Apple charger actually compatible with a standard ? What is the world coming to ? :-)
A couple of years ago (or so), I bought an Apple USB charger, their 1A european model (Model A1300).
Why ? Because it is the smallest charger around that is not utter crap.
The downside: The A1300 had the Apple-proprietary arrangement of resistors connected to the D+/- pins, signalling to iDevices that this is an Apple charger, and confusing the hell out of other equipment (like my Nokia N9 mobile phone). So, since the charger is impossible to disassemble (neatly), I'd have to modify USB cables, turning them into pure charging cables (sacrificing the data capability). Ugh.
Just today, I bought another Apple USB charger, and on a whim, tested it with my Nokia N9, and subsequently measured with a mutimeter ...
Yay. It seems the new Model A1400 is actually "dumb charger" compatible (having the D+/- pins shorted), so it should be useful for charging _any_ modern equipment, not just iDevices !
Why ? Because it is the smallest charger around that is not utter crap.
The downside: The A1300 had the Apple-proprietary arrangement of resistors connected to the D+/- pins, signalling to iDevices that this is an Apple charger, and confusing the hell out of other equipment (like my Nokia N9 mobile phone). So, since the charger is impossible to disassemble (neatly), I'd have to modify USB cables, turning them into pure charging cables (sacrificing the data capability). Ugh.
Just today, I bought another Apple USB charger, and on a whim, tested it with my Nokia N9, and subsequently measured with a mutimeter ...
Yay. It seems the new Model A1400 is actually "dumb charger" compatible (having the D+/- pins shorted), so it should be useful for charging _any_ modern equipment, not just iDevices !