[dorkbotpdx-blabber] USB Mini vs Micro

[Wm Leler]

Micro USB might start getting more popular, now that Europe has  
standardized on them as the charging connector for smartphones.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10274953-94.html

--wm

On Jun 26, 2009, at 8:40 AM, Thomas Lockney wrote:

> 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
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