On 3/23/08, Scott Kelso <skelso at nc.rr.com> wrote: > My preference was to find something like you describe - either a micro-A > to A-female adapter block or short cable. But the only micro-A-anything > I could find was the cable I bought. This surprised me, given that the > micro-A, by definition, puts the device in to host mode. What good is > an A-male on the other end of a cable attached to a host, unless you > have an also-USB-illegal A-female to A-female adapter? > > -- Scott Actually, there's no such thing as "USB-illegal" as long as the pinouts are compliant The problem is that devices such as the N-series that run both host and client modes on the same physical port are both quite new and themselves not quite compliant to the standards. The "mini" and "micro" connectors were originally intended for tiny client-only devices like mp3 players and cameras, for which the regular-sized connectors would obviously not be appropriate.. Most devices come with their own cable, especially if they don't have the standard-sized type A or B connector. Frankly, I think Nokia should be shipping the relevant cable/adaptor with the tablets, rather than forcing us to fend for ourselves. Mark
