I swear, just like cassette tape players (and 8-track players before them), that CD players are on their way out. I had this epiphany today as I was driving home from the university. Why the fuck didn't I have a USB port in my truck I wondered as I couldn't find my cigarette port phone recharger (BTW cigarette lighters are still in cars but not USB ports, that's gross. Cigarettes and big tobacco are disgusting and make me sick, I digress)? I have my USB phone cable/recharger because I carry my laptop and can also plug in my phone if its getting low on charge. Well today I really didn't use my laptop much so no phone recharging happened.
Then it hit me, my phone was near death and I didn't have a mean to replenish its life; I still however had a CD player. WTF!?!? I haven't even placed a CD in that fucking thing for at least... I don't even remember (probably due to satellite radio and my non-iPod mp3 device). This leads me back to my original point, why not USB ports in cabin, you could use loads of data including music from a USB drive. Today most thumb drives are like what capacity, 4GB ,8GB, 16GB? That's like 5, 10, 20 times the amount of music you could fit on a CD, not to mention all the other possible data a thumb drive can hold. WTF!?!? A USB port is not that complicated of an installation why the hell haven't we came this far in vehicle compatibility?
So, basically how did we go from having cassette players at first; and then around the time time CD writers were introduced CD players pretty much made cassette players extinct overnight; but now we still have "antiquated" CDs but there is newer technology such as USB and microSD cards and such.
BTW I don't hate CDs or DVDs in fact I still use DVDs to burn all my console games (yes mods) and CDs to make compilations and backup of my music (CDs and DVDs are cheap that's the plus!!!). Why is it though, now that a better form of data storage exists (e.g. USB drives have more capacity and are much smaller than their predecessors, CDs), that the auto manufactures just don't bite the bullet and at least integrate a USB system alongside the current CD radio in with their new cars?

Then it hit me, my phone was near death and I didn't have a mean to replenish its life; I still however had a CD player. WTF!?!? I haven't even placed a CD in that fucking thing for at least... I don't even remember (probably due to satellite radio and my non-iPod mp3 device). This leads me back to my original point, why not USB ports in cabin, you could use loads of data including music from a USB drive. Today most thumb drives are like what capacity, 4GB ,8GB, 16GB? That's like 5, 10, 20 times the amount of music you could fit on a CD, not to mention all the other possible data a thumb drive can hold. WTF!?!? A USB port is not that complicated of an installation why the hell haven't we came this far in vehicle compatibility?
So, basically how did we go from having cassette players at first; and then around the time time CD writers were introduced CD players pretty much made cassette players extinct overnight; but now we still have "antiquated" CDs but there is newer technology such as USB and microSD cards and such.
BTW I don't hate CDs or DVDs in fact I still use DVDs to burn all my console games (yes mods) and CDs to make compilations and backup of my music (CDs and DVDs are cheap that's the plus!!!). Why is it though, now that a better form of data storage exists (e.g. USB drives have more capacity and are much smaller than their predecessors, CDs), that the auto manufactures just don't bite the bullet and at least integrate a USB system alongside the current CD radio in with their new cars?

