Dunno . . .I can see there might be a difference between the "dock connector to USB so that you can connect the iPad to your computer" and the "dock connector to usb that understands anything you plug into the other end as an input". OTOH; you may be right and universal means universal. On Jan 31, 2010, at 1:53 PM, Marc Stergionis wrote: > Isn't USB, umm .... universal though …? > ----------------------------------------------- There are only three kinds of stress; your basic nuclear stress, cooking stress, and A$$hole stress. The key to their relationship is Jello. neil