Audio Jack 2.5 mm

[polz]

On Tuesday 24 April 2007 20:20:38 Ian Stirling wrote:
> Jeff Andros wrote:
> > On 4/24/07, *Flemming Richter Mikkelsen* <quatrox at gmail.com
> > <mailto:quatrox at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     In reply to my own mail:
> >
> >     I have a motorola that has only one connector: the usb.
> >     It works great for hands free. I don't know if this is supported by
> >     the neo1973 hardware but if it is, this could be
> >     the solution.
Multiplexing the USB and audio would eliminate any chance of using both the 
headphones and an unpowered USB addon at the same time, severely limiting the 
hackability (is that even a word ?) of the phone.
> The USB chip is integrated into the SOC, the sound chip is on another
> bus. You can get arbitrary sound quality over USB, with a USB DAC.
Don't these cost (an order of magnitude) more than simple headphones + an 
adapter ?