There are myriad options when it comes to getting music onto your phone. There’s the straight-forward built-in music player app and there are internet radio streaming apps like Pandora. And let’s not forget podcasts in apps like drPodder. With all these options, there’s one place practically everybody listens: in the car. Sadly, webOS doesn’t have the fancy-pants remote control options available to our iOS-using friends, but that doesn’t mean you still can’t get your tunes into the car.
The Touchstone is a wonderful little device. It makes it dead-simple to keep your Pre topped off, so much so that I say it’s worth it for every Pre owner to pick one up. It’s a bummer that getting it to operate in a car properly is so difficult (really, we don’t think it’s ready for the rigors of working in a car sitting in the July sun). It’s so convenient, we wonder if Palm made the door on the micoUSB port fiddly on purpose to drive people to the Touchstone.
Most people are aware that there are actually a couple little software features on the Pre that are related to the Touchstone. I know I was, but I forgot about them today, so consider this post a public service announcement:
I present this PSA because today a call came in. I picked the Pre up off the Touchstone to see who it was and said – out loud – "Wonderful. I guess I have to take this." Take a moment to re-read bullet point one, above. …Oops. Luckily, my caller took it in good humor (I hope).
Any other Touchstone Tips and Tricks you folks noticed? Anybody else been tricked by the Touchstone?