Oh, data traverses the cable alright, but only device power information I would imagine. (Probably a request to bump up the power feed to 500 mA for fastest charging possible.)
If they were wanting to sell the wireless pad for PC purposes, they would probably have to sell it with some sort of wireless transciever (that would most likely plug in via USB) for the wireless pads to talk to. Imagine the complaints from all the people who would buy the "pc-compatible" wireless pad, only to find that they cannot use it without the usb wire on a pc. By keeping the products strictly seperate, they don't have deal with as much customer confusion. (And, yes, lots of people would be confused and unhappy with their purchase.)
Question: What happens if you have two XBox 360s in one room, and are trying to use wireless pads for both of them? I assume there is some way to designate which controller communicates with which cosole?
If they were wanting to sell the wireless pad for PC purposes, they would probably have to sell it with some sort of wireless transciever (that would most likely plug in via USB) for the wireless pads to talk to. Imagine the complaints from all the people who would buy the "pc-compatible" wireless pad, only to find that they cannot use it without the usb wire on a pc. By keeping the products strictly seperate, they don't have deal with as much customer confusion. (And, yes, lots of people would be confused and unhappy with their purchase.)
Question: What happens if you have two XBox 360s in one room, and are trying to use wireless pads for both of them? I assume there is some way to designate which controller communicates with which cosole?
