Source: http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/24/dell-streak-procures-a-hacked-up-mini-usb-adapter-gets-friendly/
Even if you can look beyond the
SIM lock and the aging
Android 1.6 OS on the
Dell Streak, there's still one irksome problem: the lack of a mini or micro-USB port (Dell clearly missed the
USB party last summer). Dissatisfied with this state of affairs, John from
Linux Slate decided to build an adapter for his tabletphone's dock connector, which he confirmed to be PDMI instead of a proprietary design. The procedure was simple: John cut up his Streak's cable plug, soldered a mini USB socket onto the board, and housed the new assembly within the Streak's cable clip. Voilà! Until third-party USB-to-PDMI cables start to show up in the stores, it's either this mod or cough up $20 for a
spare cable from Dell. See the adapter in action after the break.
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