subject: Data Cables [print this page] Data cable or USB (Universal Serial Bus) is the connector that connects a gadget or peripheral to another one for exchanging data between and operating any device, today you can see most of the computer attachable peripherals come with the USB connectivity options like printer, mouse, digital camera, keyboards, external hard discs that have made easy them to attach with the computer.
It acts like a medium between the two devices, you can see approximately every of the multimedia mobile phone is offered with the USB data cable in the kit that has made easy connecting your mobile with a computer to download or upload any kind of stuff including music files, text files or any other important data.
Mobile data cables not only help you out in sending or receiving data via any desktop or laptop, moreover it has made internet surfing or browsing pretty easy where your mobile phone works as a modem, so now you dont have to worry about getting a wired broadband connection to use internet, just with the help of USB cable you can access internet sitting at anywhere & any time.
And if we talk about other data transferring devices like Bluetooth & infrared which also come in the same use of exchanging the data, then you will find USB or data cables much more compatible, easier and fastest of them, there are few mobile companies which provide some drivers or applications which are to be installed on your computer before attaching the data cable with it specially in the case when you want to go for surfing or operating all your mobile features like messaging, adding contacts, editing and calling.
The latest technology digital cameras which support the memory cards are also attachable to computer with the given USB data cable by which images can be saved and get printed instantly, moreover if we need to edit the clicked images in order to get the best quality pictures by fitting the resolution & contrast accordingly then there are certain photo editing softwares to do so.
The built of the USB data cable can vary device to device, even in the mobile phone you will see that every individual mobile phone is having its different data cables, so there is no common data cable that can be used for every of the mobile phone, but there is an option, go and buy a memory card reader which can again be connected through data cable with the computer and will act the same as your mobile or digital camera does after getting connected, these memory card readers offer various card slots, so no matter what kind of card you have, this is going to accept of all types.
Most of the brands give USB data cable in the kit as free, but even if the company is not offering then purchasing it wont cost so high, these are too affordable to buy in local markets.
