MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - I love Micro-B USB connectors!

cjottawa · 10-21-2010, 10:20 AM

I'm a hard-ass about "non-standard" connectors.

I have actually returned or instructed other people to return devices that used non-standard memory cards (Olympus and Fuji cameras with "xD" cards) and cell phones with proprietary connectors.

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I have a number of devices - Nikon DSLR's and BlackBerries - that use USB mini-B connectors, not to be confused with micro-B that the Kindle 3 uses.

So, the Kindle 3 arrives and I groan at "yet another" cable I'm going to have to keep around.

Well, I changed my tune. Micro-B USB rocks.

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Mini-B tends to catch due to the sharp corners, even when you have it the right way around. I regularly flip the mini-B over several times attempting to find correct orientation.

Micro-B slides in smoothly with no ambiguity about correct orientation.

My next cell phone upgrade will be to a model with a micro-B instead of a mini-B. Amazon clearly put some thought into little details of the Kindle.

Yeah, I'm a bit OCD about connectors.

FYI, the attached photo depicts micro-B on the left, mini-B on the right. (pilfered with some editing from Wikipedia)

10-21-2010, 10:20 AM	#1
cjottawa Tempus fugit. Posts: 91 Karma: 911 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kindle Keyboard	I love Micro-B USB connectors! I'm a hard-ass about "non-standard" connectors. I have actually returned or instructed other people to return devices that used non-standard memory cards (Olympus and Fuji cameras with "xD" cards) and cell phones with proprietary connectors. * * * I have a number of devices - Nikon DSLR's and BlackBerries - that use USB mini-B connectors, not to be confused with micro-B that the Kindle 3 uses. So, the Kindle 3 arrives and I groan at "yet another" cable I'm going to have to keep around. Well, I changed my tune. Micro-B USB rocks. * * * Mini-B tends to catch due to the sharp corners, even when you have it the right way around. I regularly flip the mini-B over several times attempting to find correct orientation. Micro-B slides in smoothly with no ambiguity about correct orientation. My next cell phone upgrade will be to a model with a micro-B instead of a mini-B. Amazon clearly put some thought into little details of the Kindle. Yeah, I'm a bit OCD about connectors. FYI, the attached photo depicts micro-B on the left, mini-B on the right. (pilfered with some editing from Wikipedia) Attached Thumbnails Last edited by cjottawa; 10-21-2010 at 10:35 AM.