Been charging now with the usb cable. I had it like that for awhile, pressed the power button, and it showed the Nokia logo on the screen (with a charging symbol in the upper right corner), and the light (which I did not know was there) next to the usb port is lite up now. I presume, this thing is just lacking power. Well, let's see what charging from the usb does over the next couple hours.
I notice that transformer on the 2 mm plug, has got to be the lightest and smallest transformer I have ever seen. This is my third Nokia phone, and those things are getting smaller each time.