Comments on: HTC and Motorola’s mini-usb jacks http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/11/21/htc-and-motorolas-mini-usb-jacks/ Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:35:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: JrezIN http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/11/21/htc-and-motorolas-mini-usb-jacks/#comment-4871 JrezIN Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:06:39 +0000 http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/11/21/htc-and-motorolas-mini-usb-jacks/#comment-4871 you probably can cut of the "except for..." and just leave the "no hardware manufacturer out there has a clue how to create a good cellphone experience"... because, cellphone sucks. They're just over-complicated and more interested in milking the costumers (both manufacturers and carries) than providing a nice experience in a competitive, and open standards-based, environment. I'm VERY glad most manufacturers signed a deal to all use micro-USB connection for charging (but worried for the deal about the new [WHYYY?!?!!] flash-type memory standard!)... I hope it's the beginning of something better... But looking at the past, I'm afraid... very afraid! you probably can cut of the “except for…” and just leave the “no hardware manufacturer out there has a clue how to create a good cellphone experience”… because, cellphone sucks. They’re just over-complicated and more interested in milking the costumers (both manufacturers and carries) than providing a nice experience in a competitive, and open standards-based, environment.

I’m VERY glad most manufacturers signed a deal to all use micro-USB connection for charging (but worried for the deal about the new [WHYYY?!?!!] flash-type memory standard!)… I hope it’s the beginning of something better… But looking at the past, I’m afraid… very afraid!

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