HP Prime's USB Cable

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(02-04-2014 05:06 PM)Snorre Wrote:  So finally I got a possible explanation for why HP chose to make the USB socket symmetric.

If you mean that it's possible to accidentally plug in the cable upside down, don't worry; it's not. Neither the socket nor the plug are vertically symmetrical: the hole in the plug is not in the middle. HP used a standard micro-A/B socket. Nothing unusual here.

But if you mean that it seems odd that the socket looks rectangular instead of trapezoidal... yes, this is why.