2.5mm or 3.5mm

[Benedikt Schindler]

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 <andy at openmoko.com 
> <mailto:andy at openmoko.com>> 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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