T-Mobile G1s now shipping with 3.5mm headphone adapters included

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]

[Tinu @ Nov 21st 2008 8:50PM]

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[Fernando @ Nov 21st 2008 8:56PM]

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[Metkis @ Nov 21st 2008 9:11PM]

Those...

Them?

[ducky @ Nov 21st 2008 9:13PM]

"This" is low ranked, but "That" is highly ranked...

Engadget, you are forever inexplicable.

[loocas @ Nov 21st 2008 9:15PM]

THESES!

[Razor @ Nov 21st 2008 9:18PM]

They

[R0B3RT @ Nov 21st 2008 9:21PM]

Clearly we like that and not this duuuuuhhhh

[Flashpoint @ Nov 21st 2008 10:04PM]

STUPID phone design.

And they did the same thing to the Dash.

[Keaton @ Nov 21st 2008 10:36PM]

"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...

[spacegravity4me @ Nov 22nd 2008 1:17PM]

Its like this and like that and like this and uh

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Nov 21st 2008 8:53PM]

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.

[Google @ Nov 21st 2008 9:29PM]

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...

[melloncollie @ Nov 21st 2008 9:41PM]

Boo-hoo.

[Ako1pinoy @ Nov 21st 2008 11:28PM]

You can call T-Mobile's customer service. They'll send you one.

[auricom @ Nov 22nd 2008 1:41AM]

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!

[centinall @ Nov 22nd 2008 3:20AM]

Yeah, get the X1, it's only $800. Great comparison.

[SPOKE @ Nov 22nd 2008 8:49AM]

@ auricom Jackhole? YOU are the jackhole!

[XIYL @ Nov 22nd 2008 9:02AM]

@ Ako1pinoy

What about shadow owners, it has the same jack on it and if they would send me one i would be so happy.

[Google @ Nov 22nd 2008 9:55AM]

RTFC!

I have a G1, which has a keyboard, and copy and paste... douche.

And yes, $800? I concur... blech.

[Google @ Nov 22nd 2008 10:14AM]

Oh and I don't know why Ako1pinoy is highly ranked... I just called T-Mobile customer service and that isn't the case....

[uhop @ Nov 24th 2008 6:47PM]

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.

[Unk @ Nov 21st 2008 8:53PM]

What about us preorder-ers?

[Ryan @ Nov 22nd 2008 8:42AM]

You just HAD to have your QWERTY keyboard.....

[hawksfan03 @ Nov 21st 2008 8:53PM]

thank you t-mobile for listening to your customers

[BigD145 @ Nov 21st 2008 10:09PM]

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?

[Ignatius @ Nov 21st 2008 10:15PM]

I think it would be more expensive to somehow work it into the design of the phone.

[Omar @ Nov 21st 2008 8:54PM]

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?

[james @ Nov 21st 2008 9:00PM]

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.

[Mark @ Nov 21st 2008 9:01PM]

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.

[JohnTitor @ Nov 21st 2008 9:01PM]

just eBay it dude, they've been around before this I'm sure

[Valicore @ Nov 21st 2008 9:31PM]

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.

[ako1pinoy @ Nov 21st 2008 11:27PM]

I heard T-mobile will give adopters to those early buyers too. Call customer service.

[Christian Walters @ Nov 21st 2008 8:56PM]

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!

[yopladas @ Nov 21st 2008 9:05PM]

OMG A HEADPHONE ADAPTER! Woah... that's lame.

[loocas @ Nov 21st 2008 9:08PM]

Great move! They make a mini-usb just to bundle an adapter for you :D

[Mobius_1 @ Nov 21st 2008 9:08PM]

I'd consider one if the jack was actually IN the phone. I'll stick with my trusty-ish N76 for now :P

[ubn2 @ Nov 22nd 2008 6:09PM]

so. it has the form factor of a headphone extender. its no big deal.

[Jon Nelson @ Nov 21st 2008 9:09PM]

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!

[Sofunnytom @ Nov 21st 2008 10:28PM]

touch hd has a 3.5mm port

[ako1pinoy @ Nov 21st 2008 11:27PM]

sucks to not with t-mobile

[Shadow08 @ Nov 21st 2008 9:16PM]

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.

[Valicore @ Nov 21st 2008 9:25PM]

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.

[iEye @ Nov 21st 2008 9:50PM]

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...

[oZ @ Nov 22nd 2008 1:44AM]

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.

[Shadow08 @ Nov 22nd 2008 3:57AM]

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.

[dvsbstrd @ Nov 22nd 2008 8:34AM]

iEye,

Eat a dick.

- Engadget readers everywhere

[bandigolo @ Nov 22nd 2008 11:37AM]

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...

[Setnev @ Nov 23rd 2008 5:23PM]

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.

[Thundero553 @ Nov 21st 2008 9:24PM]

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.

[doot @ Nov 21st 2008 9:25PM]

hmm how does this even work? does the usb port have additional pins aside from the 4 standard usb pins?