Proprietary USB connector?
 

Is it just me or is the USB connector on the N900 proprietary? I can't fit regular cables in it.

Re: Proprietary USB connector?
 

It is a standard micro USB connector.

Nothing much uses them at the mo, but they are not proprietary.

Re: Proprietary USB connector?
 

Ahh right. Got confused between mini and micro then. I just assume the connector type was calles USB-B since that's what it says on the end of the cable. The same is written on most of my mini usb cables.

Re: Proprietary USB connector?
 

Yeah, I had to think twice which it was (mini or micro). The B implies that it is in fact a USB Micro-B (as opposed to Micro-A, There are A nd B connector types of all three standard sizes of USB).

The only devices I've seen them on are Nokia stuff, but IIRC the EU mandated that all portable devices should be chargable via micro usb, so it will be more and more common in the near future.

Re: Proprietary USB connector?
 

Palm Pre also uses micro USB

Re: Proprietary USB connector?
 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univers...Mini_and_Micro

All that mini usb is deprecated! Down with mini-usb, long live micro-usb..

Pity the N900 didn't have a mico-usb AB socket, that would've been neat!

Re: Proprietary USB connector?
 

MicroUSB is the new industry standard for mobile devices, including their charging. Having MicroUSB is the only acceptable solution for any new devices coming out.

Re: Proprietary USB connector?
 

The Motorola RAZR2 V9m uses micro USB. I have mine 2 years.

Re: Proprietary USB connector?
 

...except for the n900's "fragile" implementation.

;)

Re: Proprietary USB connector?
 

I was gonna say the same. Industry should've adopted the small Nokia connectors which would never break. This yanking left-right motion to unplug/plug just for charging scares me.