Any USB hubs that will charge iPad?

Does anyone know of any USB hubs that have a "High Power" USB port? I'd like to use a single cable for both charging and syncing, but my computer doesn't have a high powered USB plug. I'm willing to buy a hub, but I need a specific recommendation. I'll go to Fry's later today to see what I can find.

 

Since this issue was not known at ship date I am guessing it will take a little while before manufacturers start making the special accessory for this.

I have Power USB Hubs and they do not work either. The charging device that comes with the iPad is probably proprietary and so it will have be reverse engineered first.

 

This USB hub has to high power ports. The specs say they have twice the power of normal USB ports. Since standard USB provides up to 500mA, I assume the two high power ports are 1000mA.

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This will serve as a good wake up call for iPad manufacturers.

 

I just ordered this, shipped via ground. I hope to have it early next week, at which point I'll post if it works to both charge and sync my iPad to my PC.

 

No joy. Got the hub, plugged it all in, plugged my iPad into one of the two "High Powered" USB ports, but still get the "Not Charging" message.

I'm guessing it's only a matter of weeks until we see iPad compatible USB hubs, and probably marketed as such.

 

Just a heads up: Despite the "Not Charging" shown in the upper right corner when you plug the iPad into a PC, it apparently is actually charging.

 

I've enjoyed a similar experience as described in the link. It seems to charge just fine, especially when the screen is off, despite the 'not charging' warning.

Gary

 

I ordered one of these to try: DealExtreme: $5.31 Cable Style Dual-Power 1000mA USB 2.0 4-Port Hub

For $5, I figure it's cheap enough to test out, and I can always find another use for it if needed.

 

One of my colleagues asked about this at an Apple store and the "genius" on duty showed him a 16 port USB hub that they use to charge iPods, iPhones and iPads. He said it looked like the same technology that had just been released in a device from Datamation Systems. I saw a press release about it recently. I think it is called the PowerPad 16.

 

Just found it searching Datamation Systems PowerPad 16. They have lots of interesting professional-grade tools.