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Yes it is. If you could put it on an inductive charging pad that would be fine, but I'm not going to fish around for a micro USB plug that probably has fallen b

Yes it is. If you could put it on an inductive charging pad that would be fine, but I'm not going to fish around for a micro USB plug that probably has fallen behind my nightstand for the 500th time every few days.

ckrailo 15y ago
That's a really easy problem to overcome... just get a charging station. I have this one: http://amzn.to/IzPAiz http://amzn.to/IzPAiz Some others: http://amzn.to/I6TP3w http://amzn.to/I6TP3w http://amzn.to/I6TSw8 http://amzn.to/I6TSw8 http://amzn.to/I6TT3c http://amzn.to/I6TT3c
frio 15y ago
The pain of charging something regularly aside, solve the cable problem by getting a binder clip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binder_clip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binder_clip - I wasn't sure what they were actually called). Clip it to your bedside table, desk - wherever - running cables through it. Voila, no more cables vanishing: they're held close by the clip, and most should have heads too big to fall through the gap between the clip and the desk :).
vacri 15y ago
USB is also a crappy way to recharge things. It takes ages for the paltry USB power to recharge my smartphone, particularly if I don't turn the screen off (phone stays awake with USB attached)
- icebraining 15y ago
  USB doesn't really have anything to do with it, it's about the devices (both the phone and the charger). The specs say an USB charger can provide up to 5A, which is more than enough to reach the battery charging limits, AFAIK.
  - vacri 15y ago
    my mistake - I thought USB was limited to 500mA. Whatever it is, my phone is annoying to charge...
officemonkey 15y ago
There has been a big uptick in the last 12 years on rechargeable gadgets. We used to put double AA batteries in everything. The only thing that needed a charger was the gigantic Motorola MicroTAC cell phone. Nowadays, it's the opposite. I count seven of them in my house alone. The only thing I need a battery for is my television remote. Inductive charging pads are a great idea, but you need a big vendor to make a standard one. Apple is probably the only company with large enough marketshare. If they came up with an inductive charger for their iPhones/iPads, their product would quickly become _the_ standard. Eventually Amazon would install the technology in the Kindle, Android handset makers would do it just to keep in the game. 3rd-Parties would make inductive power stations for cars, bedside tables, dressers, desks, you name it. And I would buy at least three.
- adestefan 15y ago
  I already know where I would instantly put 2 of them and probably a third if this ever came to fruition.
timmins 15y ago
They announced yesterday that as a result of water-proofing it will have a special plug. "Pebble's USB cable is custom cable because the watch will be waterproof and can't have a big hole for the regular USB socket. We will be selling extra cables as well." I'd rather have micro USB than waterproof, IMO.

ckrailo 15y ago

That's a really easy problem to overcome... just get a charging station. I have this one: http://amzn.to/IzPAiz http://amzn.to/IzPAiz Some others: http://amzn.to/I6TP3w http://amzn.to/I6TP3w http://amzn.to/I6TSw8 http://amzn.to/I6TSw8 http://amzn.to/I6TT3c http://amzn.to/I6TT3c

frio 15y ago

The pain of charging something regularly aside, solve the cable problem by getting a binder clip (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binder_clip http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binder_clip - I wasn't sure what they were actually called). Clip it to your bedside table, desk - wherever - running cables through it. Voila, no more cables vanishing: they're held close by the clip, and most should have heads too big to fall through the gap between the clip and the desk :).

vacri 15y ago

USB is also a crappy way to recharge things. It takes ages for the paltry USB power to recharge my smartphone, particularly if I don't turn the screen off (phone stays awake with USB attached)

icebraining 15y ago
USB doesn't really have anything to do with it, it's about the devices (both the phone and the charger). The specs say an USB charger can provide up to 5A, which is more than enough to reach the battery charging limits, AFAIK.
- vacri 15y ago
  my mistake - I thought USB was limited to 500mA. Whatever it is, my phone is annoying to charge...

officemonkey 15y ago

There has been a big uptick in the last 12 years on rechargeable gadgets. We used to put double AA batteries in everything. The only thing that needed a charger was the gigantic Motorola MicroTAC cell phone. Nowadays, it's the opposite. I count seven of them in my house alone. The only thing I need a battery for is my television remote. Inductive charging pads are a great idea, but you need a big vendor to make a standard one. Apple is probably the only company with large enough marketshare. If they came up with an inductive charger for their iPhones/iPads, their product would quickly become _the_ standard. Eventually Amazon would install the technology in the Kindle, Android handset makers would do it just to keep in the game. 3rd-Parties would make inductive power stations for cars, bedside tables, dressers, desks, you name it. And I would buy at least three.

adestefan 15y ago
I already know where I would instantly put 2 of them and probably a third if this ever came to fruition.

timmins 15y ago

They announced yesterday that as a result of water-proofing it will have a special plug. "Pebble's USB cable is custom cable because the watch will be waterproof and can't have a big hole for the regular USB socket. We will be selling extra cables as well." I'd rather have micro USB than waterproof, IMO.