Nano charges on usb1.1

When I got the nano at an Apple store the salesman told me that I had to get a wall charger for my older powerbook because it does not have usb2. But now after using it I see that it most certainly does charge via the usb port.
What gives? I feel like I was scammed into a $30 charger that I did not need.

My suggestion would be to take it back. I tried to buy a backup firewire wall plug to use to simply charge my video iPod with & the store rep said no they don't charge with firewire. I went home, printed the support article to backup what I knew was correct, went back & said I'm returning the USB as I was told firewire didn't work to charge. The store manager apologized & said they were still learning about the vPods & refunded my money.

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i recently purchased a ipod nano second generation
(product)RED and it worked great but now (two months
later) the center button dosent always work and when
i plug it in to a windows compaq presario laptop it
charges but isnt even on the computer or itunes .
i tried using different cords and even on a different
computer please help me :[
compaq presario Windows XP
laptop
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Good morning.
Im writing this topic, because I saw all the topics about this same problem, and none of them solved mine. I hope you can help me on this, so here is the thing:
When I connect my iPod to the 2.0 usb port, the ipod lights its screen, charges, but neither windows or iTunes recognizes it.
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