On: Second 'Google phone' is unveiled

[AndrewWarner]

Any idea why they wouldn't let customers use the headsets they already have?

[Radix → AndrewWarner]

A comment on HN a while back suggested that Apple had asked Google not to use a standard jack for controlling the phone. Apparently one of the google execs is connected to apple. It's fuzzy but I think it's at least plausible that they didn't do it to lock customers down or out.

[lacker → AndrewWarner]

I'm not sure if this is why, but this way, the headphone jack is the same as the recharging jack, so there is one less hole in the device.