RE : Sony Ericsson switches phone connectors, goes for USB 2.0 - nearly!

Huh? I have a third-party USB cable which transfers data and charges my T39(!) off USB 1 or 2 ports and has been doing this for nearly 3 years now.

Maybe Steve has been going through some old stuff in his in-box ... or maybe he is tryimg to cover up the obvious which is that the engineering involved in using USB ports on the phones themselves is a piece of cake and USB has long been able to supply more than enough power for devices like mobile phones.

The real problem here is that the margins on many phone accessories are going to crumble if consumers can connect them with off the shelf USB cables instead of proprietary connectors.