Re: charging PDA's

2009-03-16 Thread erik burggraaf
No. Mine chare=ge on my mac just fine. It just draws power from the usb port. In the case of my mbp, it does this even when the computer is turned off which could be deadly if the computer isn't plugged in. Best, erik burggraaf A+ sertified technician and user support consultant. Phone: 8

Re: charging PDA's

2009-03-15 Thread Chantel Cuddemi
Same thing happens if you are on a windows laptop. Chantel. --- On Sun, 3/15/09, Jacob Schmude wrote: > From: Jacob Schmude > Subject: Re: charging PDA's > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009, 3:26 PM > Hi Scott > Very true, this is w

Re: charging PDA's

2009-03-15 Thread Cara Quinn
Jacob, thanks to you and Scott for the general info. -And, Jacob, thanks very much for this! I wasn't aware of it. -Very cool / useful feature indeed!… Is there perhaps a source you can point me to where this sort of thing is documented?… Some of these seemingly little features r

Re: charging PDA's

2009-03-15 Thread Jacob Schmude
Hi Scott Very true, this is why all of my stationary USB hubs are always self- powered by their own AC adapter. There's only so much power a USB port can provide. One very nice feature of OS X is that it will let you know when this occurs. When a USB device cannot draw the required amount of

Re: charging PDA's

2009-03-15 Thread Scott Bresnahan
Hi, There is a tidbit of Mac and USB info to share here though. Low voltage in a USB series can cause devices not to charge or function properly. What I mean by a series is a chain of connected USB devices that run off a single USB powered bus. So for example, if you have a power hungry d

Re: charging PDA's

2009-03-15 Thread Cara Quinn
sorry, -not going to do that on the list.My door is always open, write me privately and the info is yours! Listers whom have speech on their mobile devices are most likely already familiar with the lists those screen reader companies provide, so this is way OT for this list.

Re: charging PDA's

2009-03-15 Thread louie
Cara can you tell us the name of these lists? On Mar 15, 2009, at 11:09 AM, Cara Quinn wrote: > > Will, you should be able to charge any usb device on the Mac. As > you well know, the usb on the Mac is standard. So this really would be > a feature concerned with your device itself. For futur

Re: charging PDA's

2009-03-15 Thread Cara Quinn
Will, you should be able to charge any usb device on the Mac. As you well know, the usb on the Mac is standard. So this really would be a feature concerned with your device itself. For future reference, really these sorts of questions that are essentially non-Mac related and more abou

Re: charging PDA's

2009-03-15 Thread Jacob Schmude
Hi No. If your device supports charging via USB, it will immediately begin to charge when plugged into any powered USB port. It doesn't matter what the os on the host is, all the device needs is for the connection to be established so it can draw the power it needs. On Mar 15, 2009, at 11:

charging PDA's

2009-03-15 Thread william lomas
hi does one need i wonder, to be using a iwndows system to charge a windows mobile PDA device? --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send e