Wednesday, September 1, 2004
Little Sync Pro Sync/Charge Cable from Pocket PC Techs
Posted by Jason Dunn in "ARTICLE" @ 08:00 AM
Pocket PC Techs sent me a few of their new Lil' Sync Pro cables, and I'm duly impressed! Physically, they're a little bit larger than most other sync 'n charge cables I have, but not by much (perhaps 2mm). The cable housing has a new plastic logo on it, which looks great, and the cable itself is thicker and feels very high quality. The mechanism to retract and extend the cable gave me no trouble - the whole unit feels very sturdy.
The real question, though, is how well it performed. I don't have every iPAQ the cable supports (iPAQ 17/19/22/38/39/41/43/51/54/55/6300 Series), but I gave it a go with what I did have, and here are the results (and my tests were particularly brutal as several of the units were dead):
• iPAQ 2215: charged + sync no problem, came out of a hard reset
• iPAQ 1945: charged + sync no problem, though the connector needed to be turned upside down
• iPAQ 5500: when it was first coming up out of a hard reset, the screen kept going from bright to less bright, indicating that it wasn't sure if it was on battery power or AC power. After a few minutes of being connected it stabilized and charged properly. It also synched properly.
• iPAQ 4350: would only charge when the power is off, would not sync ("USB device not recognized"). Very odd. Pocket PC Techs said it might be a ROM issue since they tested a 4350 with the latest ROM and it worked fine. I haven't upgraded the ROM yet, this is the original ROM.
• iPAQ 4150: my wife has it so I can't test it yet. :-) My assumption is that it will work fine, but I'll update this when I test it.
All in all, I'm very pleased with the Lil' Sync Cable - very high quality, feels sturdy, great for traveling, and best of all...I only need one cable for several devices!
The real question, though, is how well it performed. I don't have every iPAQ the cable supports (iPAQ 17/19/22/38/39/41/43/51/54/55/6300 Series), but I gave it a go with what I did have, and here are the results (and my tests were particularly brutal as several of the units were dead):
• iPAQ 2215: charged + sync no problem, came out of a hard reset
• iPAQ 1945: charged + sync no problem, though the connector needed to be turned upside down
• iPAQ 5500: when it was first coming up out of a hard reset, the screen kept going from bright to less bright, indicating that it wasn't sure if it was on battery power or AC power. After a few minutes of being connected it stabilized and charged properly. It also synched properly.
• iPAQ 4350: would only charge when the power is off, would not sync ("USB device not recognized"). Very odd. Pocket PC Techs said it might be a ROM issue since they tested a 4350 with the latest ROM and it worked fine. I haven't upgraded the ROM yet, this is the original ROM.
• iPAQ 4150: my wife has it so I can't test it yet. :-) My assumption is that it will work fine, but I'll update this when I test it.
All in all, I'm very pleased with the Lil' Sync Cable - very high quality, feels sturdy, great for traveling, and best of all...I only need one cable for several devices!
