I had my FreeRunner replaced (under guarantee) by broken mini USB connector. These things are much more vulnerable than normal USB. Hence, I vote for normal USB.
Matthias Apitz wrote: > El día Friday, April 03, 2009 a las 09:48:51AM +0200, Sander escribió: > >> What about a FR without 3G but with a 'normal' size USB2.0 port in which >> you can plug a 3G dongle? >> >> This has several advantages: >> >> o FR would be more free >> o FR would be less expensive >> o only one expensive heavy duty 3G contract for both your FR and your laptop >> o upgrading of 3G without the need for upgrading the FR >> >> FR would still have GPRS in this scenario. >> >> The USB port would be on the edge of the FR where we find the AUX button >> now. This would make the dongle point more or less upwards in both >> landscape and portrait mode. >> >> Related to this I'm looking for a converter between the small USB port >> on the FR and a 3G USB dongle (or a USB keyboard). I've searched but not >> found any. Any tips? > > Interesting. I have an USB dongle Huawei E220 which I'm using for my > EeePC laptop to go to Internet via UMTS. This E220 is a small puck with > a small USB connector, comes with a short (10cm) cable to connect it to > a normal USB port of a laptop. I was already thinking in buying a short > cable with small USB connectors on both ends (or even just something like > a stick having small USB connectors on both ends without any cable) to > connect this E220 as well to my FR and use the pppd in the FR... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei_E220 > > matthias > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
