USB connection no longer on new devices?

[Tony Bag o Donuts]

Why are the new bb's including the storm, niagara and bold using a proprietary connection when for years they always used mini usb?
Reason I ask is the industry was supposedly going to mini/micro usb for chargers and the newer bb's are different.

I have 6 q9m/ bb chargers because of all the replacements etc. over the years so I have chargers in each car, at my house, work, parents house, their shore house, etc.

Other than money for the carriers/ manufacturer's is there any reason for this?

[Sav]

The Storm and Curve 8900 are microUSB. The rest of the current BB's are mini USB.

[Tony Bag o Donuts]

so you would just need to buy a few adapters I guess

[dgray636]

so you would just need to buy a few adapters I guess

As I have mentioned in other threads here, because I am a big fan of them, get an iGo charger. Then you just need to buy new tips. And you can also get a splitter, and if you have a bluetooth headset, you can charge that at the same time.