Dude hardwires Palm Touchstone into BMW, charging ensues
by Chris Ziegler 
posted Jun 18th 2009 at 3:09PM
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
randy @ Jun 18th 2009 9:18PM
This is stupid. In addition to the fact that, despite the maddening nature of iDrive, no sane person would just rip it out of their car, I doubt the magnet is strong enough to hold onto the Pre if you hit the breaks or take a sharp curve, which means your Pre will be flying all over the place, unless you drive like grandma.
Eddie @ Jun 18th 2009 3:48PM
Would have been cooler if his car was a Dodge CHARGER
lopezjo @ Jun 29th 2009 12:35PM
would be even cooler if he could use the touchstone to also control iDrive...
Ari @ Jun 18th 2009 4:21PM
could also be useful in a way that you can use Sprint navi handsfee. Maybe up on the dash.
larry Friedman @ Jun 18th 2009 4:42PM
Wouldn't this be called "Touching Your Monkey"?
shimp81 @ Jun 18th 2009 5:52PM
Excellent. This method of charging will surely catch on!
Richard @ Jun 18th 2009 7:24PM
more functional than BMW's iDrive - for sure!
M @ Jun 19th 2009 2:26AM
Look at the pics at the Read link, this guys BMW (E93) doesn't have a screen, i.e. no idrive)... so he didn't do much modding here, but it's still pretty cool.
AT @ Jun 19th 2009 10:33AM
I've heard that the pre has to be on the charger in a specific way. So the moment you screech to a halt, that thing is going flying. Kind of pointless if you ask me.
Brian @ Jun 19th 2009 12:14PM
The magnet on the touchstone holds the phone VERY well. I just tested mine and it will hold the phone upside down and i can jostle it quit a bit before the magnet lets go.
Who? @ Jun 19th 2009 4:31PM
It looks like the charger was installed backwards. Shouldn't "palm" be facing the other way, so you can actually see the display when driving?