A few months ago, I wrote a blog post complaining about non-standard headphone jacks. And now the saga continues.

Apparently, the new T-Mobile G1 phone, hailed for being the first “Google phone” (meaning it uses Android as its operating system), doesn’t even have a headphone jack! The newer models are now shipping with an adapter so that people can actually listen to the music they put on the phone.

The T-Mobile website states:

With the included 1GB memory card that you can expand to 8GB, you can listen to your music with the built in music player or on any computer. That means you’re never without your favorite tunes, no matter where you go.

They should add “as long as you have an adapter.”

Come on, this is pretty simple stuff - if you have a portable music player, you should have a jack to plug in your headphones. I thought the iPhone was bad enough with its recessed headphone jack that only fits Apple headphones. But at least it has one.

I’d really like to know the justification for not including a headphone jack on the G1. It seems like such an obvious oversight.