[Leaplist] Connectors.

[Derek Konigsberg]

This reminds me of something...  Pretty much all BlackBerry devices, 
forever, used Mini-B connectors on the device end.  (to connect to a 
charger or a computer)

Until the latest round of devices, of course.  My brand-new BlackBerry 
Bold 9700 uses a Micro-B connector.  So my long-accumulated pile of common 
Type-A<->Mini-B USB cables and Mini-B chargers are now useless for it. 
Until I stock up again, I need to be careful to not loose the *one* 
Type-A<->Micro-B USB cable that came with the device, and the *one* 
Micro-B charger that came with it.

Now in the world of Firewire, my laptop actually uses the smaller and less 
common "4-circuit" connector, whereas just about everything else I've seen 
uses the bigger "6-circuit" connector.

-Derek

On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> Included cables with most devices are typically USB-A for the
> host end.
>
> The Mini-B and Micro-B are just the device end.  Typically it's
> common for the device end to be "B".  Large devices often
> have the more square and long-standing USB-B end.
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus#Connector_types
>
> I've yet to see anything but an USB-A host end myself.  I believe
> I've actually seen a Mini-B to Mini-B though.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Andy Lino <andylino at hotmail.com>
>
> The new Micro connectors are half the thickness of the Minis.
>
> Then both connectors fit into the same USB 2.0 port on computers, or
> are they a different size?
>
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