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??
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??
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.
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).
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).
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.
Perhaps the extra space could be used for a full SD, or even a second..... Perhaps another radio, or a better camera...
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.
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.
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.
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.
