poinsot

I just wondering why Dell bring me a sync
cable that only sync and not charge?
I found one at semsons who charges and sync my axim at the same time, is it something to do whit the form factor?
no oems?

ikehiker

The after market charge/sync cables don't do a very good job of charging the Axim, either. The standards only require a typical USB port to provide 100mA of power while the wall charger provides 2410mA. If the power is somewhat low on the Axim battery (maybe even as high as 70%) and the Axim is turned on, you may see the battery actually drain when connected with the charge/sync.

The general opinion is that Dell didn't provide a charge function on the cable because it would just cause them to receive a lot of service calls when it didn't work.

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tccox

I just bought a Belkin Sync charge cable so I could charge my unit at work. And as far as charging goes it seems to work great. However, it dos'nt seem to sync too well, it keep dropping the connection when trying to sync with Avantgo. However I also have the Dell sync cable and that works fine. Even wierder, problem only occurs with my maching at work (IBM), the BElkin sync charge cable works fine with my Gateway at home.

Go figure... Maybe something to do with the USB port on the IBM ????