[X4U] iPad news

[Marc Stergionis]

On 1/31/10 6:51 AM, David Ledger wrote:
> 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.
>
I'm confused. Can see from the photos that there is no bank of ports on 
the iPad, but Apple's site on the Tech  Specs page lists In the box: 
Dock connector to USB cable. Is that not a USB connection?

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Marc Stergionis