http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/12/03/gripe-o-the-day/ Insight and Analysis from North of the Border Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:58:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/12/03/gripe-o-the-day/#comment-2119 Anonymous Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:26:16 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1949#comment-2119 You're not alone - Korean cel manufacturers decided some time ago to standardize charge and sync: http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/13/standardized-sync-and-charge-ports-on-devices/ You're not alone - Korean cel manufacturers decided some time ago to standardize charge and sync:
http://www.robhyndman.com/2005/12/13/standardized-sync-and-charge-ports-on-devices/

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/12/03/gripe-o-the-day/#comment-2118 Anonymous Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:12:17 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1949#comment-2118 I would settle for having an international emergency number instead of having to remember whether I should be dialing 911, 119, 911, 112...?!?! I would settle for having an international emergency number instead of having to remember whether I should be dialing 911, 119, 911, 112…?!?!

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/12/03/gripe-o-the-day/#comment-2117 Anonymous Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:16:12 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1949#comment-2117 Simple TEMPORARY solution. I keep a couple of <a href="http://www.thesourcecc.com/estore/Product.aspx?language=en-CA&ref=2000&aff=IntactEarnings&catalog=Online&category=AC+Adapters%2fPlugs&product=2731662" rel="nofollow">these</a> lying around and I'm all good! Simple TEMPORARY solution. I keep a couple of these lying around and I'm all good!

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/12/03/gripe-o-the-day/#comment-2116 Anonymous Mon, 04 Dec 2006 05:08:29 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1949#comment-2116 2 words... Make Money! 2 words…
Make Money!

]]> http://www.markevanstech.com/2006/12/03/gripe-o-the-day/#comment-2115 Sean Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:47:42 +0000 http://markevanstech.com/?p=1949#comment-2115 Odd, I've found exactly the opposite. I always keep transformers because if one breaks or gets lost from another gadget I can find one to replace it from my pile. As for the one size fits all approach the problem is that one size doesn't fit all. Some devices have different voltage requirements, some have different current draws. Even USB "standards" are BS. You've got the A connector and the B connector for the PC side. Each device is free to have its own connector. Between an MP3 player, a blackberry, and a digital camera I have three different, incompatible cables. And, even from an electrical standpoint USB is an ignored standard. Look at all the gadgets you can plug in to your USB bus that are just drawing power from the host. USB specifies something like 500mW@5vDC per device and you can get mini refridgerators and coffee warmers running on that? Yea right. Sean Odd, I've found exactly the opposite. I always keep transformers because if one breaks or gets lost from another gadget I can find one to replace it from my pile.
As for the one size fits all approach the problem is that one size doesn't fit all. Some devices have different voltage requirements, some have different current draws. Even USB “standards” are BS. You've got the A connector and the B connector for the PC side. Each device is free to have its own connector. Between an MP3 player, a blackberry, and a digital camera I have three different, incompatible cables.
And, even from an electrical standpoint USB is an ignored standard. Look at all the gadgets you can plug in to your USB bus that are just drawing power from the host. USB specifies something like 500mW@5vDC per device and you can get mini refridgerators and coffee warmers running on that? Yea right.
Sean

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