SURbit Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 There was plenty of technology unleashed upon the world this year. A ton of pay-with-your-phone systems. Quite a few virtual-reality products. Sense-and-avoid technology in drones. One new technology will affect everybody on earth who uses a phone, tablet, laptop, or desktop. A technology that will save us time, money, and frustration. A breakthrough that will even keep tons of e-waste out of the landfills. USB Type C The Tech Technology of the Year is a jack. This single, tiny connector can carry power, and video, and audio, and data—simultaneously. In theory, it can, in other words, replace a laptop’s power cord, USB jacks, video output jack, and headphone jack. It’s identical top and bottom, so you can’t insert it the wrong way - It’s identical end for end, too. So it doesn’t matter which end you grab first. It feels more secure when you insert it; you get a physical click instead of just relying on friction to hold it. USB-C has the potential to charge your gadget faster and transfer data faster than what’s come before, too. It’s tiny—about the size as micro USB—so the same cable can charge your phone and tablet and laptop. And the brand doesn’t matter. My Samsung USB-C cable can charge your Apple MacBook and his Surface tablet. Can you imagine? You’re witnessing the dawn of the universal charging cord. We can all dump out our drawers full of ugly, mismatched, proprietary charging bricks, long since separated from their original devices, and recycle it all. Now we’ll need only one kind of cable for everything. The specifications for USB-C were finalized late last year. That’s astonishing for two reasons: First, it was dreamed up by engineers and executives from every major electronics company, working side-by-side for three years—even blood rivals like Apple and Google. Second, you can already buy phones, tablets, and laptops that come with USB-C jacks—from Apple, Google, Microsoft, Nokia, and others. (You’ll find this jack on Google Nexus phones and tablets, and Chromebook Pixel laptops; Microsoft’s Surface Book laptop and Lumia phones; the OnePlus 2 phone; the Asus ZenPad 8; the Nokia N1; and so on. One big question: Will Apple have the nerve to replace its Lightning connector (the one on iPhones and iPads) with USB-C, thus completing the earth’s transition to a completely universal charging jack? That, of course, would infuriate everyone who just got used to Apple’s new Lightning connector. Yet Apple took exactly that risk on its new, 12-inch MacBook laptop, which has USB-C instead of Apple’s traditional magnetic MagSafe power connector. Unfortunately, you get only one USB-C jack; if you want to use power, video, or data simultaneously, you have to buy an $80 splitter. Change is always annoying. We’re in for a couple of years of transition and fumbling with adapters (like those shown here) that accommodate all our old USB gear: flash drives, hard drives, scanners, printers, cameras, and so on. But the payoff will be gigantic, convenient, and universal. That should make the pain both mild and brief. The original USB spec has served us well for 20 years. All hail USB Type C! Let’s meet back here in 2035 to see how quickly it delivered its promise of universal interchangeability across all machines from all brands. USB Type C USB Type C ports seen on new devices SOURCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VileTouch Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 yet again they found a way to make you motherboard, cellphone, camera, tablet, printer, joystick, mouse, keyboard, console, etc... ALL useless because of a jack you can't replace...yay for consumerism! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibranium Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 It's not so bad. Cable converters will be widely available. What we really need though is the R2-D2 galactically compatible rod interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanon Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 In 30 years, when all my tech is new enough to have this jack, I'll be delighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CODYQX4 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 6 hours ago, VileTouch said: yet again they found a way to make you motherboard, cellphone, camera, tablet, printer, joystick, mouse, keyboard, console, etc... ALL useless because of a jack you can't replace...yay for consumerism! Adapters will be cheap. The screw you is that the main laptop that has one is Apple's Macbook, which uses a shit processor and has only ONE port. 1 port? Hell no, that's not going to cut it. Other than that the cord is reversible. No more taking 3 attempts to plug something into the back of my PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted December 17, 2015 Administrator Share Posted December 17, 2015 @SURbit: Please add link to the source of the article. I'm yet to get my hands on one of these things though. But, will it last as long as the previous plug was, well in this fast moving world, I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 1 hour ago, DKT27 said: @SURbit: Please add link to the source of the article. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SURbit Posted December 17, 2015 Author Share Posted December 17, 2015 3 hours ago, DKT27 said: @SURbit: Please add link to the source of the article. I'm yet to get my hands on one of these things though. But, will it last as long as the previous plug was, well in this fast moving world, I doubt it. Sorry I guess I got lazy with the link and just said Yahoo, but I jordan4x got it to you. If you go to the bottom of this page it has some offers- http://www.trustedreviews.com/opinions/usb-type-c-everything-you-need-to-know and here as well- http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&Description=usb%20cable%20extension&bop=And&SrchInDesc=USB-C&Page=1&PageSize=30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted December 18, 2015 Administrator Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thing is, source link should be on the post of the article itself. There are many reasons behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SURbit Posted January 22, 2016 Author Share Posted January 22, 2016 On 12/17/2015 at 0:58 PM, jordan4x said: Source Quote On 12/18/2015 at 9:34 AM, DKT27 said: Thing is, source link should be on the post of the article itself. There are many reasons behind it. I'm thick sometimes and didn't but now realize what you meant for me to do, My Bad...I seen your link and thought well enough, It only sunk in now what you were saying to me - I do better next times. Thanks. Please PM me guys if I miss a meaning again, working together we all understand and relate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rahull Posted January 26, 2016 Share Posted January 26, 2016 Future is all wirless@faster speeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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