Playbook won't charge with 3rd party adapter

I have a new Playbook plugged in to a Lenovo slim adapter with a micro-USB tip. I use this same adapter to charge my Blackberry (it has dual charging capability so I can plug my laptop in at the same time).
The issue is that although the Playbook shows it is plugged in (lightning bolt across the battery icon), the charge doesn't increase, and actually seems to go down ever so slightly.
I always thought that USB was USB (i.e. 5V), but that appears not to be the case. Any thoughts?

You need to use the charger that came in the box with the playbook, it is rated at 5v 1800mA. If you use another adapter, even though it is microUSB, it wont have enough capacity (current wise) to charge a playbook and a laptop at the same time, it wont even be able to keep the charge, because is splitting the current with two loads. Voltage and Current are two different things. Same voltage doesn't mean it can charge many devices at the same time, unless the rated Current of the charger is enough for the loads, i.e. three devices rated at 5v 300mA can be charge with an adapter rated at a max Current of 1500mA, 5v, because is overdesigned for the loads.
In a playbook in particular, the more current the adpater has (with a constant 5v) the faster the battery gets charged.

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