However, the headphones can also be connected using a normal 6.3 mm jack plug.

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Soon enough, Dorsey had engineered a tiny swipe reader that could plug into the headphone jack of an iPhone or iPad.

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You plug a phone into the jack, and calls are carried over your broadband Internet connection.

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These include the increasingly popular 3.5mm pass-through jack (so friends can plug in and share your music), a collapsible design, a detachable part-coiled cable and in-line remote.

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In one final negative note, the phone takes one of the worst pages out of the Palm book and put plastic doors over not only the USB plug but the microSD slot and side-mounted headphone jack as well.

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Once there, firefighters have to plug their engine into a fire hydrant--the equivalent of a wall jack in the information world.

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