this is not the case. people have a legit complaint here. 3 years ago, not having a 3.5mm headphone jack was accepted, today, in this market place, we want openness. I want to use whatever headphone I have on new devices. This is a major flaw and as a result, people point it out.
I think the vast majority of response to the G1 has been positive so far. People, like me, are excited about new possibilities. This is an entirely different matter though. Manufacturers have been using proprietary formats, connectors, and everything else for years, at the expense of the customer. Just recently, the consumer has been winning the headphone jack war. The iPhone, several Blackberrys, Moto's music phones, and plenty of other handsets have been including 3.5mm headset jacks. Given the supposed openness of Android, this is pretty lame. No one is "ripping it apart", they're just pointing out a major shortcoming on what otherwise appears to be an excellent piece of equipment. I'm with everyone else here calling bullshit on a very bad decision by HTC.
Not to mention those adapters never seem to last that long. I've had four over the last 2 years: one I lost, one that had a loose connection and stopped working in stereo, and one that the casing around the plug started to come apart. It's not like they are that expensive, but I'd rather have a 3.5mm jack than deal with the crappy adapters. If someone actually made a decent higher quality one that would be great, but they are usually just cheap pieces of junk.
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Why? How about to make money! Plus, T-Mobile includes a headset with every phone.
The real question ought to be why do people, before the product even hits store shelves,
do their level best to rip the thing apart?
this is not the case. people have a legit complaint here. 3 years ago, not having a 3.5mm headphone jack was accepted, today, in this market place, we want openness. I want to use whatever headphone I have on new devices. This is a major flaw and as a result, people point it out.
I think the vast majority of response to the G1 has been positive so far. People, like me, are excited about new possibilities. This is an entirely different matter though. Manufacturers have been using proprietary formats, connectors, and everything else for years, at the expense of the customer. Just recently, the consumer has been winning the headphone jack war. The iPhone, several Blackberrys, Moto's music phones, and plenty of other handsets have been including 3.5mm headset jacks. Given the supposed openness of Android, this is pretty lame. No one is "ripping it apart", they're just pointing out a major shortcoming on what otherwise appears to be an excellent piece of equipment. I'm with everyone else here calling bullshit on a very bad decision by HTC.
Not to mention those adapters never seem to last that long. I've had four over the last 2 years: one I lost, one that had a loose connection and stopped working in stereo, and one that the casing around the plug started to come apart. It's not like they are that expensive, but I'd rather have a 3.5mm jack than deal with the crappy adapters. If someone actually made a decent higher quality one that would be great, but they are usually just cheap pieces of junk.
frank put it perfectly.