Sofaspud Wrote:Add in the fact that quite a few if not most powered USB hubs expect a live PC to be connected and shut themselves off to save power (assumption on my part, there) when the PC shuts off. It's not a bug, it's a feature!Most of the problem is that there is the Energy Star rating... which if you want to put that 'green friendly' label on your device and ensure the sandal wearing set will buy it, you have to design it so that those of us who want to recharge our USB devices are forced to rely on the computer being on... with the increased amount of websurfing going on.
Really.
I've been half tempted to go out and track down one of the wall warts you get with a phone that plugs into the phone's quite standard USB jack.
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