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Originally Posted by Dylrob
The Nook Color does not use a standard USB connector for charging. If you look inside the one attached to the wall brick you should see more than the standard four pins. Now realize that iDevices use the same cable for charging and syncing (The charger doesn't have its own cable).
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Indeed it doesn't, but for everything else, it is USB. You can still the USB port for everything else, provided the kernel has support for it and you have the necessary apps. The fact that standard USB 2.0 specifies a max of 0.5A does not mean that you have to limit yourself to 0.5A for your charger; it simply means that generic chargers and PC ports have to stick to 0.5A because users could connect devices that can't handle more than that much current.
The same applies to the Nexus 7. USB (where the U stands for UNIVERSAL, by the way), was designed for interoperability and it would benefit everybody if companies adhered to standards. In EU they're trying to get a bit tough, but there are too many loopholes for companies to continue to do their shenanigans.