Shortest, least feature laden, cheapest device ever!
October 3, 2009 Post a Comment Monday, October 5th, 2009 Netcast 931
If you own a cell phone with a standard 3.5mm headphone jack you don’t need this gizmo. But if you have some LG phones, some Blackberry devices, some Motorola phones and a few others, this Universal 2.5MM male to 3.5mm female stereo adapter could solve a big problem. If you’re trying to use your standard 3.5mm headphones with a cell phone that has a 2.5mm jack it’s easy to buy an adaptor. But it turns out many of them let you hear music in only one ear. I bought 3 different adaptors and none worked properly. Then I did a web search and found many people had the same problem. It seems some phone manufacturers use their own proprietary wiring for the headphone jack which makes a standard adapter useless. But I found a place – The Cell Shop – that makes a Universal 2.5MM male to 3.5mm female stereo adapter that gives me full stereo when I use my 3.5mm headphones. You can pretty much tell if an adapter is going to work by just looking at it. If has a two-ring plug, it probably won’t work. The male 2.5mm end of the adaptor the Cell Shop sells uses a 3-ring design. And the cost is under $3! They price it differently on different parts of their website. In one place it’s $2.99 with free shipping, in another it’s $1.99 + $.100 shipping. I just ordered a second 1 and it was just $2.64. But in every case, it’s under $3.00!
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