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Originally Posted by Worldwalker
A USB hub is a dingus you plug into a USB port to turn it into multiple ports. It's usually a little flat box with a cable that goes to your computer and four (sometimes seven, rarely more) USB ports on the sides of it. Some of them are powered -- that is, they have a wall wart that plugs in to supply auxiliary power to them -- and some are not; they just use the power supplied by the computer. It's the latter that can drain your Reader battery, as I found out the hard way.
I have an official Sony charger (thanks to a relative, a Christmas gift card, and a moment of self-indulgence) and I find that it's much faster than charging off USB. However, since in either case charging generally involves plugging it into something once every week or two, it's really not a big deal either way.
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Thanks for the explanations about hubs. I understand now. I prefer mains charging and I was looking for a cheap mains charger that would work but I'm going to go ahead and buy the official sony ac charger (for peace of mind) from PLAY for £14.99
http://www.play.com/Electronics/Elec...r/Product.html. I don't mind spending the extra bit since I got the cover for £5.00 (saving 30/40 quid) from PLAY aswell.
Thanks to everyone who's given me suggestions!