if i believe wikipedia, then there is also a 5 contact version of the
3.5mm connector.
[wiki:]
Four and five conductor versions of the 3.5 mm plug are used for certain
applications. A four conductor version is becoming a de facto standard
output connector for compact camcorders
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camcorder>, providing stereo sound plus a
video signal.
[end wiki]
...
i like the idea of a such an inteligent TRS connector. like it is in
your N95.
Nadav schrieb:
3.5, definitely.
And continuing the earlier comment about Nokia - the N95 (and possibly
other models) has a very interesting 3.5mm connector that provides
much more than just sound.
If a 3.5mm headphones are inserted, it plays regular stereo. However
it also accepts the more advanced connector of Nokia's provided
headphones which also have a small console to control volume,
play/stop/forward/backward, etc.. That one has 4 contact points and
not 3 like in regular stereo headphones.
It even supports video playback - there is a cable that comes in the
box and uses the same connector point to output several video types.
Sometimes the phone detects the plugged device automatically (I guess
if it supports some Nokia standard), and if it doesn't recognize, it
provides the user a list of options to choose from (headphones, tv-out
cable, music stand).
Just a thought...
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 7:24 AM, Andy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
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Somebody in the thread at some point said:
|> I still think that wired headsets are not used by anyone out there.
Even if
|> every vendor adds a cheap wired headset to it's device I barely see
anyone
|> using it.
|> Today bluetooth headsets are cheap and they are way more practical
(and even
|> have the better microphone placing, compared to the wired
clip-micros.
|>
|> So I think there should be an 3.5mm to listen to music and use
bluetooth for
|> headsets.
|
| I'd rather not be forced to use bluetooth with a headset. My
experience is that
| bluetooth interferes with wifi (same freq. band) and you'll have
another battery to
| worry about.
There is some "co-existence" stuff in GTA02 and future products that
reduces this effect... the two devices warn each other to defer what
they had planned because the other device is using the air.
Agree about the extra battery issue, but I have to agree with Thomas
wired headsets no longer seem to be a fashion accessory in wide use,
whereas BT cyborgs are all over the shop like a bad episode of Dr Who.
- -Andy
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