* Nikita V. Youshchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [070120 12:32]: > > > > Renaissance Man schrieb: > >> On 20 Jan 2007, at 6:06 am, Sean Moss-Pultz wrote: > >> > >>> We will sell the Neo1973 direct from openmoko.com for US$350 plus > >>> shipping. Sales and orders will be worldwide. > >> > >> Does this mean it'll be shipping direct from openmoko.com with the > >> correct power plug for each country? > > > > The phone is charged via USB. I am assuming it comes without a power > > supply. You can get a USB charger for a power outlet on ebay for a few > > bucks if you want to charge it without a PC. > > How can it charge over USB if it gets full discharged? > AFAIK, USB device is not powered by USB host until it is configured. > So gadged must be operational to charge over usb.
Well, I'm almost certain that my USB mouse has no battery builtin, so I guess USB does provide some minimal power to enable configuration. > > BTW, this is the exact behaviour I'm observing with my old ipaq running > Familiar Linux: it could be charged via USB while it it operational, but if > it gets full discharged, USB can't help and power choord has to be used. Well, that's not USB's fault. Some of the Ipaqs have a questionable design where the software on the Ipaq needs to control charging. Now you can wonder what happens if OS on the Ipaq shuts itself down because of power exhaustation. *g* Andreas _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
