I have a Pioneer 1400DVD system in my car which has a USB for plugging in the Iphone for charging and audio. I am told with the 4s using AppRadio and AppMode on the radio, the IPhone screen would show on the screen of the system for apps such as Netflix, Waze, etc. This does not work now with the new Lightening cable.
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That would be great!
Why should Apple let anybody make money off of their har work? They can't be the R and D department for an entire industry.
And the miscreants who support the pirates deserve to have their devices bricked permanently.
And meanwhile, Apple stock sets new records. If it wasn't for Apple, this country would be in a recession. Do the Fandroid idiots and pirates ever think?
That is a very good question. I'm not going to be shocked if they aren't and Apple refuses covered service if you come in with a power issue after using one of these knockoff docks or cables.
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Cause that stopped the case makers, the folks at Foxconn or the component companies etc.
If Apple starts playing games with the after market suppliers, to the detriment of Apple customers, goodbye Apple!
They better be able to attribute the failure directly to the after market device, because there's federal legislation that addresses warranties and after market devices (Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act).
Apple made the Lightning specs available on the MFi portal immediately after the iPhone 5 announcement.
I'd been checking daily for weeks prior, and they were there as soon as the announcement was over.
Yes, I do think. I think that I own the hardware I buy, and I can do whatever I like with it. This applies to ALL hardware. Sears can't tell me what kind of nails I can hammer with a Craftsman hammer, Ford can't tell me what type of gas to buy, and neither should Apple tell me what kind of plug I can stick into my phone.
They can void my warrantee, that's fine. Having a good warrantee incentivizes complying with the company policies during the period of the warrantee (and who doesn't love a good incentive). However, you suggest that they should intentionally destroy hardware I own for non-compliance. To say this is absurd and immoral is an understatement. It's flat out disgusting. I own it, end of story. Apple got my money when I bought it, and it's up to me what I do with it afterwards. If they don't feel they got enough the first time, they should charge more the first time. I will not ever feel bad for tampering with my property, and it's fools like you who should do a little bit more thinking.
http://www.theartgalleryofknoxville.com/podcast/powr.broccoli-kopimi.pdf
See point 007.
Can anyone else confirm this? If so, it's the first I've heard of it. As far as I know, there is no --official-- pin-out of the lightning cable, nor the chip controlling it, nor the spec of the controller chip.
That doesn't mean that ALL partners are getting the information in November.
I read that article. That meeting is in China.
Wasn't there a leak of a Scosche-made Lightning cable running around before the iPhone 5 launch? Obviously some partners got it earlier. Looks like they did a better job of keeping to their NDA too.
I'll say it's true. It's also true that I'm not in the MFI program, but I've seen enough to be convinced.
All they need is a back rest...gravity will do the rest. The lightening connector will be fine if the dock is designed even remotely decently. Look at how many Android docks work fine with micro USB.
Yeah pre-announcing lightening would have been difficult. Even if they had announced the specification in advance, without also offering the dimensions of the devices being produced they are still leaving probably the vast majority of manufacturers in the dark. They should have got the specifications out more shortly after the announcement, thats for sure, but I wouldn't expect it before hand.
It's a shame Apple didn't produce any docks of their own though to tide consumers over.
I'm sure there's better quality cables out there if you know where to look (or get lucky!).
But when you're buying knock-offs on eBay, it's hard to know what you're getting exactly. In the case of 30-pins, the cables I got always turned out to be pretty crappy.