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Mizter T writes

On Feb 19, 12:57*pm, Tom Anderson wrote:

On Fri, 18 Feb 2011, Steve Dulieu wrote:
Sony PRS 350? smaller than a Kindle, no web browser, hold about 2K
books. has got a basic music player but headphone only so no annoying
your fellow travellers.

Is there any reason *all* mobile devices couldn't or shouldn't be
headphone-only for music, and indeed everything except phone calls? If the
EU can regulate device makers into all providing MicroUSB, maybe they can
regulate them into that too.

Why "except phone calls"?

And, besides "headphone only" they could enact - at a volume inaudible
to anyone more than 50 cm away. That might also be a useful health
measure, helping to prevent deafness which appears likely to be
prevalent in later life by those pumping high sound levels into their
headphones for hours at a time.


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