000 photos. Watch your favorite movies and burn your own discs with the SuperMulti DVD Burner. With HP Multi Display Capable technology, you can compare documents side by side, quickly drag content from one application to the next and stream digital entertainment to one monitor while you work on the other.
List Price: $ 449.99
Price: $ 549.99
The puck is great – but be sure you have the right parts, June 28, 2009
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.
Excellent for Desk or Car, February 13, 2010
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!
Nice computer but it only worked for two days…, November 29, 2011
My experience with this computer has been a worse case scenario, but I’m going to be fair and reasonable and review this product based on what I observed and experienced during the entire two days it actually worked.Overall, based solely on the two days it actually worked, I would give this computer three stars. It’s sleek and shiny and comes with a large enough hard drive and enough ram that most users would not need to upgrade anything for a couple years. I subtracted a star for the design (see “The Bad” below) and another because HP is really making me jump through hoops to get them to honor the warranty (see “The Ugly” below). I’m hoping that they do the right thing and fix my computer quickly without issue, and will certainly update my review and revise my opinion based on if and when the computer is fixed and returned. The Good: My shiny new S5-1120 found my internet connection and drivers for peripherals without a problem and the only driver that needed an updated was the onboard video card. It may seem like a no-brainer, but a lot of people seem to struggle with setting up their devices when they get a new computer and this Windows 7 HP did it automatically with no problems. (I should mention that a lot of my peripherals are quite old, but it managed to find the new drivers quickly.)The best feature of this HP is that it comes With a 1TB hard drive and 4MB of RAM which is more than enough storage and memory to satisfy most users. I am a front-end developer by trade and have been using a laptop with a 320GB hard drive and 1MB RAM to simultaneously run Photoshop, Illustrator and Scribus without issue. I can’t imagine that the average user would need to run so many resource hogs at the same time, but if they did, I believe that this little HP could easily handle it. The Bad: I’m going to set aside the specific problems I’ve experienced with the unit and focus on the things that I disliked about my HP S5-1120. The first, and probably biggest, issue I had was the location of the headset jacks. They conveniently put a headset jack on the front of the unit for listening to music or audio while streaming video, but if you want to Skype, use Google Voice or do anything that includes speaking or recording your voice you have to plug your headset into the back of the computer. (*** Note: I did find that I was able to leave my headsets plugged in the back and still use external speakers on the front. It’s probably not something most people would find useful, but I was pleased that I didn’t have to pull the computer off the shelf to unplug my headset so I could use speakers for streaming a movie.)The second issue is that there are only two usb ports on the front. The recession may be over but I am still broke so I opted to use the included keyboard and a monitor from an old computer rather than buying new wireless models. Once I add my drawing tablet, external drive, mp3, phone and whatever else needs to be synced or charged it gets a little crazy with cables. You might think that I am being picky, but for a supposedly sleek machine, I find it very clunky and inconvenient to have to move the computer and juggle cables every time I need to plug in a device. The Ugly: As I mentioned at the beginning, my experience with the S5-1120 has been a worse case scenario. At least I hope it’s an aberration and not the norm. My shiny new computer was delivered on a Friday evening and by Monday morning I was getting bad sector errors. (bad sector generally indicates a hard drive issue) It’s not uncommon to have a bad sector on a hard drive and it’s relatively easy to run a diagnostic and partition the area. Unfortunately none of the diagnostics could find the problem. Tuesday came and the computer started crashing. Anyone who uses MS Windows is familiar with the BSOD. It’s never a good thing, but you learn to live with it. The problem was that this was a brand new computer and other than email and streaming Netflix I had hardly used it. I hadn’t even loaded my design software. By Wednesday the wretched machine wouldn’t even boot so I did what any sensible person with a brand new computer would do, I called tech support.After two hours on the phone with four different tech support reps and another three hours re-running the onboard diagnostics, they decided to send me a new recovery disk. They started out demanding that I pay for the new disk, but I politely insisted that I followed protocol and made a recovery disk first thing when I got the computer and that the computer would not read it. I also questioned why the computer, which was giving bad sector errors, would be able to read and run their recovery disk when it was crashing as soon as it booted, but they insisted that it was a bad install of Windows and that the new disk would fix everything. I’m not a tech, but I’ve been…
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Good value. Be careful taking it out of the box., November 19, 2011
Nicely done. Computer installed with no problems. Amazed at the speed and capacity for the price. One word of caution — be careful when lifting it out of the box. The cover over the CD/DVD drive is nicely hidden, but I grabbed the case by that side and dislodged it from its hinges. Luckily, no damage. Not a criticism, just an observation as the design makes the front look very sleek.
No thanks for the memory!, December 11, 2011
We chose this HP for its no-frills configuration, size and price, as we were intending to use it exclusively for our small business. I am gung-ho about maximizing RAM, and I decided to buy another 4 GB at the same time I ordered the computer. I should’ve been more wary when the memory sellers on Amazon didn’t even list this HP Pavilion Slimline s5-1120 model in their memory indexes. Foolishly, I picked some memory that seemed to match the specs, and of course when it came I quickly realized it wasn’t the right one. Bad me! While I had the computer open, I took out the original 4 GB and photocopied both sides. The manufacturer was Hynix, and when I searched on Amazon and Google I got nowhere! After spending hours going in circles, I decided to give HP Total Care a try. I got a prompt, courteous and somewhat awkward reply from an East Asian fellow who explained that the Slimline series is very compact “and the slots differ from normal Pavilion” PCs; this was a bit strange because there was no lack of physical space inside the case. He then said “We do understand that it’s sometimes very difficult to get parts for these computers.” Yikes! What did I get myself into? He went on to say that I could order the correct memory from the HP Parts store, and that the part number was: 497158-D88. I didn’t telephone the parts store as he suggested, but went there online, and got the message that this memory was not available! I am stubborn, so I tried a search of EBay on a hunch, and POW! All sorts of vendors were selling this memory under both the HP and Hynix name. I ordered one 4 GB for about $25 with no shipping. I’ll update this review when I know if/whether it works.I have since learned that WalMart online sells the Slimline s series line for slightly more $. I am not sure what this means as far as quality. I wonder how WalMart will handle this issue.So far, the computer works fine, and the transition to Windows 7 and the new Quickbooks has been smooth. Given my concern over potential quality issues (are they using old parts?), we will be backing up much more often.In a nutshell, I think HP selling a brand-new computer while knowing memory was “very difficult to get” is very poor business practice, and will make me wary of buying another.