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		<title>Get Rid of Proprietary USB Cables and get an Adapter Kit.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sick of having a mess of USB cables that are device-specific?  If you have an MP3 player, an iPod, or any small USB capable device &#8211; you know what I&#8217;m talking about:  Proprietary USB Cables.  If you have enough devices, pretty soon you&#8217;ll have a whole drawer full of them and you won&#8217;t have a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sick of having a mess of USB cables that are device-specific?  If you have an MP3 player, an iPod, or any small USB capable device &#8211; you know what I&#8217;m talking about:  Proprietary USB Cables.  If you have enough devices, pretty soon you&#8217;ll have a whole drawer full of them and you won&#8217;t have a clue which chord goes to which device.  Luckily there IS a solution.</p>
<p>I was just browsing around the interweb today and decided I have a few devices that don&#8217;t connect to my computer using standard USB cables, and it would be really nice to have an adapter for them.  Looking around, you can find single adapters for around $10 a piece.  That seems a bit too pricey for me, so rather than looking for a couple of seperate adapters, I found a little travel USB kit.</p>
<p><span id="more-283"></span>This is really cool and only $6.75 at <a href="http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=9PCS-USB-KIT&amp;cm_mmc=GoogleProducts-_-Cables-_-Adapters/Splitters-_-9PCS-USB-KIT&amp;zmam=2003677&amp;zmas=1&amp;zmac=129&amp;zmap=9PCS-USB-KIT" target="_blank">geeks.com</a>!</p>
<p><a href="http://funkytower.com/wp-content/uploads/9pcs-usb-kit-unit.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-286" border="none" title="9pcs-usb-kit-unit" src="http://funkytower.com/wp-content/uploads/9pcs-usb-kit-unit-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a> <a href="http://funkytower.com/wp-content/uploads/9pcs-usb-kit-soft.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-285" border="none" title="9pcs-usb-kit-soft" src="http://funkytower.com/wp-content/uploads/9pcs-usb-kit-soft-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a><a href="http://funkytower.com/wp-content/uploads/9pcs-usb-kit-box.jpg"></a></p>
<p>As you can see, the kit comes with 9 different adapters along with a rollup USB Female to USB Male Adapter.  I think all the other adapters it comes with are male to male (odd, but I guess that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s only $6.75 <img src='http://www.davidcrandall.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  )</p>
<p>The different types of adapters are:</p>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">USB to RJ-45 (male &#8211; we&#8217;re not sure what exactly this would be used for) </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">USB A to mini-B (4-pin standard) &#8211; typically seen on digital cameras </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">USB A to mini-B (4-pin highrose) &#8211; typically seen on digital cameras </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">USB A to mini-B (4-pin) &#8211; typically seen on digital cameras </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">USB A to mini-B (5-pin) &#8211; typically seen on digital cameras </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">USB A to B &#8211; typically seen on printers </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">USB A to PS/2 </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">USB A to A </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial;">USB A (male) to USB A (female) roll-up extension (approximately 36 inches)</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">So really, for less than 7 bucks, this is a great deal.  They have others out there that are better quality I&#8217;m sure, maybe adapters that are already female to male, so you can just use a standard USB cable rather than the female to male extension &#8211; but those cost $20+!  So I honestly think this is a great deal, and I think I may get myself one <img src='http://www.davidcrandall.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>What Do You Think?<br />
</strong>Have you tried these adapters out before?  Do you know of another even better kit?  Got any cool devices you want to share with the world?  Let me know it, I would love to post an article about it.  My e-mail is <a href="mailto:david@funkytower.com">david@funkytower.com</a>, and I would love to hear from you <img src='http://www.davidcrandall.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: Arial;">Take it easy,<br />
David Crandall</span></p>
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