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Re: Data/Sync/Etc Cables
If your gadget needs a cable there is an answer for that. It is called USB. If for some reason you don't want to use USB there is FireWire. Or, if it makes sense you might use an external SATA cable.
If you use a proprietary cable then you are part of the problem. You may think you have a valid reason for using a proprietary cable. This most likely means you are actually in need of a clue-by-four applied vigorously to your backside.
If you use a proprietary cable then you need to have your IP stolen, your employees poached by other companies, and for your company to suffer the death of a thousand lawsuits.
Do I sound irked? I do hope so, because I am.
(Oh, and Apple, yes I'm looking at you as I type this)
Edit: And after finally getting the cable and copying the music over, I found the whole process annoying enough I spent money I shouldn't be spending to replace the whole thing. Picked up a SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ 8GB player. Double the capacity of the old nano, takes mp3s, ogg, jpegs, and video files (although I'm not entirely sure why I would want to watch video on a two inch screen). Good news: It uses a USB cable for syncing and charging. Bad-ish news: it uses a "micro-b" size USB cable. Good-ish news: Since this is what cell phones are moving to, I shouldn't have trouble picking up spares.
Re: Data/Sync/Etc Cables
If your gadget needs a cable there is an answer for that. It is called USB. If for some reason you don't want to use USB there is FireWire. Or, if it makes sense you might use an external SATA cable.
If you use a proprietary cable then you are part of the problem. You may think you have a valid reason for using a proprietary cable. This most likely means you are actually in need of a clue-by-four applied vigorously to your backside.
If you use a proprietary cable then you need to have your IP stolen, your employees poached by other companies, and for your company to suffer the death of a thousand lawsuits.
Do I sound irked? I do hope so, because I am.
(Oh, and Apple, yes I'm looking at you as I type this)
Edit: And after finally getting the cable and copying the music over, I found the whole process annoying enough I spent money I shouldn't be spending to replace the whole thing. Picked up a SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ 8GB player. Double the capacity of the old nano, takes mp3s, ogg, jpegs, and video files (although I'm not entirely sure why I would want to watch video on a two inch screen). Good news: It uses a USB cable for syncing and charging. Bad-ish news: it uses a "micro-b" size USB cable. Good-ish news: Since this is what cell phones are moving to, I shouldn't have trouble picking up spares.
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Date: 2010-09-24 12:42 am (UTC)If you buy things that use proprietary cables, you are telling them "Good, I want to pay $40.00 for those cables!" And they are laughing at your rant.
(I just paid $40.00 for an Apple cable a couple weeks ago)
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Date: 2010-09-24 05:02 am (UTC)I'd also like for power cables to be standardized. No reason they couldn't settle on one or two power levels pick a standard prong, and have laptops and the like use that.
While engaging in wishful thinking, I'll also hope that Google's effort to have a non-proprietary office/household DC wiring & connectors will eventually go somewhere.