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Old 10-07-2007, 05:57 PM   #18
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Originally Posted by KlondikeGeoff View Post
Do you mean to say you can't charge from an AC outlet at all? Does it have a jack so I could use the 500 wall charger?

If not, that means that if you are out somewhere where no computer is available to charge, you are SOL? That would be totally idiotic if it can only be recharged with a computer's USB port.

Let's see, if somebody only has a desktop, they will have to go buy a laptop and take it everywhere they go with the 505, just to be able to charge it.

Tell me it ain't so, Joe.
I ain't Joe, but it ain't so.

Sony is just not including the line (or mains) charger in the retail package as they did on the 500. There is still a plug for a 5.2V charger and any PSP charger will work. I use a 3rd party universal charger called "Juice" (NatCh also uses the same charger) and it works great. The 500 needed a line charger because if the battery was fully discharged it would not recharge from the USB. From what I have read (correct me if I'm wrong on this one) the 505 will recharge from a USB connection even if the battery is completely drained making the requirement for a line charger obsolete.
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