Comments on: Nice micro USB adapter, Apple. Now sell it everywhere.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 18:19:41 +0000

Who gives a dam about me-too accessory makers. USB micro is a standard port – it should be on the phone as a charging port. If Apple wants to add proprietary crap ports in addition to the usb that is fine.

By: PRETHOUGHT

PRETHOUGHT — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 10:24:17 +0000

Uhh, I think this would piss off a lot of aftermarket people. I go to work out and is there a micro USB connector on every machine no it’s Apple proprietary connector. I stay at any hotel what’s in the room an alarm clock that you can dock your iPod, iPad or iPhone. iPhone/iPod accessories are a multi-billion dollar industry and Apple doesn’t want to piss them off.
Their interface has been around since 2001 I doubt they will ever change it because of it.

By: Catmill

Catmill — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 05:32:45 +0000

Why buy apple adapter when you can get the exact same thing for less, and it comes with a nice flat USB cable?

I bought mine at yesasia.com under electronics section, and for those of you interested, it’s made by a Canadian design company called Mohzy.

Just do a search for Mohzy USB…
The product is Mohzy loop USB cable, works for all micro USB devices and also with Apple stuff like iPhone and iPod.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:05:16 +0000

For one thing, a lot of people dont quite get it. All these proprietary charging ports create waste. They are as unnecessary as it would be if every car needed an adapter to fill up from a gas pump at the station. Shameful and utter waste of scarce resources.

As for the idea that the EU has no place implementing waste reduction laws, well that why the US remains behind. You’re busy eating faul-libertaarian ideology fed to you by sock puppets, while the rest of the world is getting on with reducing energy usage and waste production.

By: Andrew MacDonald

Andrew MacDonald — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:49:19 +0000

Well said, Darren.

By: cs42

cs42 — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 17:37:03 +0000

Micro-USB breaks? Never seen that. Micro-USB has a much better mechanical design than Mini-USB…

Micro-USB is a great connector and there should be any (mobile) device that connects to a computer that needs something else to be charged or even for standard USB connection.

Micro-USB3, that’s another (quite stupid) story…

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:59:57 +0000

The user doesn’t have to ‘resort to’ and isn’t ‘forced’ to pay for anything – the phone comes with a perfectly servicable charging brick and cable. The surprising thing is that a government entity thinks it’s appropriate to dictate stuff like this…

By: Darren

Darren — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:57:41 +0000

Dock connectors are hard to find?!?! Seriously?!?! There have been over half a BILLION devices with dock connectors sold (1/4 billion with iOS alone). Walk in to walmart, go to the phone or car aisle, and count cables. There are TONS of dock connector cables, 12v car chagers with a dock connector, combo chargers with a dock connector, etc. There are far fewer micro USB ones, and those that are often have fiddly little interchangeable heads that break and get lost. Not sure what world you’re livin in, but it ain’t ours…

Dock connectors are a dime a dozen – To paraphrase Jay-Z, dock connectors may have 99 problems, but availability ain’t one.

And let’s not act like micro USB is a panacea – the ONLY problem it solves is commonality, it’s a horrible little connector…

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:08:02 +0000

I like the idea of this! What they should do is just put a micro USB port on the phone itself, it would save the hassle of buying different products to charge your iPhone. I hope it comes out in more countries!

By: Jenna

Jenna — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:05:52 +0000

I think that they should just put a micro USB port on the phone itself! It would save people the hassle of having to buy another device to charge their iPhone. I like the concept of this idea too bad it’s only in EU-member countries so far.