Do You Want a Cradle for your HTC Typhoon aka Orange C500?

[Jerry Raia]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.ppcw.net/?itemid=2307' target='_blank'>http://www.ppcw.net/?itemid=2307</a><br /><br /></div><i>"UK designed and made to fit your phone. The stable resin base and USB 2.0 cable makes sync and charging operations simple AND provides a home for your phone instead of dumping it on your desk."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/c500_cradle1.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/><br /><br />I like phone cradles myself and here is one for you Typhoon owners.

[xultar]

I agree! I love cradles! Apparently the manufacturers are being STINGY and CHEAP!!! /rant

[apeguero]

USB 2.0? Is there something I need to know here? USB 2.0 and C500, SMT5600 don't both fit in the same sentence. Do they?

[Jason Dunn]

This would be great to see, but the eBay auction is at $65 CND, which is rather pricey (I understand it though, this is a hand-made one-off). I can't believe no one has made one commercially though... :?

[Mike Temporale]

The other thing I don't like (next to the price that Jason mentioned), is that these are all designed around sync'ing only. I want a cradle to charge with. I sync over Bluetooth, so a sync cradle is of no use to me. I want something I can place my phone on at night and find it fully charged in the morning. :?

[Mike Temporale]

This would be great to see, but the eBay auction is at $65 CND, which is rather pricey (I understand it though, this is a hand-made one-off). I can't believe no one has made one commercially though... :?

There was this one (http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7721) from a couple months back. It's a sync and charge one, but the price is better.

[Mark Larson]

The other thing I don't like (next to the price that Jason mentioned), is that these are all designed around sync'ing only. I want a cradle to charge with. I sync over Bluetooth, so a sync cradle is of no use to me. I want something I can place my phone on at night and find it fully charged in the morning. :? Couldn't you just plug it into your cradle/USB port and let it charge overnight? Am I missing something? Or do you not have the computer on overnight?

[brntcrsp]

how likely would us "Feeler" aka SP3i users be successfully to use this cradle? I need one or two desperately.

[Mike Temporale]

The other thing I don't like (next to the price that Jason mentioned), is that these are all designed around sync'ing only. I want a cradle to charge with. I sync over Bluetooth, so a sync cradle is of no use to me. I want something I can place my phone on at night and find it fully charged in the morning. :? Couldn't you just plug it into your cradle/USB port and let it charge overnight? Am I missing something? Or do you not have the computer on overnight?

I use a laptop, which is sitting on the kitchen table overnight. That's part of the problem. My laptop is as mobile as my phone is. So I don't like to have any extra things hanging of it. I would prefer a nice little stand at the side of my bed where I could place my phone when I go to sleep. Exactly the same as I do with my Pocket PC. :D

[Mike Temporale]

how likely would us "Feeler" aka SP3i users be successfully to use this cradle? I need one or two desperately.

The SP3i is a little wider than the SP3/C500. So it really depends on how they fashioned the base of the stand. :? It looks to me like it might work, but I can't say for sure.

[warptime]

The other thing I don't like (next to the price that Jason mentioned), is that these are all designed around sync'ing only. I want a cradle to charge with. I sync over Bluetooth, so a sync cradle is of no use to me. I want something I can place my phone on at night and find it fully charged in the morning. :? Couldn't you just plug it into your cradle/USB port and let it charge overnight? Am I missing something? Or do you not have the computer on overnight?

I use a laptop, which is sitting on the kitchen table overnight. That's part of the problem. My laptop is as mobile as my phone is. So I don't like to have any extra things hanging of it. I would prefer a nice little stand at the side of my bed where I could place my phone when I go to sleep. Exactly the same as I do with my Pocket PC. :D

I am new to SmartPhones and using the USB cable to charge and sync, but couldn't you use an A/C adapter like this one (http://www.seidioonline.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=ADP%2DTUSB) from Seidio? Someone please educate me if I am wrong (so I don't buy the wrong thing!)

As an alternative I was thinking of checking the A/C adapter that came with my Belkin Bluetooth GPS... It is a small 'brick' that you plug a USB style cable into. The Belkin cable is different on the device end, but maybe the voltage is the same and I just use the USB cable that came with my phone.

warptime
SMT5600

[sojourner753]

What would be useful to me is a cradle that could simulate an activesync connection over wifi.

From my bedroom to my laptop (up in the loft) its out of range. Especially since there is no way to disconnect in my 5600.

My PDA has wifi and can sync that far. If I could sit them both in their cradles on my nightstand and sync them without running upstairs then I would be a happy camper.

Don't get me started about only being able to have one actively connected at a time. :x