D-Link Shipping Wireless Mobile Helper (DIR-505)

[beq]

I'm interested in this $70 D-Link DIR-505 "SharePort All-in-One Mobile Companion" wall-wart (2.8 x 2.6 x 1.7 in). PDF

Been using the $30 TP-Link TL-WR700N wall-wart (3.2 x 2.8 x 1.1 in) based on SmallNetBuilder's recent review.

The TP-Link is missing the USB port (for phone charging and drive sharing, with apps to boot), as well as the physical mode selector switch which I think is convenient. But the D-Link in turns seems to lack a WiFi-to-Ethernet bridging mode of operation?

Questions on the D-Link:

- How many watts/amps for the USB charging?

- There's no mention of a WiFi-to-Ethernet bridging (supported on the TP-Link), but the Ethernet port is nonetheless labeled as LAN/WAN?

- How come the Router and Access Point modes share the same selector switch setting? Is it only toggled in software (less convenient)?

Edit: Forgot one question:

- Can the D-Link's USB port work with a 3G USB modem/dongle?

 

[beq]

Incidentally I've been using the TP-Link as a smaller, cheaper and more capable alternative to the old Apple Airport Express wall-wart (more capable in the sense of having more modes of Wi-Fi operation, although I recognize that it doesn't have Apple's AirTunes and other audio features).

The new Airport Express abandons the wall-wart formfactor and meets my particular needs even less (if I wasn't looking for a wall-wart I could find much smaller travel routers such as ZuniDigital's ZuniConnect models or TP-Link's TL-WR702N).