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Re: Reversible USB Type C connector and 10 gigabit USB 3.1 are here

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Post by Miserlou57 » Fri, Jan 09, 2015, 1:12 AM UTC

pgeorgi wrote: post #39

stormbrew wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh I agree, the patents are ridiculous, but I think if any of the big manufacturers were willing to make a go of it, they'd have done it by now. That said, I think the specific innovation they rest their patent on is that it can be inverted. Under current patent doctrine that might be enough, and I suspect people wouldn't be very happy with a non-invertable magsafe-like.

Make it a triangle that can be plugged in in any _three_ directions.

Oh yeah.... Make it a circle!

Re: Reversible USB Type C connector and 10 gigabit USB 3.1 are here

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Post by sliken » Fri, Jan 09, 2015, 5:02 AM UTC

bryanlarsen wrote: post #21

rgersten wrote: post #17

As others have pointed out, there's a lot to be exited about. I definitely see this as a big step forward. That said, I think the connector shape is flawed. I've seen too many micro USB connectors break off in phones because it's hard to make something that small strong enough for movement from the cable. I wish they would have chosen something closer to the lightning connector or magnetic for durability. I'd hate to…

Type C was designed to be more durable than micro-USB.

Microusb was designed to be more durable than mini-USB, but failed horribly at it.

Re: Reversible USB Type C connector and 10 gigabit USB 3.1 are here

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Post by sliken » Fri, Jan 09, 2015, 5:06 AM UTC

stormbrew wrote: post #59

stouset wrote: post #58

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I keep hearing this, yet somehow the micro-USB port on nearly every device I own has failed within a year or two of use. Not so for mini-USB.

Well, anecdata and all but I've had rather the opposite experience. Mini ports that even new plugs just don't want to stay in and micro plugs where a new cable was all I needed. Someone in this post has been talking about micro plugs outright breaking off in devices and I've never seen that at all.

I've had micro usb cables die, cables incompatible with devices, and even had a phones micro-usb die. Seems like I get about a year out of micro-usb cable/device/charger if I use it daily. Assuming no physical abuse I've never had a problem with mini-usb.

Re: Reversible USB Type C connector and 10 gigabit USB 3.1 are here

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Post by icebraining » Fri, Jan 09, 2015, 8:47 AM UTC

300bps wrote: post #33

seanp2k2 wrote: post #14

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Wireless charging is pretty lame in that it only works I suspect Wigig will be as popular as WiDi, another Intel wireless technology: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiDi Keep in mind how long it took Bluetooth to really take off and work reasonably well between devices (4.0 IMO): http://www.bluetooth.com/Pages/History-of-Bluetooth.aspx (Bluetooth is 15 years old). I remember having a Nokia 6600 back in 2003, with a S…

Wireless charging is pretty lame I've had a Lumia 928 for about 19 months now and I have to disagree. I haven't plugged the phone in - to anything - since I bought it. I find just thunking the phone down onto the Qi charger much more convenient than fiddling with cables. Some day we'll look back on wires in general and laugh at how primitive we were.

The Nexus 7 does the same without any wireless charging. You just drop the device in the dock, and the POGO pins touch and start charging.

Wireless charging is a complex and inefficient gimmick for most devices, in my opinion.