Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Marcus Bauer
On Mon, 2008-04-14 at 08:38 +0200, Erland Lewin wrote: 2008/4/14, steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 1. We have a custom charger that can fast charge the phone. 2. Standard usb chargers will work just fine. How long will charging the phone take with the fast charger vs. a normal

Re: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
I think I'm going to have to completely disagree on this one. I RARELY plug anything into a computer to simply charge it. I'd venture almost never. The idea that I HAVE to plug a device into a computer to charge it is completely ridiculous to me. I'd bet my experience as a product marketer that

Re: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Marcus Bauer
Reading your email I wonder if there is a misunderstanding here. A USB charger is not a device that gets plugged into a computer but it is simply a device that supplies power on a USB-like plug. It can be a wall charger or a car charger. If you go to ebay and type in usb charger you get plenty

Re: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread thomasg
Well, you'll get used to it :) USB-Charging is fine. You can use a standard usb-wallcharger as well as any mini-usb cable or usb-carchargers and so on. I have some devices that can only be loaded over usb and some who can also use a proprietary charger. I mostly use usb, because I have a dozend

Re: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Erland Lewin
2008/4/14, Marcus Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [...] the great news is that the Neo can use any USB charger. I have a Neo 1973 and use it on a daily basis. The great thing is that you don't need any special charger, you can use any $5 charger and it works. There is a small program out there

Custom cable and custom charger (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Michael Shiloh
IIRC, the custom cable is actually part of the charger, i.e. charger and cable is one unit. If you think about it, this makes sense: If the cable were a separate unit, you might plug the cable by accident into a charger (or worse, your laptop) that could not deliver 1 Amp, the phone would

Re: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
I think my main concern is I see USB Cable and USB Charger used interchangeably in these messages. They are not one and the same. So which is that we are talking about? On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 1:29 AM, Marcus Bauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reading your email I wonder if there is a

RE: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread steve
Thanks Lowell. The phone will ship with a wall charger. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lowell Higley Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 12:58 AM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT

Re: Charger? (was: Re: FreeRunner Pricing and PVT update)

2008-04-14 Thread Lowell Higley
Just trying to help. Not terribly useful at the engineering stuff any more so trying to help how I can. :) On Mon, Apr 14, 2008 at 11:59 AM, steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Lowell. The phone will ship with a wall charger. --