Travel adapter or power converter?

Do I need a power converter to charge my BlackBerry Bold and PlayBook in Holland or is a travel adapter enough?
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Hi there!
Well, since you haven't said where you are originating from, it's pretty tough for anyone to know. I know that with my US-based charger, an adapter is all that I've needed and I've taken it all over the world.
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If you have an iPod power supply (AC adapter) these are also automatically
switching or auto-detecting, so all you'd need is the little end part from the
world travel kit. If the design of the iPod AC Adapter is like the ones I've
seen (standard Apple unit) which looks like the MacBook's, you can take the
same adapter piece and use it in place of the other adapter's AC - in
part. The little end part of the adapter (which you can take off to put on
the long AC - in power cord, instead of the prong/plug on adapter part)
comes off when proper effort is applied to it. It is not an easy to come off
item, but you can carefully slide/push the piece to get it off.
[There are third-party chargers for iPods but they may not be
auto-switching or support both 110/220 volts. You can charge
an iPod from the USB cable, but it would then be using the
computer's power. If the portable is fully charged and you
have access to an AC power source, you could easily charge
an iPod from the computer without discharging the MacBook.]
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on the inside; this may help in understanding how it comes off. The world
power adapter kit (from Apple) has matching parts to utilize this feature.
I use a long power cord all the time on my iBook's power adapter; and
the part is identical in how it comes off, as the iPod's standard (cube)
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& the end that gets plugged into the mains or utility side, needs to match the local specification.
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Even places where the power itself may be somewhat similar. However your MINI has an
automatic power supply that will conform to that energy standard, you only need to supply a
correct non-transforming adapter. Simply a connection to adapt one shape to another.
The general purpose travel kit that is not specialized to Apple power adapters, would have a
plastic plug/adapter with the local pins on one side, and the US/standard two slots on the other.
So, no circuitry nor any other change of electrical power inside this device would be required.
http://www.signalandpower.com/2-Prong-Plug-Adapters/
http://www.signalandpower.com/Convert-to-Europe-CEE-716-plug/
http://www.signalandpower.com/Swiss-AC-Power-Cords/
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path, adapters are common and the Mini does not use proprietary electrical components IF you
have one of the more recent shape aluminum models with the power supply built in. The older
Mini has the power brick and two wires. A US/Standard plug adapter to EU/Local would work in
either case, since all you'd do is plug the adapter plug into the local mains and the US plug into
that one... I see these kinds of discards for as little as 25¢ in thrift stores in Alaska. Or you can
buy a new one. Or you could get a complete cord with correct ends on it, for Mini + local mains.
Hopefully this helps somewhat. The only info missing is which EU country or region is involved.
Their shapes of plug are different, so the adapter end for local supply has to match their standard.
Swiss, Denmark, UK, and others offer different shapes and so on.
The Apple store in the location you are traveling should be able to supply you with a replacement
cable for a modern MINI, that has the correct local mains end, and the correct Apple mini end on
the opposite. Since the unit is automatically switching, the magic is done.
Since I supplied a means to locate any number of Apple stores, authorized service providers &
other Apple related vendors in my earlier reply: https://locate.apple.com/country you could contact
any of them along your route in the City in whichever EU country, to find a local MINI power cable.
In any event, I'm done...
Good luck and happy trails...

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Not so much a reply as piggybacking on a topic raised in this thread.
I'm travelling to India next week, and discovered - to my surprise -
that the World Travel Adapter Kit (WTAK) doesn't have anything that
works with India's electrical plug standard. In the dim recesses of my
memory, I recall that someone had ferretted out the name of the OEM
supplier of Apple's Powerbook AC adapter, and discovered an aftermarket
supplier of various 'duckhead' plugs that fit them, much like the ones in the
WTAK, but with support for other electrical standards - which might
even iinclude India's.
And yes, I realize I can stick a converter plug on the end of the standard
Edison cable that comes with every AC adapter and handle it that way, but I'll be moving around a lot, and having a dedicated plug on the end of the Apple adapter cube itself will be much slicker.
Can anyone help? The usual search engines have come up empty. I recall
the supplier being Asian, with an odd name, but that's probably not
much help. The irony is that one search took me to the Apple Store in
India's listing for the WTAK, which of course does not help anyone
either in India or travelling there -at all-.
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Thanks in advance.

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