As you’re already aware, I have a thing for retractable cables. One of my favorites is the Retractable USB Sync and Charge Cable for the Treo 650 (US$16) from Proporta.
Retractable cables save room in my gear bag and eliminate the spaghetti-like tangle of cables that confounds me every time I need to grab something quickly.
The best thing about the USB sync cable for Treo is that it charges the phone while connected to USB – a major omission from the stock USB cable that ships from PalmOne. The bundled cable that comes with the Treo requires you to connect a separate AC adapter to the USB cable to charge the phone. Duh.
The only con that I have found is that there’s no dedicated sync button on the retractable USB sync cable, like there is on the PalmOne version. But it’s easy enough to tap into the HotSync app and initiate your sync from there.
In realted news: Proporta is giving a free pink silicone case to anyone who buys a case for their 30GB 5G iPod (while supplies last).
As you’re already aware, I have a thing for retractable cables. One of my favorites is the Retractable USB Sync and Charge Cable for the Treo 650 (US$16) from Proporta.
Retractable cables save room in my gear bag and eliminate the spaghetti-like tangle of cables that confounds me every time I need to grab something quickly.
The best thing about the USB sync cable for Treo is that it charges the phone while connected to USB – a major omission from the stock USB cable that ships from PalmOne. The bundled cable that comes with the Treo requires you to connect a separate AC adapter to the USB cable to charge the phone. Duh.
The only con that I have found is that there’s no dedicated sync button on the retractable USB sync cable, like there is on the PalmOne version. But it’s easy enough to tap into the HotSync app and initiate your sync from there.
In realted news: Proporta is giving a free pink silicone case to anyone who buys a case for their 30GB 5G iPod (while supplies last).
One reply on “Proporta Retractable USB Cable for Treo 650”
It’s not true that you can’t charge the Treo 650 with the default USB sync cable. Palm has a KB article on doing it with the TX, but it also applies to the 650:
http://kb.palmone.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE?New,Kb=PalmSupportKB,ts=Palm_External2001,Case=obj(40682)
Test it for yourself. Before you go to bed, plug in your stock USB cable without the power cable, and write down what the battery charge level is. Next morning when you get up, look at the battery charge level again. It will be higher. Mind you, not much higher. It’s a trickle charge so it’s very slow. But it does charge.
When you use the proporta cable, does it do a full (non-trickle) charge? E.g. can you recharge a nearly dead battery overnight?