I purchased a MintyBoost kit from http://adafruit.com and tonight, soldered it together. Since I haven’t soldered (well) in a while, this was a good excersise. I was able to get everything right on the first try.

I plugged my video iPod into it and it started charging. I plugged my iPhone into it and it did NOT charge it. A little disappointing, but I saw a post on the company forums that eluded to the iPhone not being supported (at least yet).

EDIT: According to the inventor, the iPhone actually does charge when plugged into the MintyBoost, it just doesn’t change the ‘appear’ to. That is great news!

EDIT II: Also, after the latest iPhone software update, the iPhone actually does indicate the phone is charging while plugged into the MintyBoost. Happy Day!

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