topic Re: To cradle or not to cradle? in Tablets https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344907#M1848 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote _jivemacro_uid_13427171617822505" jivemacro_uid="_13427171617822505"><P>mpattenden wrote:</P><P></P><P>Without knowing what yours does it's hard to say!</P><P></P><P>I have the cradle and use it nightly to charge, and use as an alarm, it easily slips on and off without fiddling with the charger socket - it also starts the cassandra app that I use as an alarm, news headlines and weather.</P><P></P><P>Now all these things could be done manually - and yours may, if not that's basically the main features!</P><P></P><P>HTH</P><P></P><P>Padster</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: mpattenden</P><P>typos</P></PRE><P>Thanks Padster that was the sort of info I was looking for! It sounds like the only main benefit is not having to actually plug the socket in but for less than half the cost of the Sony one I may stick with mine.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:02:51 GMT aardvark4design 2012-07-19T17:02:51Z To cradle or not to cradle? https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344900#M1842 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I am thinking of buying the Sony cradle but think that £35-£40 is a bit steep! I have made my own but would like to know if the Sony one does anything that mine does not? </P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: aardvark4design</P><P></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 14:03:41 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344900#M1842 aardvark4design 2012-07-19T14:03:41Z Re: To cradle or not to cradle? https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344901#M1843 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I think the best option would be for you to visit your local Sony stockist &amp; see what features the Sony cradle has then you'll know the differences to the one you have..:smileyhappy:</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:06:37 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344901#M1843 Thalamus. 2012-07-19T15:06:37Z Re: To cradle or not to cradle? https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344902#M1844 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>....Or possibly to visit some third rate eBay shop to see what features they offer.:smileywink:</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:17:42 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344902#M1844 rich912 2012-07-19T15:17:42Z Re: To cradle or not to cradle? https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344903#M1845 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Thanks but my nearest Sony store is miles away!</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:38:59 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344903#M1845 aardvark4design 2012-07-19T15:38:59Z Re: To cradle or not to cradle? https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344905#M1846 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote _jivemacro_uid_13427123699042405" jivemacro_uid="_13427123699042405"><P>rich912 wrote:</P><P></P><P>....Or possibly to visit some third rate eBay shop to see what features they offer.<SPAN __jive_emoticon_name="wink"></SPAN></P></PRE><P>Now theres an idea....helpful and amusing? <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.sk/html/@1171BA8DDFC7DB19A6C03A53D2CB08A6/images/smilies/005.png" alt=":laughing:" title=":laughing:" /></P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 15:42:28 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344905#M1846 aardvark4design 2012-07-19T15:42:28Z To cradle or not to cradle? https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344906#M1847 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Without knowing what yours does it's hard to say!</P><P></P><P>I have the cradle and use it nightly to charge, and use as an alarm, it easily slips on and off without fiddling with the charger socket - it also starts the cassandra app that I use as an alarm, news headlines and weather.</P><P></P><P>Now all these things could be done manually - and yours may, if not that's basically the main features!</P><P></P><P>HTH</P><P></P><P>Padster</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: mpattenden</P><P>typos</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:02:22 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344906#M1847 mpattenden 2012-07-19T16:02:22Z Re: To cradle or not to cradle? https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344907#M1848 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><PRE __jive_macro_name="quote" class="jive_text_macro jive_macro_quote _jivemacro_uid_13427171617822505" jivemacro_uid="_13427171617822505"><P>mpattenden wrote:</P><P></P><P>Without knowing what yours does it's hard to say!</P><P></P><P>I have the cradle and use it nightly to charge, and use as an alarm, it easily slips on and off without fiddling with the charger socket - it also starts the cassandra app that I use as an alarm, news headlines and weather.</P><P></P><P>Now all these things could be done manually - and yours may, if not that's basically the main features!</P><P></P><P>HTH</P><P></P><P>Padster</P><P></P><P>Message was edited by: mpattenden</P><P>typos</P></PRE><P>Thanks Padster that was the sort of info I was looking for! It sounds like the only main benefit is not having to actually plug the socket in but for less than half the cost of the Sony one I may stick with mine.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 19 Jul 2012 17:02:51 GMT https://community.sony.sk/t5/tablets/to-cradle-or-not-to-cradle/m-p/344907#M1848 aardvark4design 2012-07-19T17:02:51Z