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Originally Posted by Abecedary
griffonwing, I've seen mention of your cellphone watch a few times now, and I've been intrigued by the idea of it. So I finally decided to Google it to check it out. My god, do you actually wear that thing on your wrist?!? I mean, it's a cool idea, and it definitely could be useful. But it really does look like someone stuck a wriststrap onto a cellphone. And have you considered getting one of these to go with it?  |
I've seen that before. It was before I owned a bluetooth phone, but I would actually consider purchasing. As you can tell, I like eccentric things.
I actually purchased a Motorola M9 bluetooth earphone.
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Originally Posted by Hellmark
I'd say there is something special in the cord to auto set the amperage pulled from the host.
USB ports can vary the amount of power pulled from the host port, with the USB spec showing anywhere from 100 to 500 milliamp (if I remember right, may even be just a step from 100 to 500, and nothing in between). However, sometimes fishy things can be done to step it up, or adjust it. They may trade off voltage for more amperage, or even just a voltage step down. USB is 5 volt, and for smaller electronics, 3.3 volts is a popular figure. If this voltage stepdown is done via a resistor in the cable (which may very well be the case, to save space in the watch), that would explain the differences.
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I've tried cords with and without the bulky resistor, but neither helped. Only the cord it came with, which has no bulky addition.
Thanks.