**Palm Touchstone

So, I reviewed the Palm Pre and was supposed to return it … but I really didn’t want too.  I ended up purchasing a brand new Palm Pre from Bell and cancelled my iPhone 3G from Rogers.  In the midst of my purchase I also bought the Palm Touchstone for $69.99 CAN.  After reading on various blogs I thought this would be a great accessory to match my new Palm Pre.

What came in the box:

- (1) Palm Touchstone

- (1) Matte finish backing

- Thats it

First Impressions:

I installed the new backing and love the new matte finish.  It doesn’t seem to attract finger prints and has a really good feel in your palm.  I first charged my new Palm Pre directly to the micro USB.  I had to decide where the new home for my touchstone would be.  I ended up deciding on my bed side table.  The touchstone has an angled face with a nice aesthetic look.  The bottom of the touchstone is a material that helps keep it still on the surface it is attached too.  The material is what the palm rep called “gecko technology” which works remarkably well to keep the touchstone secure.

The first time I charged my Palm Pre on the touchstone it was seamless and charged roughly the same amount of time when it was directly into the micro USB charger.  Cool little features that worked well, is when you are on a call and put the Pre on the touchstone it automatically puts into speakerphone to continue the call.  When attached to the touchstone the Pre is set automatically into landscape or portrait mode with the clock showing depending on the orientation of  the Pre.  In addition, when the Pre rings and taken off the touchstone it automatically answers the call.

Overall:

I am happy with the purchase, works well and great design.  If it wasn’t for the price I probably would purchase 2 more for the car and office.

My rating is 7 out of 10 due to price.

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