USB: Universal Serial Bus

Last night I was sitting on my computer (what’s new) when I looked down at my phone. The data port on my new RAZR looked suspiciously like a standard mini-USB port. I wondered if my digicam’s USB cable would work with that. Sure enough, it does.

Let me back up to last Friday. My old cell phone plan was up and it was time to get a new one. I found a RAZR on Amazon.com for only a penny. And hell, if I can figure out the rebate, they’ll give me another $50 back on top of that. Shipping was free, but I had to pay for activation and of course the new plan. I went with T-mobile because, well, I don’t know. I knew I was pretty much getting a RAZR and I didn’t want to be on Cingular and the Verizon RAZR’s were more expensive.
I order the phone choosing the least expensive shipping option (this was before I knew it was free) which entailed a 3-5 day trip from the warehouse to my house. This was at about 7PM or 8PM on Friday night. By Saturday afternoon, my order was confirmed and shipped. I was also notified the activation had gone through and my new number was active. Monday after I got home from work, the box was waiting for me. That’s the fastest turnaround I’ve ever experienced for an ecommerce site and over a weekend at that! Bravo Amazon.

Back to the hacking goods. A few searches on Google turned up a massive amount of information on cell phone hacking. Not surprisingly, there is a ton about the RAZR because it is so common. Now, about all I got into last night was uploading a couple of images to use as backgrounds, but I can tell you the thing is getting thoroughly examined when I get the time.