Seems to be a common theme with tablets.. There are 2-3 conflicting methods of letting a usb device get high-rate charging. In the old days,blackberry used some talkback method to get -any- charging done. (AFAIK thats pretty much dead now.) G1 used the 'standard' one (short data pins together, iirc) and so worked with all the wall warts laying around. Galaxy tab uses some proprietary mess -and- a proprietary connector (that doesn't carry audio??) so I end up carrying a usb plug for g2/nook/kindle/n900/.. (and all on the same standard cable), plus a cable for the tab, plus (most days) a charger for the tab.
Added bonus - the tab car kit comes with a usb/lighter plug that works to charge, but then uses a proprietary round connector to provide power to the dock. (So you can plug the standard proprietary data/charge cable in and get charging without the dock, but you can't use the kit-provided cable for anything other than the kit - there is no matching round connector on the tab, and no proprietary dock connector on the car kit..) What happened to the EU plan to have everything using standard connectors? :( On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 4:14 PM, Tim Mensch <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/24/2011 12:19 PM, Mark Murphy wrote: > > -- Yes, it requires a proprietary charger. Proprietary chargers make > > $BABYDEITY cry. > > And I was seriously considering getting a XOOM, despite having a > terrible experience with my last Motorola purchase (the Milestone, which > is still on 2.1, despite the identical Droid having 2.2 for nearly six > months now...). > > Proprietary chargers should be illegal. Failing that I guess I'll have > to vote with my dollars. > > Tim > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
