"The 0x18d1 vendor id belongs to Google"

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This may be somewhat off-topic but in this message
http://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/msg/a04c96a77f1a2e81
posted in this forum it is claimed that the USB vendor id 0x18d1
belongs to Google. I have no problem with that, but after taking a
look at the current official list of vendor IDs assigned and
administered by the USB Implementors Forum (USB-IF) I can't see that
Google is listed for any vendor id whatsoever. Neither is Google a
member of the USB-IF. A company does not need to be a member to get a
vendor id, but some cash is needed to cover adminstrative fees.

So what's the beef here, does the USB vendor id 0x18d1 really belong
to Google?

USB-IF http://www.usb.org
USB-IF vendor ID list http://www.usb.org/developers/tools/comp_dump

Note that USB-IF lists the vendor IDs in decimal format, hexadecimal
0x18d1 = decimal 6353.

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Nevermind. I found out that the publicly available list of companies
on the usb.org site only includes members, not non-members even if
they have VIDs assigned. To access the complete list you must be a
member.

Sigh....

Google may want to submit a patch to www.linux-usb.org to update the
vendor-id list there. Then at least the Nexus One will show up as a
Google device when you run "lsusb" on a future release of a Linux
distribution.

On 9 Jan, 11:49, "/dev/null" <mmm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This may be somewhat off-topic but in this messagehttp://groups.google.com/group/android-porting/msg/a04c96a77f1a2e81

> posted in this forum it is claimed that the USB vendor id 0x18d1
> belongs to Google. I have no problem with that, but after taking a
> look at the current official list of vendor IDs assigned and
> administered by the USB Implementors Forum (USB-IF) I can't see that
> Google is listed for any vendor id whatsoever. Neither is Google a
> member of the USB-IF. A company does not need to be a member to get a
> vendor id, but some cash is needed to cover adminstrative fees.
>
> So what's the beef here, does the USB vendor id 0x18d1 really belong
> to Google?
>
> USB-IFhttp://www.usb.org

> USB-IF vendor ID listhttp://www.usb.org/developers/tools/comp_dump