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Story: Annoying hardware: a rogues' gallery

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And while we're talking about USB...

... why are there so many kinds of USB?

As well as the normal connector, there's another kind for printers, and at least three smaller versions. I have devices on my desk that need all of these, so that's four USB cables I have to keep in a drawer.

Add in the fact that, for most phone manufacturers, none of these is good enough, so I also need to keep USB cables for Nokia and Sony Ericsson in the drawer too.

The one I want is always borrowed, lost or impossibly tangled.

Is it any wonder the IT industry nurtures impossible dreams of cable-free UWB?

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