Where's USB 3.0?

I mean the technology has been around since 2008 and yet manufacturers of USB compatible devices are still dragging their feet when it comes to updating their devices.

Granted, if you're just using the port for charging a cell phone then speed probably won't matter, but on a camera or recorder, it would definitely be an advantage.

In fact, I recently bought both of these and neither manufacture used 3.0 even though they had just updated their products completely.

In the days of SSD and SATA 6, USB 3.0 jump drives, that's just unacceptable. All I can say is, at this point, I won't buy any more devices that don't offer it.

 

There's usually a couple USB 3.0 ports on every new laptop offered today.

Beamed from my G2 Tricorder

 

USB 3.0 exists natively on every Haswell machine, and most Ivy Bridge machines should have at least 1 or 2. Some laptops still have an ExpressCard slot, so you can get up to an additional 2-3 USB 3.0 ports.

 

I guess wasn't clear, but I was referring to the accessories and/or peripheral devices. At least 90% of the USB compatible device I've purchased in the past two years are still only USB 2.0. My phone, my camera, my laptop cooler.

In fact, the only items I have that are not is my HDD caddyies and RAID drive that I had to specifically search for to find the ones that were USB 3.0. Why are manufactures stuck in this time-loop?

Can you think of a single USB compatible item or accessory device that ships with USB 3.0? Even in new cars. Still USB 2.0?

In fairness, I did get my Autodesk Software on a USB 3.0 jump drive. I was really pleasantly surprised by that. Way to go Autodesk!

 

It's mostly storage things for now, plenty of USB 3.0 enclosures/external HDDs and flash drives. Majority of USB peripherals are only for the connection, I don't see the benefits of having a printer with a USB 3.0 connection..

Majority of people who buy flash drives could care less if its USB 3.0 vs 2.0, they just want a cheap device to store data.

 

I have only one USB 3.0 on my laptop, but since i never use more than one 3.0 device at a time it doesn't bother me.

I have an Ivy Bridge laptop that was refreshed with a Haswell processor.

 

With a camera or video recorder, you can just put the SD card into an SD card reader. There's your USB 3.0 speeds right there.

 

Of course, but that sorta defeats the purpose, don't you think? Nevertheless, that's exactly what I do. All the while wondering the point of having the USB? It doesn't even charge the battery.