[keltex]

"I pine for a Mini-USB conenction, but Micro-USB is much better than some properietary connector. (I like Mini better than Micro because the slightly larger form factor seems far more durable. Time will tell.) "

Actually the Micro USB was designed to be more durable than the Mini USB... up to 10,000 connect / disconnect cycles. Plus the wear parts in the Micro USB are in the cable rather than the device. Much cheaper to replace the cable.

[mirkules]

I heard this from other people too, but somehow it just /feels/ less durable for me, especially when I am plugging it in. I feel some grinding of metal parts and often wonder if this thing will last. Actually, I feel the same thing with the iPod/iPhone connectors, but it's definitely more pronounced on the micro-USB connectors.