Magnetic POGO Cable

e.mote · Dec 14, 2012

@OP again

Don't be browbeaten by the hecklers. $20 is a great price, especially when you have a captive audience. Hell, I'd hock it for $30!

Selling is just a matter of setting expectations. $20 isn't much diff from $10. Couple of hamburgers and a shake. Start talking fast...

"It's true that cost is higher than the generic charger cables you can buy at Walmart. But these specialized cables are only made in limited numbers and thus have high per unit cost for us. As you can see below, wholesale cost for the Asus TF700 charger cable is $15.33/qty1. Our pogo-pin charging cable has more components and thus costs more to make."

http://www.dhgate.com/new-40pin-usb...-asus/p-ff80808138a2df000138b24b787028c0.html

dang025 · Dec 14, 2012

$15 including shipping is absolutely tops for me. Otherwise will wait for a more reasonably priced 3rd party cable.

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xperiax10.awesome · Dec 14, 2012

jstevenkim said:
I know there is an issue with charging a nexus 10 by a micro-usb cable since a battery is drained out faster than charging. Thus it has a pogo charging connect and supposed to be charged by a magnetic pogo cable. However, unfortunately the cable didn't come with Nexus 10 for some reason, and there have been no place to purchase it separately though. Here it is!!! it makes nexus 10 charged 40% faster than a usb cable. It will be available for sale on Amazon and ebay soon! I will provide you a link to buy it later.

:fingers-crossed:

Why not Dock?

from the Giant Killer Samsung Note 2

funkdoobi · Dec 14, 2012

All of these people cheaping out because of the price, but will continue to complain about not being to use their tablet while it charges. lol.

e.mote · Dec 14, 2012

>All of these people cheaping out because of the price, but will continue to complain about not being to use their tablet while it charges. lol.

Well, OP said that N10 was supposed to come with the cable, ie cable was supposed to be "free." He set the cable's reference price to $0. In effect, he lowballed himself. So not a surprise when peeps don't want to pay much more than a generic cable.

OP has posted his sales pitch on other Android forums. When he skipped the "supposed to get it with N10" spiel, the responses to his "$20-25" were all positive. As said, it's about setting expectations.

http://forums.androidcentral.com/google-nexus-10-tablet-forum/225484-pogo-charger.html

IMO, $20 is a fair price for a proprietary cable.

espionage724 · Dec 14, 2012

funkdoobi said:
All of these people cheaping out because of the price, but will continue to complain about not being to use their tablet while it charges. lol.

I can probably get a case, controller, and USB OTG cable for $20... (not 100% sure on the case though; did a similar pricing when I bought the stuff for my Nexus 7

) But $20 for a charging cable (unless this very same cord can do something else in it's current state) is just a bit... on the high side.

I guess if anything I can ask for it as a Christmas present

Gunthermic · Dec 14, 2012

20 Dollars for a special made case when audiance base is realtively small is prefectly fine with me.

You want better charging. Pay! it's call supply and demmand. It you complain about 3.00.. go be be with the Apple fanboys.. LOL

I swear people not wanting to pay people for work/construction etc...

It's all good. can twait. Will order several.. So OP I will helpmake up for some of these cheap people not buying becuase they want it free or pay 3.00...

I wouldnt wait for Samsung... GNex is still waiting for stuff after a year..lol

Kroenen66 · Dec 14, 2012

jstevenkim said:
Fyi, for safty sake a pogo cable itself has a circuit break chip installed even though an ac adapter could break a circuit. It is a magnetic pogo cable like an apple notebook pogo power cable. Since it is not like a mere usb cable, price couldnt be $3 or 5 something. we expect $19.99, apparently not over $20. Sorry, at this moment no comment on a pogo dock. Oh, the pogo cable will be up online probably on ebay early next week. I will provide you a link and international shipping available as well.

No schedule, it is not interest for me!!!

I have read so many posts with available soon ...
I believe it only when it is ordered.

espionage724 · Dec 14, 2012

Gunthermic said:
20 Dollars for a special made case when audiance base is realtively small is prefectly fine with me.

You want better charging. Pay! it's call supply and demmand. It you complain about 3.00.. go be be with the Apple fanboys.. LOL

You know, Apple is pretty well known for overpricing accessories... which is exactly what this cable is (imo), overpriced. And Apple fanboys don't apparently complain about overpricing...

Gunthermic said:
I swear people not wanting to pay people for work/construction etc...

I don't mind paying people for work and construction at all, given that it's reasonable of course. Would be like somebody offering to pay me to build a Snowman, and I build a generic-looking Snowman, and charge $300 for it just because nobody else offers the service (lol).

Gunthermic said:
It's all good. can twait. Will order several.. So OP I will helpmake up for some of these cheap people not buying becuase they want it free or pay 3.00...

That's cool

Wish I had that kind of money to just throw around :/

I may or may not buy the cable; personally I don't even need it since I charge my Nexus 10 overnight anyway.

Techie2012 · Dec 14, 2012

I am going to wait for a POGO dock, either with a keyboard (preferable) or just a dock.

Much more elegant solution.

EDNYLaw · Dec 14, 2012

I will definitely buy this for $20, hands down, without a second thought. I'll also buy a Pogo Dock should that come out ($40 - $50 range with HDMI out)

Apparently Google and Samsung's business model is, make the device and have 3rd parties supply accessories. I'd be nice if the OEM did, but hell, if we get this and/or a Pogo Dock I'll be just as happy.

tpayne1 · Dec 14, 2012

EDNYLaw said:
I'll also buy a Pogo Dock should that come out ($40 - $50 range with HDMI out)

Not possible to have HDMI out from the pogo pins.

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BuGGr · Dec 14, 2012

will it actual function as an USB cable instead of just charging and would USB OTG work this way?

rashid11 · Dec 14, 2012

We still dunno what the charging volts/amperage would be. If it is the same 5V/2A as with micro USB, then this thing is utterly pointless

dalingrin · Dec 14, 2012

rashid11 said:
We still dunno what the charging volts/amperage would be. If it is the same 5V/2A as with micro USB, then this thing is utterly pointless

I made a post about this a while back. From a quick look at the kernel, the pogo is 5v/2a also. The microUSB power supply is pushing approximately 1600ma so at best the pogo cable might be closer to 2000ma. We'll see, I could be wrong, but I think people are going to be disappointed if they expect the pogo to charge much faster.

tpayne1 · Dec 14, 2012

rashid11 said:
We still dunno what the charging volts/amperage would be. If it is the same 5V/2A as with micro USB, then this thing is utterly pointless

It is 5V 2A, confirmed by android central when the first pictures of the pogo plug showed up. The power supply it was plugged into is 5V 2A.

However, USB 2.0 spec is limited to 5v .5A. In order to make sure that the device would charge from pretty much any USB port, they may have limited the charging circutry on the micro-usb connector to only accept .5A...The pogo plug may allow it to draw a full 2A, which would mean significantly faster charging.

teodor_ch · Dec 14, 2012

tpayne1 said:
In order to make sure that the device would charge from pretty much any USB port, they may have limited the charging circutry on the micro-usb connector to only accept .5A...

False!

If that was true, it would need the same time to charge from a pc usb port or the included charger

EDNYLaw · Dec 14, 2012

tpayne1 said:
Not possible to have HDMI out from the pogo pins.

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Do we know this 100% since the the POGO connector has 6 pins and none besides + and ground have been completely identified? Is it possible that one of the pins could be used for video transmission? I'm just asking cause I have absolutely no idea, I'm a lawyer not an electrical engineer.

fireslayer26 · Dec 14, 2012

$20 for a charging cable is a PASS for me. I can use the tablet all day without having to charge it, then just plug in the usb charger at night before bed. I'm sure its a nice cable, but when it should have came with the N10 in the box, I don't believe its worth $20 + shipping. $10-$15 with free shipping.... maybe.... Just my 2 cents......

dalingrin · Dec 15, 2012

tpayne1 said:
It is 5V 2A, confirmed by android central when the first pictures of the pogo plug showed up. The power supply it was plugged into is 5V 2A.

However, USB 2.0 spec is limited to 5v .5A. In order to make sure that the device would charge from pretty much any USB port, they may have limited the charging circutry on the micro-usb connector to only accept .5A...The pogo plug may allow it to draw a full 2A, which would mean significantly faster charging.

This is definitely false. My OEM power supply with microUSB is charging with about 1.6A, according to the battery current. The pogo cable might get closer to 2A(speculation) but the microUSB is definitely more than 0.5A.

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