Which phone brands have a standard data connector

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I currently have a Kyocera 2135 and a serial cable I connect to my
laptop and Palm Pilot. The newer Kyocera phones have changed the
connector on the bottom of the phone so I'll need to purchase a new
cable if I upgrade.

Are there any phone manufactures around that will probably not be
changing the data connector on the bottom of the phone every year or so?
I don't want to be purchasing new data cables every other year.

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"Tom" <thall91739-nospam@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I currently have a Kyocera 2135 and a serial cable I connect to my
> laptop and Palm Pilot. The newer Kyocera phones have changed the
> connector on the bottom of the phone so I'll need to purchase a new
> cable if I upgrade.
>
> Are there any phone manufactures around that will probably not be
> changing the data connector on the bottom of the phone every year or
> so? I don't want to be purchasing new data cables every other year.

Hate to tell ya, but your probably screwed. While you may be able to get
some cables that are the same, most went to USB instead of serial. I used to
have a serial cable with my Kyocera 2035, but went to a 2235 (which supports
1X), and had to switch to USB instead of serial to use the 1X. (The serial
still worked, but only at low speed, and the phone defaulted to a USB
connection, and the com parameters had to be changed to use serial). Of
course, for many of them, once I switched to a USB cable instead of serial,
many of the connectors are the same, and I can usually just change the
drivers when I change phones.

Not sure what 'newer' Kyo phones you mean, the xx35 lines (from 2035 to
7135) use the same connector. Maybe it's a different model you are talking
about.