Comments on: Long Live 3.5mm: HTC Makes The Switch

By: David

David — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 23:52:35 +0000

I for one am all about having the 3.5mm jack on my phone and I don’t care if there is an extra port for charging it. I wish the MyTouch had a 3.5mm jack because I’d probably be pre-ordering that phone instead of waiting to see if T-Mobile is going to get the Samsung i7500 which I think really looks pretty cool although I’m not too sure about it’s D-pad controller or whatever it’s called.

By: Gary

Gary — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 02:43:15 +0000

A 3.5mm should be standard on all HTC devices. Now if we can only get a flash for the camera to be standard, then we’d be set.

By: curx

curx — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:10:18 +0000

3.5mm jacks are good when ur using high end earphones compared to lousy sounding proprietary headsets. i’d vote for ease of use & sound quality, but if ur going for tech, yea it’s waay antique.

By: azizkarim

azizkarim — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:53:21 +0000

Thanks for the clarification

By: alliantce

alliantce — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 23:24:33 +0000

3.5mm jacks?

That isn’t evolution or revolution.

We are now stuck with a tech that is decades old.

By: you

you — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:20:04 +0000

yes the htc hd has 3.5 jack but they are talking about phones with the android os on it.

“HTC Hero will be the first HTC-made Android handset with a 3.5mm jack”

By: azizkarim

azizkarim — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:45:44 +0000

What you guys are talking about ? I thought the HTC HD had the 3.5 jack before the Hero ! please someone correct me if I am wrong .Thx

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:51:22 +0000

Bluetooth audio also cuts out the FM radio. I don’t know if the hardware is in the Android handsets, but a 3.5mm jack has a lot of value in that regard. Then again, so do torrents.

By: Rignerd

Rignerd — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:41:29 +0000

Well unless you have digital ears it has to be converted to analog some where along the path. If you have invested in a good set of ear/headphones then having a standard jack lets you move between all your players with ease. If HTC is serious about it’s media functionality they will use a standard audio connector for audio playback, as they have now adopted.

By: quidpro

quidpro — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:15:25 +0000

Funny. I just recently changed my mind on such things after years of internal screaming for a 3.5 in cars and on my devices. Headphones should evolve already. Why are we crying for an extra old analog hole on our digital devices to listen to digital audio? Cans should use mini usb and those crying for charge-it-while-listen-to-it functionality can get splitters.

By: joe

joe — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:54:50 +0000

Standardization is always better for products on these non-strategic, non-differentiating features. All it has done is create drawers full of cords and chargers that have not been used in years, but might be used in the future. 3.5 will always have a place in the world until Bluetooth X.0 finally becomes reliable enough to keep me from swearing at my phone for the crappy connections it STILL provides. I’ve gone to the extreme of wiring my car to avoid Bluetooth.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:57:48 +0000

Do you want to buy me a Bluetooth radio or reciever? I thought not. My stuff already has 3.5 mm jacks.

By: KCMatt

KCMatt — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:34:39 +0000

It’ll be nice knowing you can store music on your device and if you’re ever at a friend’s house, car, boat, and they have an aux input and a male to male cable (like for playing any other mp3 player) that you can play it. Who carries an adapter with them every day just in case this comes up?

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:10:41 +0000

Yes they include an adapter, as is mentioned specificly in the articale, but the problem is they disapear easily. >_<

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:08:12 +0000

Actually your not screwed if you want to connect your stereo bluetooth to a car or portibale stereo. For Example: http://www.geekalerts.com/bluetooth-fm-transmitter-by-satechi/

Bluetooth sound quality isn’t bad, you do get better with a physical connection but without higher end hardware it isn’t noticeable.

Though It can be a pain to connect bluetooth if you have multipule devices in the same area.

By: leorolim

leorolim — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:42:14 +0000

5 years ago was already too late!!
I remember owning a Motorola E398 with the worst earphones in the world. So much for the mp3 playback…

By: Eddie Monge

Eddie Monge — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:49:19 +0000

That’s all fine and dandy, but how does that work if you want to use the phone as GASP a phone? I don’t know of too many 3.5mm headphones that have a builtin mic that does’nt require a separate cable. Willl you have to have another plug for a hands-free set?

By: dwilicious

dwilicious — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:36:44 +0000

Hoooray … :-D

By: Peter Ha

Peter Ha — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:42:26 +0000

That’s all well and good, but the myTouch 3G doesn’t have it.

By: M2

M2 — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:10:00 +0000

Hurray for common sense!!

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:07:40 +0000

Don’t most HTC devices come with a little adapter you plug into their usb port that allows you to charge and listen to 3.5mm at the same time? That is what the HTC Diamond came with before I returned it.

I think 3.5 mm is pointless. As the OP said we will need two plugs on the phone instead of one. I also hate 3.5mm because the jack seems to always stop working after a year or so.

By: 박 지호

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:44:44 +0000

Oh.. Finally, they do.
It should be pleasure news for new potential HTC users.

By: Paul Thompson

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:04:33 +0000

My goodness HTC, as a proud owner of an HTC Touch Pro (and my wife with her HTC Diamond)…. TAHNK YOU SO MUCH for finally moving to a standard port for audio, rather then your proprietary crap connector.

Alas, I shall have to wait a year or 2 before I’ll benefit from this, but I look fwd to it.

By: Matt Gifford

Matt Gifford — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:44:03 +0000

That’s all great, except when you want to listen to the device while it’s charging. Which is most of my work day, especially since I’m using the battery-hogging HTC Dream.

By: bob barker

bob barker — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 21:13:00 +0000

seriously, you’re a moron