how to tell usb cable for ipad and iphone apart?
Hi I have a 6 month old iphone 4 and a newly purchased ipad 2. The usb cable for syncing and charging on the imac look almost identical. I have read that they can be used to charge each other's product but that the iphone cable is very slow in charging the ipad. I was trying to charge my ipad last night after updating and syncing it and it seemed to take forever and I am pretty sure I was using the ipad cable and not the iphone cable. Since they look so much alike, and if we have them plugged in to the back of our computers and leave them there, for example, how can I tell them apart? In the case of my two cables, the white 'head' of one of the cables that plugs into the iphone or ipad is a bit taller and maybe a tiny bit thicker, and while the metal 'male' plug part itself, looks slightly different when you look at them head on, they do both plug in to each item easily. they both have the same icon printed on the while plastic sleeve. So how can I tell which one belongs with the pad once they are hanging there side by side?
thanks so much?
Michelle
iPad 2, iOS 4.3.2