[dorkbotpdx-blabber] USB Mini vs Micro

[Thomas Lockney]

Paul Stoffregen wrote:
> I've been contemplating switching the Teensy boards to Micro USB, 
> instead of the Mini USB they have now.  Here's a photo with both 
> connectors.
>
> http://www.intomobile.com/images/2007/05/27/motorola_razr2_v8img_3995.jpg
>
> My main question is how common the micro cables are?  Do you currently 
> have any cables and devices that use the micro connector?
They are still fairly uncommon. Only a small handful of devices that I 
have heard of have started using them -- primarily mobile phones as you 
indicated, but most still use mini-USB.

I personally don't have any and would probably try to avoid buying 
devices that use them just yet *unless* it was something on the order of 
a new phone purchase where the benefits and platform really outweighed 
the annoyance of having to start buying new cables and keeping them 
littered about for ready access.

I would suggest holding off for a year or so and seeing how the market 
shakes out between now and then -- enough of us are holding on to our 
aged phones that for a product to jump on the bandwagon this soon could 
just make it more inaccessible and less appealing.

That's my $0.02 anyway...

~thomas