looking for USB cable for jornada 720

I just recently purchased a jornada 720 which i am to receive this week. I am upgrading from a jornada 690. I need to know two things. First, is there much difference in the transfer speeds between the USB and Serial cable? Second, where can i ggt a USB cable, i searched but i cannot seem to find one.


P.S. If anyone wants to buy a Jornada 690 let me as i will be posting it on Ebay soon. E-mail me at raven63912@yahoo.com if you want more info.

The transfer speed differences between serial and usb cables are substancial. Serial = 115kbits/sec, USB = 1.5 mbits/sec. That should be enough to go by. You won't want to connect via serial again, as usb is easier. As far as getting a usb cable, just go to a store and buy one. I got mine at Target. The cable goes into the dock, so size doesn't matter as much. The serial cable can go directly into the 720.

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The USB 1.1 specification provides for a low of 1.2 mbps and a high of 12mbps. You are of course bus limited by the HPC itself and the fact that ActiveSync is usinf a serial driver to push the data down the cable.
As PS said, you are looking more at getting 1.5 mbps out of it at best.

You will need the cradle and any standard - high quality - USB 1.1 compatible A > B type cable.

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thanks for the info, i will look for the cable. also about the spam i am used to it, I get about 500 messages a day of spam.