Re: Dash mount ideas and temperature warning
Thanks for pointing out the heat issues with the Touchstone in the car!!! Since it's winter, I forgot about that. I have found that it's not the actual temperature of the air, but how hot the little black touchstone gets sitting in the sun all day long. I place a hat on mine while I'm at work and keep my windows cracked a bit. That has worked well for me. I'll update the OP.
I've been missing webOS!! But having the Touchstones back is nice. Plus I never knew just how well GPS could/should work! That was probably the one thing that just never worked reliably for me. I think it would be hard to go back to the Pre Plus after having the GN, but if someone put webOS on a 4.3" or larger slab and could get it to work reasonably well I'm in. LOLFor those of you planning to put a Touchstone in your car once you mod your Galaxy Nexus, you may want to read this huge thread over at webOSNation.
Also, in my 2-year experience with a dash-mounted Touchstone, they are very sensitive to heat. They will not charge when the temp in the car is over 75 or 80. I'm not sure if this was a battery protection circuit within the Pre or within the Touchstone, or possibly within the little board attached to the coil, but the phone would bounce between charging/not-charging every other second, which obviously meant it couldn't keep up with anything.
Thanks, OP for posting this. My modding supplies are due to arrive Thursday. I've really been missing my Touchstones!
-Andrew
Thanks for pointing out the heat issues with the Touchstone in the car!!! Since it's winter, I forgot about that. I have found that it's not the actual temperature of the air, but how hot the little black touchstone gets sitting in the sun all day long. I place a hat on mine while I'm at work and keep my windows cracked a bit. That has worked well for me. I'll update the OP.