OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/21301/Rumours_Palm_Pre_To_Appear_April_30_USD_299_Price Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sun, 26 May 2013 02:21:36 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Megnets http://www.osnews.com/thread?358408 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358408 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MegnetEdited 2009-04-13 19:04 UTC Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (sb56637) Comments Wrong! http://www.osnews.com/thread?358410 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358410 It's Electromagnetic induction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic_induction

Also, please don't feel bad about getting this wrong. To quote Wikipedia:
Electrostatic induction should not be confused with electromagnetic induction; both are often referred to as 'induction'.
Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (someone) Comments Comment by wiz99 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358411 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358411 This rumored 4/30 launch date conflicts with engadget.com's findings. Everything is speculation at this point, so its impossible to know what to believe. Seems there is no doubt this will occur in the next month or two though.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/13/palm-pre-launching-no-earlier-th... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (wiz99) Comments RE: Wrong! http://www.osnews.com/thread?358413 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358413 yup. It's nothing that great...all it is is a loosely coupled transformer(i.e. two electromagnets). The only major trick here is compensating for losses due to loose coupling (as opposed to a transformer where the two cores are directly in contact and are geometrically symmetrical, thus fewer losses in magnetic flux)...Edited 2009-04-13 19:50 UTC Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_txf_) Comments A Dutch Queen? http://www.osnews.com/thread?358414 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358414 Didn't realize the Netherlands still had a royal family. I thought it was an autonomous collective. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bill Shooter of Bul) Comments Only in US? http://www.osnews.com/thread?358417 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358417 Anyone has news about European release date? Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lezard) Comments Induction efficieny http://www.osnews.com/thread?358424 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358424 How efficient is induction? It would be a shame if millions of phones started using this simply because it was "cool". Longer charge times, more fossil fuels burnt. Sounds like a big negative to me. Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kev009) Comments RE: Induction efficieny http://www.osnews.com/thread?358426 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358426 Feel free to plug yours to a small wind turbine... Mon, 13 Apr 2009 23:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Ventajou) Comments RE: Induction efficieny http://www.osnews.com/thread?358429 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358429 It is efficient enough...though not as efficient as plugging it into a socket. With the right contact surfaces (and geometries) and some clever signal processing you can get it so losses are negligible. Systems such as these are already used in industry when there are hazardous environments where having an electrical connection would be too dangerous (in underwater situations unfeasible). Tue, 14 Apr 2009 00:12:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (_txf_) Comments Retail http://www.osnews.com/thread?358438 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358438 I'm wondering when it'll be available to purchase at retail and the price. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 02:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lopisaur) Comments RE[2]: Induction efficieny http://www.osnews.com/thread?358440 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358440 Or when charging an electric toothbrush. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 03:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Bill Shooter of Bul) Comments Comment by kaiwai http://www.osnews.com/thread?358461 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358461 I jumped over and had a look a the Palm Pre page - looks like a nice phone, the disappointing thing is the small size of flash that is included and there is no mention as to whether it is possible to expand storage using some sort of flash card.

The one thing that has been holding me back from an iPhone or an iPod touch (or any other smart phone) has been the lack of storage; I have 50GB worth of music and would like to store all of it on the device at once - the problem is that there isn't a phone out there with either sufficient storage by default or the ability to expand out to that size. If there was a 32GB model and a mini-sd slot (so I can put a 32GB card in it) - I would purchase it instantly but so far from what I have seen it has no expansion which is kind of disappointing.Edited 2009-04-14 10:53 UTC Tue, 14 Apr 2009 10:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE: Comment by kaiwai http://www.osnews.com/thread?358488 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358488 Do you really need to carry around all 12,000+ songs at once? Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:20:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (HappyGod) Comments RE[2]: Comment by kaiwai http://www.osnews.com/thread?358494 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358494
Do you really need to carry around all 12,000+ songs at once?


I don't feel the need to load and unload songs on all the time - I'd prefer to load them all on at once and have them all with me so as my mood changes through the day I'll have all my music at my finger tips. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE: A Dutch Queen? http://www.osnews.com/thread?358546 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358546 ... there's some lovely filth over here! Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (helf) Comments RE[3]: Induction efficieny http://www.osnews.com/thread?358547 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358547 or my granddads waterproof cordless phone... Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (helf) Comments RE[3]: Comment by kaiwai http://www.osnews.com/thread?358548 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358548 heh, I have like 50gb of music, too, but i hardly ever listen to most of it. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:28:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (helf) Comments RE[4]: Comment by kaiwai http://www.osnews.com/thread?358561 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358561
heh, I have like 50gb of music, too, but i hardly ever listen to most of it.


But the problem is that I've been in a situation where a song I haven't listened to in months - I suddenly feel like listening to it. What ever the excuse maybe it doesn't excuse phone companies from failing to provide sufficient space or at least some form of expansion that allows those who want a lot more space.

Making up excuses or trying to convince me that I don't need to carry around 50GB of music doesn't change the fact that I have a demand from a product I am interested in and no one has stepped up and met that demand. Tue, 14 Apr 2009 23:07:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (kaiwai) Comments RE[5]: Comment by kaiwai http://www.osnews.com/thread?358569 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358569 yeah, I wish they'd start sticking dual MicroSDHC slots in phones. its not like they take up gobs of space. fit them under the battery or something. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (helf) Comments RE[5]: Comment by kaiwai http://www.osnews.com/thread?358601 http://www.osnews.com/thread?358601 Sounds like a hard-drive based MP3 player is what you'd need at the moment... trouble is none of them are phones, obviously. I get where you're coming from, I've got about as much music as you do and I'd love to carry it all around with me on a flash-based device. Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (darknexus) Comments