Think again, Chris. It turns out that Apple can 'interpret' standards
somewhat flexibly.
See here: http://www.ladyada.net/make/mintyboost/icharge.html
Piers
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From: Chris Barker [mailto:ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 04 January 2013 08:59
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Another gadget obsoleted.
That's not true, Ken. A current is a current from a USB port and I can
charge my iPhone from any computer. But iPads need more than just a USB
port in a computer to charge at any decent rate.
Chris
On 4 Jan 2013, at 02:00, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> It's probably OK for phones but if you're trying to charge an Android
>> tablet what works for an iPad may not work for an Android tablet
>> despite what the specs say.
>
> Usually the problem is the other way around where the Apple devices
> won't charge on anything but Apple specific devices. That's why the
> iPads won't generally charge in the USB ports of most computers, but
> will in the Apple computers.
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