5 May
2012
5 May
'12
9:39 a.m.
On Sat, May 05, 2012 at 11:56:35AM -0400, Mouse wrote:
That is someone playing silly games. If you remember, name & shame
please (manufacturer & device) because this nonsense deserves being
blacklisted.
The whole damn _point_ of switching to micro USB as the charging connector
is to get rid of the custom chargers and be able to use generic ones ...
Kind regards,
Alex.
--
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work." -- Thomas A. Edison
And these
days, USB also helps clean up the mobile phone charger
mess: an increasing number of new phones just use USB with a micro
USB connector instead of every phone needing its very own wallwart
with a very special connector.
The connector is not all there is to it. I recently ran into a device
(not a phone, but it wouldn't surprise me if phones did the same thing)
that, if you plug in the wrong charger, even though the connector is
correct, displays a snarky message about how you have to use the
charger and cable that came with the device, and refuses to charge.