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USB 1.1 Renumbered To USB 2?

Posted by timothy on from the there-has-never-been-a-usb-1.0 dept.

Teese writes "According to this Bangkok Post article, in December the USB Forum renamed USB 1.1 to USB 2, and USB 2 stayed as USB 2. They did this because consumers were demanding that the computers they buy have USB2 on board. The story also claims that both Sony & toshiba have released laptops with the USB2 that is really USB1.1. This was the first I had heard of this and the article said the change took place in December, has the USB Forum really been able to pull a fast one on us?"

2 of 880 comments (clear)

  1. standards should not change by juan2074 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The USB 2.0 standard calls for data transfer speeds of 480Mbits/s (over 40 times faster than USB 1.1). If a product is released as USB 2.0 compliant, it had better be able to meet that requirement.

    Once the standard is released to the world, the standards body cannot expect consumers to accept USB 1.1 as USB 2.0.

    If your product fails to meet the USB 2.0 standard (as we know it), it will be returned as defective and the consumer will go buy something else that meets his/her needs.

  2. USB naming has always been goofy by cant_get_a_good_nick · · Score: 5, Interesting

    My fave is that USB 1.1 tops out at "Full" speed, while faster USB 2.0 is "High" speed. Shouldn't full speed be the fastest? These guys didn't think to forward proof themselves?