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Oh! Oh! Oh! I want to play. The Palm Pre had a magnets to align wireless charging 11 years ago.
by GloriousKoji 6y ago
Oh! Oh! Oh! I want to play. The Palm Pre had a magnets to align wireless charging 11 years ago.
- hobofan 6y agoI was sure that the Nexus 5 was probably not the first one, and someone was going to come along to provider older examples :P I was surprised that the iPhone didn't already have it in the last generation, given that accurate alignment is a well known problem with wireless charging and magnets are a well known solution. Maybe they kept it back on purpose just to have a new feature for this release and/or sell another round of charging accessories.
- frogpelt 6y agoThe Palm Pre looked very interesting. I wanted one. Unfortunately, it didn't have the panache that Apple's products have.
- mmastrac 6y agoI forgot about that! The Palm Pre series was amazing. WebOS itself was questionable but the hardware was some of the best in the 2000s.
- djsumdog 6y agoI had a Palm Pre .. didn't have the wireless charger though: https://battlepenguin.com/tech/every-cellphone-i-have-ever-owned/ https://battlepenguin.com/tech/every-cellphone-i-have-ever-o...
- mitch3x3 6y agoI absolutely loved my palm pixi for this reason in 2011. Had to wait 6 years for wireless charging again...