Official HTC Cradle

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Anyone else got the official HTC Hero Cradle?

Mine just arrived and whilst it looks good there are a few faults..

It collects fingerprints like mad, and the bigger problem.. because of the chin on the hero it stands too straight upright.. it needs to be laid back a little more to make it easier to read if its in front of you on a desk.

It wouldn't be a problem on any phone thats straight (the cradle is universal and can have little adapters fitted for a few different HTC models).. but because of the curve of the chin the usb socket points at a weird angle.

I've got the cradle. It does collect fingerprints like mad, but the angle doesn't bother me at all.

the angle doesnt bother me. trying to get it out of the cradle bothers me. seems so difficult to pull out or even put in for that matter. will this ease up the more i use it?

Originally Posted by SimplySquare

the angle doesnt bother me. trying to get it out of the cradle bothers me. seems so difficult to pull out or even put in for that matter. will this ease up the more i use it?

Yes it will.

must say I'm pretty dissapointed with accessories for Hero. Official cradle seems to expensive, and to find cheaper one that has audio output on it? asking too much.

http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-AC-Dual-Batt...item414c23acfb

looks like this can be it. but, can any cradle be used if the phone is in "soft silicon gel case cover" ?

Originally Posted by Dac0908

must say I'm pretty dissapointed with accessories for Hero. Official cradle seems to expensive, and to find cheaper one that has audio output on it? asking too much.

http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-AC-Dual-Batt...item414c23acfb

looks like this can be it. but, can any cradle be used if the phone is in "soft silicon gel case cover" ?

I bought that cradle and it's a piece of sh*t!

It's huge and doesn't even charge the phone sometimes. Stay away!

Originally Posted by bunt83

I bought that cradle and it's a piece of sh*t!

It's huge and doesn't even charge the phone sometimes. Stay away!

I had one of these for another HTC phone (I can't even remember which now) and you need to have DC5V and USB both connected to reliably charge. And come on it's not that big

As for the official cradle, yes it is pretty expensive but it is very well made and don't forget it is universal - so you can just replace the adapter when you change to another HTC phone, ala iPod docks. Don't think it fits the Nexus One though? Or maybe just not yet.

ok thanx

I thought that it would be an easy thing to find. and cheap. but it's not really, looking at iSomething accessories, well... it's very hard to compare. There is iEverythingYouCanThinkOf, but only one or two models of HTC compatible docks with audio output. that's sad.

As long as the dock has a proper HTC ExtUSB connector on it and not just mini-usb you can get audio out easily from any of them.

Grab an Ext USB 3-in-1 Splitter from ebay (They look like this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/atta...9&d=1194430021)

And plug into the dock.. thats what I did when I was using my kaiser dock before I bought the official one.

yes that was my plan

but noone said anything about docking a Hero with silicon gel protection on it? it's only about 2mm thick but will it fit? hmm...