And I just travel with a retractable microUSB cable and charge the Pre from my laptop when I'm on the road.
Cheers, Don From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Craig Froehle Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 9:52 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] Wall charger for Pre with new cable management accessory Personally, I prefer retractable cables to winder-donut-thingies, but that's just me. On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Jim Griffin <[email protected] <mailto:JGriff%40jgriff.com> > wrote: > Yes, I've seen them... I had ordered a couple of Touchstones online, and the charging parts came as you described. I also wondered the same ("WTF"), and then figured it out. I then thought it was a nice design...and welll done. > > If I recall correctly, I ordered it all directly from Palm via their online store. > > Jim > (Via Palm Pre) > On Mar 22, 2010 11:03 PM, George Kontos <[email protected] <mailto:georgekontos%40inficad.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > While at Best Buy the other day, I picked up a new Palm Pre wall charger > > (charger + USB cable). They're different now -- an ugly and much larger > > floppy rubber donut-shaped gizmo. It took me a minute or two, but I finally > > figured out that it's still the same wall charger, but you now have the > > option of sliding it into this rubber donut around which you wrap the cord. > > Handy for traveling, I guess, but it sure gave me a WTF moment! The photo > > on the package shows only the standard cylindrical charger, but in fine > > print on the back of the box is says, "Unique cable management accessory > > included." > > > > Has anyone else seen these? Verizon doesn't have them, and neither do > > Palm.com or PreCentral. I tried to find a picture online that I could point > > you to, but I couldn't find any, so I snapped a few pictures and put them on > > my web site. Check 'em out: > > > > http://www.photofixpro.com/palmpre > > > > George > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
