Mobility Site » mini-USB http://www.mobilitysite.com Mobile News, Reviews, and Views. Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:58:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 USB, Mini, Micro – What is what? http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/11/usb-mini-micro-what-is-what/ http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/11/usb-mini-micro-what-is-what/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:51:25 +0000 Chris Leckness http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/11/usb-mini-micro-what-is-what/ I am not ashamed to admit it, but I have thought all along that a certain connector was micro USB this whole time, but I was wrong. I did a video last night of Sprint’s Samsung Intrepid Windows Mobile phone and I accused the phone of having a proprietary connector. I was corrected, I disagreed, I was corrected again and now I know. This whole time, I have thought the wrong connector was micro. You live and you learn. That said, I am going to educate others that might not know!

One of my complaints over the years has been all the different chargers and the lack of standardization in charging in general. That all seems like it might be changing with some of the groups pushing the industry for a standard. About 8 months ago, the GSMA announced a push towards making micro USB that standard. More recently, Zealot posted a story on the same subject where some major manufacturers are planning to get with the program in 2010.

Under Monday’s accord, phone makers Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Apple, Motorola, Research in Motion and others will introduce the single charger by next year.

Well read on to learn more about the micro USB connector.

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© Chris Leckness at Mobility Site, 2009. | Permalink]]> http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/11/usb-mini-micro-what-is-what/feed/ 9 IOGEAR 3-Port USB 2.0 Mobile Hub with mini-USB http://www.mobilitysite.com/2008/10/iogear-3-port-usb-20-mobile-hub-with-mini-usb/ http://www.mobilitysite.com/2008/10/iogear-3-port-usb-20-mobile-hub-with-mini-usb/#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:10:36 +0000 Jack Cook http://mobilitysite.com/2008/10/iogear-3-port-usb-20-mobile-hub-with-mini-usb/ Here is a neat little addition to your mobile warrior kit.   IOGEAR announced the release of its 3-port USB 2.0 Mobile Hub, which combines 3 “extra” USB ports and a mini USB cord that you can use for syncing or charging your device.  It definitely looks great and will give you some extra added capabilities in a neat package.

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Priced at just under $13, the three USB ports have extra spacing to allow the use of “larger USB cables”.  The transfer rate is rated at speeds of up to 480Mbps. If your device requires no more than 350mAh and 5V of power, then this might well be something you should consider. 

via Electronista

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