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Originally Posted by tommie
Eeeeeasy big fella...
Number ONE thing I'd want is a Desktop DOCKING CHARGER...
sure inductive charging is cool but WTF.. I mean wouldn't it be easy to provide 2 contacts for a Docking station??? KISS method here??? all the other "inductive" BULLCRAP would take away from the other stuff we all want ya know??? money talks and bullcrap walks. I'm a NUTS AND BOLTS kinda guy.. and all my devices MUST HAVEa dockin station for charging.. the wimpy charging port is suspect to wear and failure in my opinion.. planned obsolescense??
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2007-11-16
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Docking station? A cradle? Oh please, let it never happen.. I've got lots of cradles, for two sorts of PDAs, and for phones. You know what? They all suck. It's a braindead concept. To be specific: The lean-to multi-connectors they all use. They _always_ start to work badly after a short time. The worst is when you depend on one to charge your device.. as I need to with my Palm PDAs. And my non-Nokia mobile phone (my other phone, a Nokia, is fine, because Nokia went for proper charging plugs years ago, bless them). Now, if that "docking station" used a standard charging plug it would presumably be ok. But that's not a docking station then, is it? Anyway, even the tiny, agreeably flimsy small charger pins Nokia use these days are infinitely better than any cradle connector I've ever seen.
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I mostly agree with TA-t3, except that the connector should be USB. Charge via USB-client cable should be the only form of charging these days. Device specific docking station/cradles and device or vendor specific charging cables are just asinine.
And, as TA-t3 said: If they want to put it in the shape of a cradle/dock, sure go ahead. As long as the plug itself is a standard USB-client of some sort (micro, mini, whatever).
And, as TA-t3 said: If they want to put it in the shape of a cradle/dock, sure go ahead. As long as the plug itself is a standard USB-client of some sort (micro, mini, whatever).
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2007-11-16
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Charging through USB is also fine, agreed. That's one of those sane plugs that actually works (unlike those cradle multi-connectors..)
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Originally Posted by johnkzin
I third (fourth, or even fifth) the idea that the N900 should be charged via micro-USB, but likely for a different reason. The reduction or connection ports means that more space is available for internal gadgetry.
I mostly agree with TA-t3, except that the connector should be USB. Charge via USB-client cable should be the only form of charging these days. Device specific docking station/cradles and device or vendor specific charging cables are just asinine.
And, as TA-t3 said: If they want to put it in the shape of a cradle/dock, sure go ahead. As long as the plug itself is a standard USB-client of some sort (micro, mini, whatever).
Perhaps the extra space could be used for a full SD, or even a second..... Perhaps another radio, or a better camera...
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Capt'n: I'm not sure how that works with OTG (how does the USB port sometimes negotiate itself as host vs client vs just-give-me-juice in different situations). It might work to just have the one connector for all 3 ... but I sort of have this feeling that it's cleaner to have 2 ports (1 for OTG and host, one for client/charging).
THat's why I didn't consider it as a space saving issue.
THat's why I didn't consider it as a space saving issue.
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Originally Posted by johnkzin
But the USB bus only allows a tiny amount of power, compared to the Nokia charging plug. Charging via the Nokia plug is almost twice as fast as through a hypothetical USB plug.
I mostly agree with TA-t3, except that the connector should be USB. Charge via USB-client cable should be the only form of charging these days. Device specific docking station/cradles and device or vendor specific charging cables are just asinine.
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2007-11-16
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Originally Posted by Karel Jansens
I am, in fact, completely ok with that :-)
But the USB bus only allows a tiny amount of power, compared to the Nokia charging plug. Charging via the Nokia plug is almost twice as fast as through a hypothetical USB plug.
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Originally Posted by johnkzin
But -- and that's my point -- I'm not.
I am, in fact, completely ok with that :-)
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sure inductive charging is cool but WTF.. I mean wouldn't it be easy to provide 2 contacts for a Docking station??? KISS method here??? all the other "inductive" BULLCRAP would take away from the other stuff we all want ya know??? money talks and bullcrap walks. I'm a NUTS AND BOLTS kinda guy.. and all my devices MUST HAVEa dockin station for charging.. the wimpy charging port is suspect to wear and failure in my opinion.. planned obsolescense??