[mdlug] Droid - micro usb

[Al Fuller]

I think I read that all the mobile phone devices, and maybe a host of others
too, are going to micro-usb as a standard.  The government was pushing them,
and may have set up a standard [I haven't looked it up...].

In any event, I had the same problem you have [lots of mini-usb, no micro
usb laying around] - but decided to just move forward, as opposed to taking
the device backwards...

Al Fuller
al at bighealey.org
'62 BT-7
'65 BJ-8
'85 Rx-7


-----Original Message-----
From: mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org [mailto:mdlug-bounces at mdlug.org] On Behalf Of
Bradley McMahon
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 10:28 AM
To: MDLUG's Main discussion list
Subject: Re: [mdlug] Droid report

If the microusb really bugs you get a female mini-usb surface mountable
connector and replace the micro usb. Sure you'll void your warranty but heck
you don't own it unless you mod it.
-Brad



On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 9:55 AM, Ingles, Raymond <
Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com> wrote:

>
>  I've had my Droid phone for close to a week, and figured I'd give a
> little report on it.
>
>  Hardware-wise, it's awfully good. The screen is beautiful. The camera
> takes decent pictures and good video. The speakers are entirely
> competent and the sound is good through headphones. The keyboard isn't
> quite as good as the rest of it, but it's perfectly serviceable, or will
> be once I've messed with the software a little. The micro-USB hookup is
> mildly annoying; I have a ton of mini-USB cables laying around, but only
> the micro-USB cable that came with the Droid, for now. (Anyone know a
> cheap source of micro-USB cables?)
>
>  The software is pretty good. Definitely some rough edges, but workable.
> The internet functions are solid: the browser's very usable, email works
> fine, etc. Had no trouble hooking up to my 802.11g WAP, etc. I was able
> to find SSH and VNC clients; haven't tried the VNC client yet, but the
> SSH client did well.
>
>  Downloaded a few games and toys, enjoyable enough. I've managed to move
> over my contacts and secured passwords from my Treo with some conversion
> tools. Still working on the calendar, but it looks doable - I found a
> Perl script to convert a Palm calendar to iCal format, and that should
> be importable once I remove some personal entries.
>
>  Video plays very well on this device. With an 854x480 screen, there's
> room for every single pixel on a DVD. I've put together some scripts
> that convert DVDs and videos for viewing on the Droid (which doesn't
> like the AVI or FLV formats but seems happy with MP4) and the results
> are a joy to behold. Commuting on the bus is going to be even more
> entertaining now. F/X blockbusters were a little anemic at 320x240 (to
> fit on the Treo's 320x320 screen) but on the Droid they look beautiful.
>
>  There are several programs that I need to write. First up, to my
> surprise, is a decent text editor. I figured out how to cut and paste,
> but none of the free text editors I've looked at support search or
> replace, nor jumping to a particular point in a file. Fortunately,
> development doesn't look too hard.
>
>  The second thing up is a modification to keyboard input. On the Treo,
> there was a utility called "KeyCaps" that sped up typing considerably.
> Hold a key for a brief time (I had it set to 1/4 sec) and you'd get the
> capital letter. Double-tap within a set time (again, 1/4 sec for me),
> and you'd get the punctuation character. Not having to chord keys on a
> small keyboard is very useful, and makes a surprising difference in
> typing speed and ease.
>
>  I want to make a client for my "Ostiary" program, of course, and an
> encrypted, secure diary/journal program.
>
>  After that, I figure it should be possible to port the old "Maelstrom"
> game (Asteroids clone from the original color Macs) without too much
> trouble. By the time I've got all the above under my belt, I should be
> ready to port a BZflag client that uses the accelerometers for
> steering...
>
>  Sincerely,
>
>  Ray Ingles                                    (313) 227-2317
>
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