How to fast-charge your iPhone or iPad using a standard USB port

April 04, 2013

Back in January I wrote about the "inconvenient truth" of trying to charge your iPad from a USB port: there's not enough juice. My recommendation at the time was Digital Innovations' ChargeDr, a USB dongle that allows tablets and other devices to charge more quickly. It works (quite well, in fact), but it's a $30 solution. If you fancy free workarounds instead, check out Asus Ai Charger. This free utility promises to charge iPhones, iPods, and iPads up to 50 percent faster using your PC's existing USB ports. That's a pretty lofty claim: software that can boost the effective power output of hardware? It sounds almost impossible, but I'm here to tell you: it works. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2032923/how-to-fast-charge-your-iphone-or-ipad-using-a-standard-usb-port.html#tk.rss_howto