5 Responses for "Palm Touchstone Gets Dismantled; About $5 to Produce"

1. La Palm Pre se vende bien, de momento June 9th, 2009 at 2:12 am 1

   [...] la Palm Pre, el que te permite cargar sin conectarla a nada, simplemente dejándo la Palm encima, no es tan increible como parece. No hay quejas del funcionamiento del Touchstone, pero al parecer, la gente no está muy contenta [...]

2. Mobilewhack.com - Specs, reviews and prices. June 10th, 2009 at 8:34 pm 2

   [...] a new phenomenon! I am not talking about the phone itself but about a certain accessory that costs just $5 to make according to some sources and will charge your phone without using any wires. That’s right [...]

3. Josh August 5th, 2009 at 7:49 pm 3

   There is no way that this costs 5 dollars to produce, that ferrite shield alone has to cost around 15 dollars. Litz wire, 2 dollars. Micro, 1 dollar, Other components, 1 dollar. You’re looking at least 20 to 30 dollars to produce in the base. Keep dreaming on the 5 dollar cost…

4. Swat Khan August 12th, 2009 at 6:00 pm 4

   Cost of development vs. cost of hardware.

   It doesn’t matter how much it costs to create hardware like silicon boards, wires, and ferrite shields.

   Palm’s cost went into the development of creating an induction charger or better known as the Palm Touchstone Charger, which is an industry first as of right now. I have seen toothbrush chargers with induction for a few years but this is a first in the mobile industry.

   You should definitely clarify this in your post.

   - Swat Khan

5. Is Qi Ready to Be the Standard for Wireless Power? | topcast.co.cc August 27th, 2009 at 8:47 am 5

   [...] cheap to produce. Despite the $70 price tag on the Touchstone charger, it only cost something like $5 to manufacture. There’s no wildly exotic tech going on with induction charging, so consumers won’t be [...]