I am sure that in a few months, apple will have licensed that hardware
patents and we will see cheaper adapters.
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From: "Marc Rocheleau" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 1:15 PM
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 <[email protected]> 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
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