tired of hooking up charge cables, i (finally) splurged on getting some desktop chargers for my phone.
woo. how exciting is that?
not very.
but using ericsson's model i encountered one totally kick ass feature. the phone recognizes the charger and can switch profiles when docked, then switches back when you remove it.
this rocks! really smart for home/office settings. you can adjust the phone volume, vibrate, even divert calls. the phone even recognizes different chargers, so you can have various profiles for these different settings.
for example, i missed some calls last night since i keep the ringer near whisper level. now i can dock the phone, charge it *and* kick the ringer to an audible level. with the base on a timer, cutting the power will automatically quiet back down after midnight - knocking it back into my stock 'quiet' profile.
in a poor reception area? divert calls to your land line when you're home. that's all a part of the gsm system, and ericsson includes that in the profile settings. or you can say, accept calls from a preferred list, and reject the rest (so only people you want to bug you at home will get through).
having the phone propt up makes it easier to read as well. the spare battery charger is all right, but i'd sacrific that feature to make it much much smaller.
nice to find a product where people really thought through usability!
[update]
i bought a bunch of these on ebay. have them in my home, office, car.
rocks.