Headphone madness part 3

The saga continues. HTC, the most successful mobile phone manufacturer in recent years has just introduced another plug - see the picture on the right. To reduce space and BOM (Bill Of Materials), they use the mini USB socket on the phone to drive headphones. This is going crazy... Not only we are (again!) forced to use the headphones supplied with the phone, but it is impossible to charge the device and listening to the music at the same time...

Fortunately I don't care anymore... The new HTC TyTN supports Bluetooth A2DP and I am happy to use the SonyEricsson DS970 headphones, both for calls and for music. A2DP feels like freedom...