[X4U] iPad news

[David Ledger]

At 14:33 -0500 30/1/10, Neil Laubenthal wrote:
>I wondered that too . . .the camera adapter has a USB connector on 
>it so hopefully you'll be able to hook up a USB drive or CF reader 
>and not just a camera cable. I wonder if the USB connection to a 
>camera presents itself as a camera or as a drive . . .if it's the 
>latter then I would imagine that a USB CF reader would do the same.

One of the problems with a USB port is that the standard says it has 
to be able to supply 0.5A to a plugged in device. This would play 
havoc with the 10hr battery life.

A camera always has battery power at least, and so doesn't require 
any of that 0.5A. Maybe calling something a camera port means it 
doesn't have to be full spec USB.

David


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