Peter at TychoUnder

Samsung Cell Charger

2006, July 5, Wednesday, 21:11

This entry documents my frustrating search for a Samsung USB cell phone charger. Any help is appreciated.

I had been very happy with Zip-Linq product ZIP-CELL-M01 when I had a Nokia phone. It has a retractable USB A-A male-to-female extension cable and a bunch of adapter tips. I replaced the Nokia phones with a Samsung SGH-D357 and the Samsung SGH-X497. Now I just need a new adapter tip. Very easy? No.

The result of quite a bit of indirect search methods, I do find an answer. I find that I need the LG Mobile phone adapter tip, the LG1 adapter tip. Now I need to find a reputable supplier, and am wondering if anyone has found one that sells the ZIP-ADP-LG1.

I have been doing a Google search for the ZIP-ADP-LG1 adapter tip. I do know that the SGH-D357 and SGH-X497 have identical chargers. The tip is the same. And they both provide 5V 0.7A DC from an AC source (100-240V 50-60Hz 0.15A). I also know that my friend's SGH-S307 phone charger worked for my newer Samsung phone. No website I can find seems to claim their USB cable charges my newer phones. However, they do mention the S307. But using an LG mobile tip, not a Samsung tip. You can find this from the Zip-Linq website that the SGH-S307 can work with the LG Mobile tip "LG1".

So all I have to do is find a reputable reseller of the ZIP-ADP-LG1 adapter tip to work with my Samsung SGH-D357 phone. It is too bad noone out there updates their compatibility page. If I found one website which claimed their device could charge my phone via USB, then this blog entry would not exist.

Here's the sellers I've found so far:
I Got Cables $2.85
Electronics Outfitter $3.69
Cables4Computer $3.99
World of Cables $3.99
HelpFindIt.com $4.22
Guy Graphics $5
Retractable Cables $5.99
ComputerHQ $9.86
A Matter of Fax $12.12
XPC Gear $9.99 including the USB extension cable

If anyone has had a positive experience with one of these resellers, let me know. Thanks.

Reseller ratings...
Score x Num Reseller
10.00 x 3 Guy Graphics
10.00 x 1 I Got Cables
06.54 x 473 A Matter of Fax
05.63 x 4 Electronics Outfitter
04.63 x 117 ComputerHQ
00.00 x 0 Cables4Computer

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Wikipedia Brown, Boy Detective?

2006, April 2, Sunday, 19:01

Wikipedia Brown?

When are these books coming out?

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Rabbit rabbit rabbit

2006, March 1, Wednesday, 11:50

Rabbit rabbit rabbit.
It is the 1st of the month of March.

Harrumph
Wikipedia
Laughing Meme
White Rabbits - Denritics
Superstitions
and
The Pancake Rabbit

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Missile Guidance Systems Explained

2006, February 23, Thursday, 14:24

Here's a wav file explaining missile guidance, allegedly from a genuine training tape: AF Guidance

According to Missile Guidance for Dummies, this is transcribed from an Air Force training video on the topic of missile guidance.

Jim Kirkpatrick's website further states that this is attributed to the Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) in the Dec 97 publication of Association of Air Force Missileers. In this newsletter, a similar text on the GLCM Guidance System was "submitted by Colonel (Ret) George Grill, who was with General Dynamics at Greenham Common AB, England - it may not be the first time you have seen this - is seems to apply to all guidance systems."

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Tour of DDG 68 The Sullivans at Penns Landing

2005, December 3, Saturday, 20:57

There are pictures from today's Army-Navy game festivities at Penn's Landing, Philadelphia. Here are pictures of the Arleigh Burke class Aegis destroyers USS The Sullivans (DDG 68) and USS The McFaul (DDG 74)

Incidentally, it was very cold. It was 35 degrees F with 13 mph winds.