Can the 10 watt iPad charger also be used with an iPhone (or iPod touch)?

Is it "yes" you can or "yes" there are adverse consequences?

Link?

Well, those aren't Apple links, Admin, so I don't know how much faith to put in them.

I see in the following thread someone is quoting an Apple rep as saying "charging accessories for the two devices should not be interchanged."

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11313617&#11313617

Additionally, the Apple description of the iPad 10W USB Power Adapter makes no mention of it being compatible with anything but the iPad. Of course, that might just be an oversight but it appears there's no official Apple verbiage on the acceptability of cross use even though the chargers look the same and use the same connectors; thus, will be very easy to mix up.

@"I also note that the ipad charges from the iphone charger as well"

As I noted in the original post, that's documented by Apple (although the process is very slow) but I've found no place where corporate Apple has addressed the opposite circumstances...that of using the 10W iPad charger with the iPhone and/or iPod touch.

Lots of circumstantial approvals but nothing definitive from Apple. In fact, as I also noted further up in the thread, an Apple Support Representative is being quoted as saying the chargers should only be used with their respective devices.

@"Everything I've read (a lot) says there's no problem using the iPad's charger on iPhone or Touch."

"Everything" is pretty definitive...guess you didn't read the link above attributed to an Apple Support Rep saying you shouldn't. But if you run across anything by Apple, please post the link!

@"I don't know if it will charge if the iPad is on while using the iPhone charger."

Apple has already documented that...it will but the process is quite lengthy.

@"I've used it to charge a gen 1 iPhone and iPod touch with no deleterious effects."

The 10W iPad charger has been available, what, two weeks? Time for a few iPhone charges but certainly not long enough to determine if we'll see any long-term effects to the iPhone's battery.

I just find it curious Apple hasn't addressed the question directly (they did cover the opposite circumstances of using the lower-powered iPhone charger on the iPad) since there will be lots of users with both devices who'd like the flexibility of carrying only one charger but would like to use the 10W version to speed up the iPad charging process.

@"From the end of the product overview:

It also charges iPhone and all iPod models with a dock connector.

charlie"

Hey, thanks for that, Charlie...question solved and appropriately credited. I read that page several days ago and the last sentence you highlighted wasn't in there. Glad to see Apple has clarified and given their official blessing to use the 10W iPad charger with the iPhone and all iPod models.

Appreciate your response.