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Old 08-13-2007, 03:44 PM   #19
JSWolf
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
So with a device like my Archos media player (which is, I believe, also based on Linux), the fact that it will charge from any "dumb" USB power supply (eg a car charger) is down to the fact that the device itself is saying something like "I see that something is connected to my USB port but I don't care what it is - if it won't talk to me using a mass storage driver I'll see if I can charge from it"?

If that is the case, couldn't the Reader do something similar, given the appropriate firmware code?
We have an iGO car charger for our cell phones. All I did was just purchase the PSP tip and now the Sony can be charged in the car.
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