Hi Mark, It's 8 signal Pins + 1 ground, 9 in total. As far as Apple doing things their way, that has always been their way, they never ask and Steve Jobbs actually stated specifically that he doesn't put together user groups or does surveys to find out what people want since people don't know what they want until Apple tells them what they want.
Anyhow, I can't see this adapter not being available all over the Internet and I would be surprised if Apple could legally block some outfit in China to make this thing and sell it on monoprice.com or similar sites for 5 bucks or at least for something a lot less than $30 or $35. One interesting titbit, in Europe, at least in EU countries, the iPhone is always sold with a 30-Pin to USB Micro adapter since somehow they have a law that says it has to be so. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Marc Rocheleau Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 10:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: A few new iPhone 5 features which have not been mentioned much Just to add some more info about the new connector (I thought it was eight pin, not nine... although the point is the same really.) Apparently they made it smaller because they couldn't continue making products thinner with a 30 pin connection slot taking up valuable hardware space. Supposedly it'll be apple's standard connection "for many years to come" according to them. By that logic, I can't fault them for making the change -- they would've had to do it sooner or later. What irritates me more is that the adaptors are $35 each -- at least in Canada. Personally, I think they're ridiculously over-priced and Apple isn't allowing any 3rd party vendors to create adaptors of their own for the time being, if ever. On one hand, it's smart because it creates an added revenue stream for Apple but on the other hand, I find it kind of sleazy. No one was really asking for the change or a thinner device so why do we have to pay to retro-fit things? As far as I know, no adaptor comes included with the phone, which would've been nice. Perhaps it could've been absorbed into the cost of the phone but oh well -- looks like that's not going to happen. -Marc On 9/13/12, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > Hello List, > > > > I don't think I came across many posts who mention a few additional > iPhone > 5 > changes/improvements. First, the iPhone 5 has a new 9 PIN connector. > This means if you have a music dock or even the Apple iPhone dock and > iPhone cables you will not be able to use any of them with a new > iPhone 5. Cables you can use if you buy an adapter, but I don't think > this would work well for sticking your iPhone onto a dock. I think > especially for some who have purchased expensive players like a Bose > Soundlink or similar this "improvement" is not so cool. I would > consider it an improvement though simply because I get the feeling the > much smaller connector will be more stirdy and one very nice feature > is the fact that it's reverseable which means it doesn' matter which > way around you stick it in, it fits either way. > > > > Second, the iPhone 5 now has its headphone jack at the bottom where > the dock connector is. Apple did not mention this specifically, but > apparently Rob from the Today in iOS Podcast did confirm this. > > > > Third, a new iOS 6 camera feature (at least for the iPhone 5 and 4S) > allows you to take a photo while you are recording video. Maybe not so > much a feature many of us would use, but I think it's a nice feature > as there might be a scene you want to capture as a photo while you are > recording a video, now you can without stopping your video recording. > > > > Lastly, I found it interesting that Apple did not mention the Podcast > app and none of the comments I read where people were naming apps > visible on the home screen during the event mentioned it either. I > also just looked on the apple.com website under "iPhone" and "Built In > Apps" and Podcasts was not mentioned unless I missed it. I have the > feeling that this may not even be part of the initial iOS 6 release > since Apple's Podcast app has shall we say received less than > favourable reviews and ratings. Maybe they will work on it some more > and get it right before they force it down everybody's throat. > > > > > > Best regards, > > Sieghard > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > -- "There is no shame in being who you are. There's only shame in not going down swinging to protect it" -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. 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