Hello,
I'm a long term traveler, and continuing to push my boundaries - I am going to be cycling form London to Singapore (or potentially to adelaide, australia) starting November. This journey will take around 14-16 months. However during this time I would like to blog my journey, and idealy the tool I would like to use is the Motorola Xoom. This is for two reasons: 1) Long battery life on tablets. & 2) I prefer Android over Apple. I will also be advertising what ever device I get on the website to provide other travellers a solution.
Now, the only way I will be getting power will be via a solar panel setup as follows:
This solar panel "Solargorilla" ( Link )
Will feed power into a battery "Powergorilla" ( Link )
...and with all battery packs like this, they output power via USB or DC. The iPad2 will charge via USB (slowly yes, but surely - but I have time!!). However I would prefer to buy the Xoom if possible. So to prevent me going out and buying an iPad2, I need to be able to charge the Xoom from either a DC or USB port.
*potential Xoom charging solution*
I buy a motorola xoom car charger kit, and a powergorilla car charger socket.
So in summary:
- Motorola Xoom Tablet will plug into Xoom Car Charger ( Link )
- that will plug into powertraveller car charget socket ( Link )
- that will plug into Powergorilla (battery) ( Link )
I've gone to Motorola about it, and they've basically replied with a "i don't know". Not helpful.
...I know this is a far stretch, but would anyone here have access to these accessories? or have the technical knowledge whether it would or not? As before I buy a Xoom tablet, I need to know whether this method will charge it. Other wise I'm going to be forced to buy an iPad2 or another tablet that supports USB charging.
Thank you very much in advanced!
Clint
I'm a long term traveler, and continuing to push my boundaries - I am going to be cycling form London to Singapore (or potentially to adelaide, australia) starting November. This journey will take around 14-16 months. However during this time I would like to blog my journey, and idealy the tool I would like to use is the Motorola Xoom. This is for two reasons: 1) Long battery life on tablets. & 2) I prefer Android over Apple. I will also be advertising what ever device I get on the website to provide other travellers a solution.
Now, the only way I will be getting power will be via a solar panel setup as follows:
This solar panel "Solargorilla" ( Link )
Will feed power into a battery "Powergorilla" ( Link )
...and with all battery packs like this, they output power via USB or DC. The iPad2 will charge via USB (slowly yes, but surely - but I have time!!). However I would prefer to buy the Xoom if possible. So to prevent me going out and buying an iPad2, I need to be able to charge the Xoom from either a DC or USB port.
*potential Xoom charging solution*
I buy a motorola xoom car charger kit, and a powergorilla car charger socket.
So in summary:
- Motorola Xoom Tablet will plug into Xoom Car Charger ( Link )
- that will plug into powertraveller car charget socket ( Link )
- that will plug into Powergorilla (battery) ( Link )
I've gone to Motorola about it, and they've basically replied with a "i don't know". Not helpful.
...I know this is a far stretch, but would anyone here have access to these accessories? or have the technical knowledge whether it would or not? As before I buy a Xoom tablet, I need to know whether this method will charge it. Other wise I'm going to be forced to buy an iPad2 or another tablet that supports USB charging.
Thank you very much in advanced!
Clint
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