Before I bought my Venue 8 I engaged in Online chats with several customer service reps and asked whether the usb charging port could be used for data transfer or only for charging.  One said only charging and one said it could be used to connect to flash drives, computers and TV's.  Not finding anything in the manual or online about connecting to flash drives and TV's I talked to yet another rep today and asked the same question.  At first, he said its only function was charging.  But when I pointed out the manual discusses connecting to computers, he allowed that this was probably possible, but flash drives and TV's could not be accessed via the usb port.  Does anyone know the truth about the capability of the usb port?  Anyone tried connecting to any devices via usb?  If so, what cables did you use?