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[Q] Charging pads

Im curious if anyone uses or has any luck with a wireless charging pad?
I know there are a few of them, energizer plans on coming out with one in Nov. and duracells can be found on their site...(sorry Im too new to post a link)
Im just curious if anyone can confirm they work on an EVO before I go shell out the cash.
EDIT: I can confirm that Duracell only supports
HTC
* TOUCH PRO
* DROIDERIS
* HERO
Still researching the others.

Powermat has an evo specific solution.
I'd love to know if the powermat battery cover can be used with the touchstone charger from palm.
That could be a nice solution for a secondary charger.
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ryedunn said:
Im curious if anyone uses or has any luck with a wireless charging pad?
I know there are a few of them, energizer plans on coming out with one in Nov. and duracells can be found on their site...(sorry Im too new to post a link)
Im just curious if anyone can confirm they work on an EVO before I go shell out the cash.
EDIT: I can confirm that Duracell only supports
HTC
* TOUCH PRO
* DROIDERIS
* HERO
Still researching the others.
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The Duracell MyGrid works on the EVO. I tested one at work. Wasn't a big fan though, as you still have to plug in the charging clip, which felt like I might as well just use a normal charger.

Bp3dots said:
The Duracell MyGrid works on the EVO. I tested one at work. Wasn't a big fan though, as you still have to plug in the charging clip, which felt like I might as well just use a normal charger.
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Exactly. I'm still waiting for this technology to mature. IMO, it's still waaaay too exepnsive to justify the cost. Seriously, how much more utility can you get from it? You can't hold it and charge it at the same time either. PowerMat's solution doesn't let you plug into the usb port w/o taking off the cover.

John Kotches said:
I'd love to know if the powermat battery cover can be used with the touchstone charger from palm.
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I'd guess no since palm induction doesn't work on a powermat.

I just got back from a work trip and was thinking about picking up one if the powermat kits from best buy. This way, I figure I can return it if I'm not happy. I'll let yall know how it works out (if they have it in stock, that is).

I have a powermat for the evo i just got thursday, i came from a palm pre and thats the one thing i missed. i had a slight concern about it at first due to the back cover using up the micro usb port on the phone (i thought i'd have to remove it if i needed to charge it in the car or whatever) but the microusb section of the back cover can actually be removed for other charging devices to be plugged in.
I like it.
EDIT: it does not work with cases, it's slightly thicker and has a microUSB lip that comes out near the kickstand.

anyone else have a loose charger?

Anyone else notice there charger is super loose and barely stays in or is it just mine. It feels like the pin isn't long enough.

Yea I think its just your phone...i have 2 and they work fine...can hold it from the charger and it won't fall out.
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Legacystar said:
Anyone else notice there charger is super loose and barely stays in or is it just mine. It feels like the pin isn't long enough.
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Yes mine too, the pin is too long and does'nt go in all the way; almost a deal breaker among other things.

Eddiepapi said:
Yea I think its just your phone...i have 2 and they work fine...can hold it from the charger and it won't fall out.
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I don't think so, the xoom is too heavy to be held from the charger? in fact the whole charging system is a big flaw in this tablet, I am very disappointed.

Yep. Loose charger here too.
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Very disappointed they couldn't do a charge over USB. I was reading that the reason they can't charge over the USB port is that the batteries are so big and draw so much power to charge that the micro USB wouldn't be able to offer the throughput to charge it up fast enough.
Not sure how much I buy that, but at any rate they could've come up with a charging port combo that doesn't look like it came from a Nokia I bought 10 years ago lol.

Well it seems that the charger port and piece are affecting a few of you guys. But mine is good. No problem here. But that said, I was still pretty disappointed I couldn't use the same port as the phone.
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I was upset about this at first as well but then again with essentially a 10 hour non stop usage time I will never have the charger in while using it. I also think it adds incentive to buy the Standard dock which at $39.99 isnt exactly terrible.
But still...why the dinky little charger?!

Yeah same problem here, I hate the charging system here.

martonikaj said:
Very disappointed they couldn't do a charge over USB. I was reading that the reason they can't charge over the USB port is that the batteries are so big and draw so much power to charge that the micro USB wouldn't be able to offer the throughput to charge it up fast enough.
Not sure how much I buy that, but at any rate they could've come up with a charging port combo that doesn't look like it came from a Nokia I bought 10 years ago lol.
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I agree. It reminds me of a phone I had years ago.

I agree, but 10 hour battery life and 100% charge in about an hour? It's a fair trade off. I agree, though, that the attachment is tiny (wouldn't say "loose," though). Better than a dock port connector, but I'd prefer something a bit more robust. Meh.

The charger on mine is horrible.
I was sketchy at best brand new, a month in and it doesn't work at all.
At first I had to fiddle with it, get the xoom at just the right angle etc to get it to charge. Now it doesn't make contact at all. I didn't return it right away because I heard some of the issues, but figured it did work just not well.
Once it crapped out completely it was past my 30 return window.
I ended up buying the charging dock. This works fine and the "road charger' that came with it works fine (so far) as well. I am thinking of just throwing in my gimpy charger in the box and returning the dock as it is pretty over priced and i feel a bit miffed that i had to pan an additional $50 just to charge my xoom.

Charging Dock - USB Out?

I see that on the bottom of the plain Xoom charging dock there's a Micro USB connector (plugs into the USB in on the Xoom). Does anyone know if there's a way to tap into that inside the dock itself. If so, then we could charge and do USB transfers at the same time in a neat manner.
There was a thread over on xoomforums but I lost track of it - one of the posters over there was trying to do this exact thing.

Yea, i just bought the dock and realized. Stupid design.

Things like this just drive you up the wall. Paid fifty bucks for the dock, and I've had to pull my XOOM on and off of it four times in the past hour to transfer files. Makes you wonder if the engineers who design these things every actually try to use them in the real world. Finally got fed up and just flipped the XOOM upside down and put it on my Arkon stand until I'm finished moving files - defeats the whole purpose of having a dock.

yea a bunch of dumb ass....

You've gotta be f**king kidding me?!? You can't connect the dock for usb?? I'm glad I read this then, so is the dock just for charging or what? What's the point of having the dock?

Charging and audio out. I believe someone in the accessories section was taking his dock apart to check on adding USB out the back.
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motorola must hate that micro USB port. every accessory covers it!

16GB Transformer received. First opinions.

Well after a wait I decided to get a Transformer. A couple days ago....NCIX got them in stock so I ordered one up. Here are my opinions on it.
First thing I did is tried to update it....which was a pain in the arse to put it mildly. It would not detect any update and it was on the .9 firmware. After getting it updated ( no thanks to Asus' incomplete instructions on how to do so ) I begin to fully look around and see what I spent my hard earned cash on. I checked for light bleed and yes there is some along the bottom but it is hardly there so that is a moot point. The speakers are even but are not loud at all which is a disappointment. You need to turn the volume to maximum to watch anything basically. Some apps love to start up in portrait mode which is annoying but that is a HC problem. After I installed the 3.1 update there was no difference at all expect for all around video playback from Youtube and file playback.
Build quality is fine....except when I got mine the back was partly falling off. A quick squeeze around the bezel fixed that and I heard it snap back into place. Now there is no flex or anything at all and no spaces between the bezel and the screen.
Honeycomb is no big deal at all IMHO. Do not know why ppl go crazy over it.
Overall.....I would give it a 6/10.
Will leave it at home and continue using my Rogers Galaxy Tab for out of home.

Forgot to add....no HDMI cable [email protected][email protected][email protected] Dammit Asus!!! LOL!!!!

Digiguest said:
Honeycomb is no big deal at all IMHO. Do not know why ppl go crazy over it.
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I don't think it's a big deal in the grand scheme of things, but it is the best OS for an Android tablet (for any tablet, IMO), and will only get better, so that's why Android tablet owners are so into it
Also, the only device I've ever purchased that actually came with an HDMI cable was my Boxee Box.

NCIX have nGear mini-hdmi to hdmi cable on sale atm for 4.99. Seriously, no product has been known to include hdmi cables ezcept some tv topnox and for 399 I wouldn't be complaining about some hdmi cable
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frosty5689 said:
NCIX have nGear mini-hdmi to hdmi cable on sale atm for 4.99. Seriously, no product has been known to include hdmi cables ezcept some tv topnox and for 399 I wouldn't be complaining about some hdmi cable
Sent from my Transformer TF101
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hmm....my SE Xperia Arc comes with mini hdmi cable. I was surprised to see a hdmi cable sitting in my phone box.

eatapple said:
hmm....my SE Xperia Arc comes with mini hdmi cable. I was surprised to see a hdmi cable sitting in my phone box.
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lol maybe SE realize tht they need to do everything little thing for the customer for them to look good again...
i miss good old w800 and k750 days where SE and Nokia were big lol

frosty5689 said:
NCIX have nGear mini-hdmi to hdmi cable on sale atm for 4.99. Seriously, no product has been known to include hdmi cables ezcept some tv topnox and for 399 I wouldn't be complaining about some hdmi cable
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Meh not a huge deal. It is ust if you spend almost $500 on a device it would have been nice. LOL!!!!!

[Q] so what do we all reckon the pogo pins are for?

looking at some of the pics from the various brief reviews around the web, it seems this device has four pogo pins vs the SGN's three.
so what do we reckon they are for?
i would personally love to see a landscape dock with HDMI & USB host, just like the Advent Vega/ Viewpad 10S had. such a nice feature for a mobile office, also great for playing games on the big screen! :laugh:
place your bets here the closest guess wins a Nexus 7
(no not really, but wouldnt that be cool?)

there are POGO pins for the dock

aaronpoweruser said:
there are POGO pins for the dock
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I wonder if they'll just produce desk docks or if there will be an official car dock.

Brigaid said:
I wonder if they'll just produce desk docks or if there will be an official car dock.
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I'm hoping for a official car dock .

_dan said:
I'm hoping for a official car dock .
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Same here. Epic sat nav... especially with the offline maps coming.

Betting keyboard like the lapdock
by me, for me and I love you

My money is on a desk dock similar to that released for the GNex, first, followed perhaps by a vehicle dock. I'm not seeing much chance for a keyboard dock; the 7" form factor is too narrow, I feel, and it doesn't mesh well with Google's apparent intention for this to be an almost exclusive consumption device.

BlackHoleSlam said:
Betting keyboard like the lapdock
by me, for me and I love you
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Thats what im thinking, especially with the Asus partnership (considering their history with keyboard docks)
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being four pins... is it too much to ask for MHL? I can live with a BT keyboard but MHL is somewhat of a deal breaker for me.... especially as the $300 tennis ball isn't avaliable in the UK (and likely wont be for some time!)

Hal_The_Hacker said:
being four pins... is it too much to ask for MHL? I can live with a BT keyboard but MHL is somewhat of a deal breaker for me.... especially as the $300 tennis ball isn't avaliable in the UK (and likely wont be for some time!)
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MHL needs 3 pins (Differential pair + control) + power + ground So it can't be MHL.
I'd say it's more likely to be something simple like stereo audio+power+ground

SilentMobius said:
MHL needs 3 pins (Differential pair + control) + power + ground So it can't be MHL.
I'd say it's more likely to be something simple like stereo audio+power+ground
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Uhhhh... if mhl needs 3 pins and this has 4, how is that a problem again...?? Can they just NOT use one pin for mhl... and use the extra pin for some other accessory...??
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DrunkFuX666 said:
Uhhhh... if mhl needs 3 pins and this has 4, how is that a problem again...?? Can they just NOT use one pin for mhl... and use the extra pin for some other accessory...??
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MHL need 3 pins for _signal_ you would also need power and ground, for a minimum of 5 pins

Probably the same as the Nexus and just a lame $90 desk dock that only has a head phone jack.

My best hope is you will get an audio dock (with speakers) that should be great for watching movies. 4 pins is not enough for much else - and Asus has talked about an audio dock.

Audio dock is on the way for sure. Possibly no keyboard, though.

t-readyroc said:
Audio dock is on the way. Possibly no keyboard, though.
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You are correct.
"Those hoping for a docking keyboard, as found on the company's Transformer range of tablets, should expect to be disappointed however. Asus has told Pocket-lint there were no plans for one telling and that the device needs to be 10-inches or more for it to work effectively."
Sigh...

I'm not seeing much chance for a keyboard dock; the 7" form factor is too narrow
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*cough*

hopefully its for an awesome, dual analog, 4 face button, 4 shoulder button, slim game controller dock that comes with an easy to us GUI touch map software and full tegra support. PS Vita watch out!
but in reality its for the stereo speaker dock, that will probably cost halve the amount the actual tab costs and sound like a deaf person singing...

speednub said:
You are correct.
"Those hoping for a docking keyboard, as found on the company's Transformer range of tablets, should expect to be disappointed however. Asus has told Pocket-lint there were no plans for one telling and that the device needs to be 10-inches or more for it to work effectively."
Sigh...
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That would be pretty sick though. I'm gonna continue hoping. BTW, I'm still hoping for a proper pogo nav dock for my SGN. ha

_dan said:
I'm hoping for a official car dock .
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+1