So Apple wants to make one end easier to use, yet the other end stick to their own proprietary plug
i like having it reversible on both ends, good luck making micro-usb reversible.
So Apple wants to make one end easier to use, yet the other end stick to their own proprietary plug
This is example #45,283 of what's wrong with the US patent system.
Most people get it right on the third attempt.
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I'm confused as to how Apple's patent got approved when there was already a company selling the product?
Someone's gonna say 'Apple should just buy the company' in 3... 2... 1...
I find it especially difficult on the xbox 360 where I am plugging it into a USB slot that is recessed and partially covered by a little flap. You can't see in there and all I can do is poke my USB stick around until it finally goes into something
Oh wait, I thought Apple invented everything
Another boring rumor from Mac Rumors. C'mon guys give us the full specs of both iPhone 6 models already!
Was plugging in usb cords difficult before?
Well if anyone successfully patents this then the whole thing becomes pointless anyway. The only way this would be nice if ALL USB connectors could work this way. If only high end cables from Apple that cost 3 times more, are white, and break twenty times faster than anything else will be reversible, then there's no point really.
I was hoping this would be the future of USB in general, that way every USB cable would be user friendly and you wouldn't have to look at a cable every time to check whether it's "user friendly" or not, and if it isn't, which way it goes in. Defeats the purpose completely.
Was plugging in usb cords difficult before?
So, Apple just assumed they invented something? Or do they think the original patent was defective and they can swoop in and steal the idea? Any theories from the Apple legion lying around here?
I'm confused as to how Apple's patent got approved when there was already a company selling the product?
Haha, right? Classic apple thinking. Spoon feed the customer base mindless "upgrades" in between each "next big thing"
I was wirelessly charging my palm pre over 5 years ago. Want to improve the usb cord? Get rid of it.
Erm no...
Apple is only submitting a patent to avoid some legal action on something they're putting out there, the amount of legal action warrants protecting it even when they know they didn't invent the idea.
The fact that you had a palm pre just undermines your statement as that phone was atrocious! Wireless charging is not the way to go, it's inefficient, no one has one, doesn't work with eu standards on usb. Wifi sync is not always fool proof!
If you want wireless charging buy a case for it, the fact so few do says the cable is still the best way to do it.
Erm no
Apple is only submitting a patent to avoid some legal action on something they're putting out there, the amount of legal action warrants protecting it even when they know they didn't invent the idea.