T-Mobile G1s now shipping with 3.5mm headphone adapters included
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Nov 21st 2008 8:46PM
posted Nov 21st 2008 8:46PM
It's not going to somehow magically conjure a jack where there's currently nothing more than a sad-looking ExtUSB port, but new G1 buyers can take some solace in the knowledge that they'll be able to plug in, turn it up, and tune out right out of the box. We've received official word from HTC that 3.5mm headphone adapters for the ExtUSB port are now being bundled with the phone, meaning you won't be stuck with that janky (no, seriously, it's insanely terrible) headset with the special connector that you get free of charge; after all, when we're blasting the Jonas Brothers at full tilt, we need the kind of fidelity that only high-end earbuds can provide. What, you got a problem with that?[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
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Engadget, you are forever inexplicable.
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Clearly we like that and not this duuuuuhhhh
STUPID phone design.
And they did the same thing to the Dash.
"when we're blasting the Jonas Brothers at full tilt, we need the kind of fidelity that only high-end earbuds can provide. What, you got a problem with that?"
Well yes I got a problem with that...
Its like this and like that and like this and uh
What about free ones for the people who already bought one. I don't have one personally nor intend to buy one but I'd be annoyed to be honest.
I fall into that category... and you're right... I'm pisssssssed... I love Google (clearly), I love Android, and I love my G1... but I miss my iPod Touch in terms of convenience...
Boo-hoo.
You can call T-Mobile's customer service. They'll send you one.
forget G1 and cross over to the other side where the grass is green, the water is fresh, with pink ponies hopping around. The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 has 3.5mm jackhole, crisp VGA, actual keyboard, copypaste (!) and heaps more.. this is from someone who just dumped his iPhone 3G!
Yeah, get the X1, it's only $800. Great comparison.
@ auricom Jackhole? YOU are the jackhole!
@ Ako1pinoy
What about shadow owners, it has the same jack on it and if they would send me one i would be so happy.
RTFC!
I have a G1, which has a keyboard, and copy and paste... douche.
And yes, $800? I concur... blech.
Oh and I don't know why Ako1pinoy is highly ranked... I just called T-Mobile customer service and that isn't the case....
I called the customer service, got transferred 5 times, and the result is: no, they are not giving it to early adopters, and, no, they don't sell it too.
What about us preorder-ers?
You just HAD to have your QWERTY keyboard.....
Good news for new buyers, but how about us early adopters? (It's probably still a bit too soon to say that.)
Any word on if T-Mobile will have these for purchase at their stores?
Yeah no mention of us poor schleps who opted to take a chance on this seriously flawed Chinese piece o crapola?
sorry but this think sucks for way too many reasons than I can describe. the only saving grace are the aps.
I tried to go back to my 2g iphone on tmob but the inet wont seem to work.
I think I'll actually go att and I cant believe I am saying that.... thats how bad I feel about tmob's late entry into the 21st century.
you can buy em online for as low as $6 after shipping.... They even have one where you can charge it at the same time for $15.
just eBay it dude, they've been around before this I'm sure
I think the point is that it is kind of ridiculous to have to go out of your way to pay for something that now even T-Mobile has realized should have been included free of charge in the first place.
I heard T-mobile will give adopters to those early buyers too. Call customer service.
thank you t-mobile for listening to your customers
If they were listening to their users, they wouldn't even need to have an adapter. Are headphone jacks more expensive than USB or proprietary ports?
I think it would be more expensive to somehow work it into the design of the phone.
Ahhh, tis a good show on HTC's part. I hate that damned ExtUSB connector...all of my HTC devices have it, and I have had to fashion 3.5 adaptors for all of em!
OMG A HEADPHONE ADAPTER! Woah... that's lame.
Great move! They make a mini-usb just to bundle an adapter for you :D
I'd consider one if the jack was actually IN the phone. I'll stick with my trusty-ish N76 for now :P
so. it has the form factor of a headphone extender. its no big deal.
Yeah? And what about other people with HTC phones that want free 3.5mm headphone adapters? Touch, Touch Diamond, Titan, Touch Pro, Touch HD, etc. come to mind.
I know some of those are old news but come on! Putting this as a native function on your phones can't POSSIBLY be that difficult!
touch hd has a 3.5mm port
sucks to not with t-mobile
I don't understand the need for sarcasm in this article. T-Mobile did something really nice and unnecessary to satisfy its customers, and to be honest, I don't think you can make a extUSB to 3.5mm cable look any more attractive than that.
It's better than pulling a Jobs and saying "just deal with it" like the recessed 3.5mm port on the iPhone.
Really nice and unnecessary? How about "our iPhone (iPod PMP + Phone) killer, has no A2DP or 3.5mm jack, and is selling like shit! We better make the big sacrifice of including this 10 cent adapter!" God love our benevolent benefactor T-Mobile. They better give these to preorderers and everyone else who bought one before today. I have been an advocate of Android and a defender of it as well, but that hardware is God awful crap, so is their 3G network. Step up to the plate, T-Mobile.
I agree, the decision to not include a cheap $0.10 adapter was EVIL!!!!
C'mon you customers chose to use your shite service at a hefty monthly charge... WTF? Stupidity like this is why GM Chrystler are going bye bye!
Stupid Stupid Stupid!!!
Hmmm. include 10 cent adapter or Jerk everyone around..... hmmmm, I shoulf take a private jet to the next state to confirm this decision...
T-Mobile's 3G network is bad? It sure as hell isn't in Minneapolis, and a load better than AT&T out here, at least on the iPhone. I'm happy with what they've pushed out so far.
Valicore, even though it is low cost, it was a nice gesture that they did not have to do. All businesses try to save money even on the smallest levels. They could've pulled a Steve Jobs and just said "deal with it" like the iPhone's recessed 3.5mm jack. Also, if things like this are so cheap, why can't Apple include a 20 cent wall charger with their $300 iPods? How about a 2 cent installation CD with iTunes and a user manual? They certainly can, but they won't, just like T-Mobile didn't have to include this, but they did.
iEye,
Eat a dick.
- Engadget readers everywhere
I agree with Shadow. It seems like post after post, nobody reading Engadget (or writing for Engadged) actually seems to understand how big of a deal "little" things are to large corporations. For instance, if Sprint were to take a "did you buy a HTC phone from us? Call us and we'll send you an adapter" approach to the situation, it would costs them a ton of money. And it wasn't Sprint's fault that the HTC phones didn't have a 3.5 jack. If anybody should be sending out adapters, it's HTC. If it was that big of a deal, then people should have responded by not buying the phone or going to Radio Shack and plunking down a whopping $3.
Besides, I personally think that the included set of earbuds are perfectly adequate for most applications. It's not like you're just casually doing some sound engineering on your Touch Pro on the way to work...
In fact T-Mobile's 3G network is a lot more reliable than AT&T's network here in Phoenix. Also, their 3G speeds are faster than Verizon's so called 3G speeds. As far as data plans go, where else are you gonna find a smart phone plan for less than $30 a month. AT&T sure as shit don't have it for their beloved iPhone. Yeah, you get the iPhone for $199, but you have to take on a $50 a month data plan with a 4GB cap on it, vs. only $30 for a truly unlimited data plan, not to mention the ability to tether your phone to a laptop and use your internet connection on the go, something you can't do with a Verizon plan and definitely not something that you can do with an iPhone without AT&T finding out and charging you for.
Soon they'll begin to attach a stylus to top the sales :) I like rather their idea of free SW market, comparing to monopolistic iPhone. Where there are third party sites like http://www.androidfreeware.org/ and similar. This is really groundbreaking about Android. But G1, it's not really that good. There will be better Androids coming very soon.
hmm how does this even work? does the usb port have additional pins aside from the 4 standard usb pins?
Check this out, it basically explains it:
http://wmexperts.com/articles/psa_htcs_extusb_works_with_reg.html
durrr ExtUSB sorry.
Yeah, but what about some new sound affects to replace those Morning Glory alerts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEYWtouy8eE
Down here in the everglade I'm constantly getting false alarms.
why did they not learn from apple's mistake? adapters = bad
The G1 should have had a 3.5mm headphone jack in the first place.
I bought my G1 at a T-Mobile store on Nov 8th and it already had the 3.5mm headphone adapter. I'm a bit surprised that people are mentioning this just now. I thought they had already been shipping with it for some time.
Oh come on lads, the G1 really isn't that awful. Sure, there are a couple of things I can complain about, but overall, it is a pretty capable device with a very good operating system. If you don't want to put up with the hardware shortcomings of the G1, then simply wait for the next Android device to come out. I got my G1 by renewing my dad's line, that way I still have my upgrade available for next year when the next generation of Android devices come out. Admittedly, HTC should have learned from Apple's mistakes with the first iPhone like the non standard headset jack, lack of video recording, etc., but just wait until the other Open Handset Alliance players get in the fray!
so youre saying that it was cheaper to make this adapter instead of simply putting it in the g1? Brilliant!
I just got a G1 last week, and it came with the mini-usb to 3.5mm headphone adapter. It's actually a nice, slick adapter with a call answer button. You can even us it to control audio playback (one click for play/pause, long click for skip forward). I certainly would've preferred to have a built-in 3.5mm jack, because I'm almost guaranteed to lose this adapter in about 3 seconds. Still, all in all, I'm pleased with the G1, with or without the adapter.
C'mon be nice. Even iEye is being nice, well for iEye anyway.
I dunno; I'm in the "get the Motorola S9" category. That way no adapters, and they really sound great with the latest Bluetooth profile.
and I thought the recessed jack on the original iPhone was bad. So, no charging the G1from my laptop and listening to music at the same time?
Just thinking.. Wouldn't you just be able to listen to your laptop?
maybe it's my companie's laptop and I sync with my home computer?
Yikes, this was my BIGGEST gripe when I had the AT&T Tilt (HTC Tytn II). I just don't understand why HTC won't add the 3.5mm jack to begin with. The headphone selection is so limited for the mini-USB and carrying this adapter around seems like a hassle to me.
Goodluck G1 owners.
HTC - LISTEN UP and please please please just add the regular headphone jack from now on!
they did..
for Sony Ericsson's Xperia X1.. :) The more you know!
Isin't a USB jack more expensive? Also my Moto Q9c dosent have a headphone jack but it does have mini USB & WinMibile 6.1... Stupid fanboy.
Things like this is what made Palm Treos really frustrate users. That's why iPhone rules! Get it right people will buy, 2.5 don't count anymore.
Yea I got my G1 a week ago and it came with an adaptor much better than those that u get from ebay I got a few for my touch. The mic on da htc adaptor works great
wtf google didn't cheap u on hardware! htc makes the hardware dumb-ass!
Actually, you have to call HTC and give them the IMEI # from your G1 and they will send it to you free for existing owners. Your IMEI # should be under your battery or you can dial *#06# and hit send on your G1.
im used to it- my verizon razr v3m requires that exact same adapter
You guys are complaining as if every freaking phone had a 3.5mm headphone jack except for this one! I mean even the phone that is considered to be the best WinMo phone right now, the Omnia, doesn't even have one, so wtf is the big deal? :| I know it should have become a standard by now, but it hasn't.. bohoo
most phones have some kind of adapter, at least this is a standard USB port,
are they doing the adapter in the UK?
Hey guys, I believe I got my G1 last sunday. This I think, is my first week with it. It's been a breeze, it's simply a wonderful device, and ftr, I did get mine with an adapter. I purchased mine from a walmart last Sundayish so most of the local retailers should include the second batch. However, one thing to note is that the newer G1's still do not include the latest RC - Patches. Mine had 28 on it, and it later got offered the OTA for RC - 30 so nothing but a simple addition into the box.