He said \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I don’t want a tablet<\/p>\n
She said \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 They are really convenient.<\/p>\n
I should probably check my wallet to see if I belong to some sort of anti-technology society. I actually didn’t have a tablet for the longest time and then eventually after a lot of thought I got a tablet.<\/p>\n
Well, that’s a It must have wormed its way into my heart as I became a bit angry that it might need to be replaced after a few years. \u00a0The real problem was it wasn’t charging or couldn’t hold a charge. \u00a0It might take three days to get fully charged for just a few hours. \u00a0Did it get kicked? \u00a0One fall from the bed too many?<\/p>\n I should have suspected either the charger or the cable right away. \u00a0After all, sometimes when my call phone was charging I could hear it connect and disconnect quite a few times over the course of the evening.<\/p>\n I was tidying up my shelf while the table was in the middle of one of its marathon charging sessions. \u00a0I must have bumped it as I then heard it disconnect but before I could do anything it reconnected.<\/p>\n Well, now that interesting…<\/p>\n A small bit of upwards pressure on cable? (kaplink) Tablet charging.<\/p>\n A small bit of downwards pressure on cable? (kerplink) Tablet no longer charging.<\/p>\n repeat a few times<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This didn’t rule out a problem with the tablet but it convinced me that the charger was ok. \u00a0A quick switch of cables ruled out a problem with the tablet itself.<\/p>\n I must live a pretty sheltered life as I haven’t had a problem with a USB cable not doing my bidding.<\/p>\n I try and buy good cables and good chargers and apparently so far I have been lucky. However, once I make the upgrade to USB 3.0 I will need more than to rely on good luck as those cables carry enough power to fry just about anything plugged into it.<\/p>\n Amazon bans faulty usb c cables – Google engineer reviewed hundreds<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2016\/mar\/30\/amazon-clamps-down-dangerous-usb-c-cables<\/a><\/p>\n Apparently, the cheapest isn’t always the best. \u00a0I guess you get what you pay for and in the future, saving a few pennies on a cable might get you the opportunity to purchase a new tablet or phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" He said \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I don’t want a tablet She said \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 They are really convenient. I should probably check my wallet to see if I belong to some sort of anti-technology society. I actually … Continue reading bit of a<\/del> lie. \u00a0I agreed with my wife that it would be an ok for her to get me one as a Christmas gift – although what would better would be a nice pair of socks. \u00a0I didn’t get the socks and the tablet didn’t really displace any computers. \u00a0Yet, I did find the tablet to be useful for looking up things on the internet and doing some reading.<\/p>\n