July 21, 2006
Random usefulness
My contract with Verizon has been active long enough to qualify me for a new phone. So I got one of these, an LG-VX8300. The phone as such won't cost me a dime after I mail in the rebate, so that was cool. I dropped a little extra on a case, car charger, and Bluetooth headset. Not a bad deal, all in all.
As I was driving home, I was mulling over the annoying fact that I've now got two new and one extra electronic device that I've got to charge. I was annoyed by the fact that all of my devices - laptop, mp3, phone, headset, etc. - have incompatible power ports. So every time you replace or add one you've got a whole new set of cables to deal with, install, cart around, etc. Bleeding annoying.
Then I saw the power port on my Bluetooth headset. It looked suspiciously familiar. Sure enough, the power input on this is exactly the same as the data port on this. My headset is now happily charging from the USB cable I've got plugged into my computer.
I don't know if the power specs are exactly correct, but the little charging light went on, and I know USB connections can provide a decent amount of power, so... I'm going with it until I know it doesn't work.
Sweet.
