For $59 you must expect to not have all the bells & whistles that a $300 tablet
would have. They have to cut cost somewhere.

73, Dick, W1KSZ

On 7/8/2015 8:37 AM, brian wrote:
Why have such seemingly simple things gotten so hard?
Like nobody ever figured one would want to use and charge a device at the same time?
This capability should be part of the tablet.

I'd comment on how hard it is to key a radio via a computer these days but won't.

73 de Brian/K3KO
On 7/8/2015 15:28 PM, John Payne wrote:
I use a Dell Venue 8 Pro and like many new tablets and phones it uses USB On The Go for connectivity. Dell sells this:

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=bsd&cs=04&sku=470-ABES#Overview

and it allows what you need. USB OTG negotiates charging and data according to a set of rules which I have not figured out yet, need to research that sometime! No connection to Dell other than a satisfied user. I'm sure this is available other places as well.

73,

John Payne W4CWZ

On 7/7/2015 10:55 AM, Mark N2QT via Elecraft wrote:
I bought a win 8.1 (not RT) tablet from Cowboom for $59, hoping to interface it using its micro USB port. However the USB port is the only way to provide power to the thing, and battery life is such I'd like to leave it on charge while operating, while not losing the
USB port data functionality.

The unit is sold by Best Buy under the Unbranded name.

Anyone have luck powering such a tablet without losing the USB data capability?

Mark. N2QT
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