I mean, both the chargers and the data cables (since in some handsets, they are one and the same). We have tons of them — the mini-USB, the micro-USB, serial cable, the SE, Samsung and LG proprietary ports, the iPhone, the HTC ports and so many more.
That doesn’t even end there — a single manufacturer can even have multiple ports for different models of their handsets.
I do understand some of the reason why they had to adapt their own power/data ports and it’s primary because they don’t want their own chargers/data cables being used by users for other branded handsets. But for one manufacturer to use multiple ports for different models of their own brand is very weird.
Ok, so I lost my data/charger cable for my HTC Hero. The port lloks like your regular mini-USB but the trapezoid shape doesn’t actually fit the standard one. I had to go around and look for a replacement data/charger cable to no avail. I also have another cable from my Google Nexus One, which is basically just a rebranded HTC handset, but that one uses a micro-USB.
Can they just get along and adapt a single cable format? I’d vote for the micro-USB. It’s readily available in stores and you can buy them for just a couple hundred bucks.
you can always tell the quality of USB cables by looking at the thickness of the cable. thicker usb cables have higher quality ‘`”
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Being worked on chief – OMTP Common Charging and Local Data Connectivity (there’s a new version, not yet public.
Not only should they come up with a standard cable but also a standard charger, something like the AT&T Zero Charger that has USB compatibility, saves energy and is environment friendly.
You are more than a year late to the party man :).
See: http://news.cnet.com/Pros-seem-to-outdo-cons-in-new-phone-charger-standard/2100-1041_3-6209247.html but it was big news at the time and all over the net.
“On 17 February 2009, the GSM Association announced that they had agreed on a standard charger for mobile phones. The standard connector to be adopted by 17 manufacturers including Nokia, Motorola and Samsung is to be the micro-USB connector ”
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it topic is sooo late… or am i reading a very old post?
Thats great yuga!
wow, i’ve been looking for this gadget for so long. With my bulky nokia n92 mobile phone, sony erricsson phone plus a pirated china phone in hand, i just need to have this gadget so that i would not end up turn my bag upside down just to look for my chargers for my different phone model. hehehehh.