Im for that and the electronics etc.
I just think a different name would have been better... I mean, who in their right mind would have thought "OK.. Lets call, it 'Lightening'", without a meaning behind it
... Hard to say. Got to look at the specific invention. There is no such thing as we can only have 1 and only 1 patent per category. Patent is not a race to #1 you know.
If you are referring to Samsung, I find it funny that they paid $10 to Microsoft for each Android sold, and yet refused to pay Apple any licensing for using the entire Smartphone concept from Apple. Apple reinvented modern smartphones; not Microsoft. They of course will have a stack of patents protecting themselves. When offered a cheap license, they should have grabbed it. Those few patents Apple used to sue Samsung are only tip of the iceberg.
They also didn't implement their so-called Chinese Firewall between the OEM division and the product division until Apple complained later. Way to screw your customers.
My iPhone is only 32GB and is mostly filled with music and apps, so I guess I never really noticed the difference in speed but it looks like you're right.I'm pretty sure you generally get faster speeds via wired connections. Large devices transferring large files can take a while. I don't prefer transferring movies via wireless. It takes too long.
I guess that the way I use my iPhone I don't really need a faster wired connection, but if you're someone who likes to load up your iPhone with movies, then you'd probably wish for a USB 3 or Thunderbolt connection (although with the latter, Apple would alienate a whole bunch of people).If it were faster that would be a good reason.![]()
Makes sense.Yes. Your phone doesn't charge when doing a wireless sync (unless you have it plugged in to the wall, which would obviously require a wire anyway).
Often when I need to charge my phone I'll just plug it in to my computer and kill two birds with one stone: it syncs and then I just leave it in to charge.
Well, yeah.My iPhone is only 32GB and is mostly filled with music and apps, so I guess I never really noticed the difference in speed but it looks like you're right.
According to this article (http://lifehacker.com/5849981/ios-5-synchronization-speed-tests-is-wi+fi-syncing-worth-it) syncing over Wi-Fi takes about 10-20 times longer than USB.
Never really thought about it but it seems like if you're syncing a bunch of movies you'll definitely want to do that using a cable.
I guess it all really depends on your usage.
Makes sense.
For me, charging over USB is painfully slow and I always charge my iPhone with the wall charger. Since I mostly sync apps and music, it's always a lot faster for me to sync over Wi-Fi while I'm charging it to the wall.
How much is AppleCare for this cable?Exactly everyone getting so excited about this "innovation" when it's just going to cost you money. It's also another thing to go wrong in your phone and costs more to fix, fine if you are under apple care not so great otherwise.
actually what is so amazing regarding this reversible plug,
i there is no such thing as adaptive bla bla bla, if you see on my drawing, apple just simply reverse the pinout on the bottom part, accordingly with the cable
this way, you can plug it in both way... its a 8 pin on top and reverse position 8pin on bottom, the body itself is a ground.
plug it either way, pin A will meet A, pin F will meet F, the chip is merely to made there will be no more cheap cable, so more money to apple, at least for some time. adaptive bullcr@p....
CMIIW, if not that the case, why not apple build it as drew above, it will be easier to implement, rather than jumping pins, but hey.. its apple...![]()
I usually charge my iPhone when the battery's below 40-50% and only sync a couple of apps and tracks, i.e. charging takes priority over syncing for me.But as you yourself said, syncing with WiFi is even slower....even more painful for me. I usually go drop my phone off in the radio/dock a few minutes before heading to bed. If there are some big podcasts or something to sync over, iTunes is sitting there still syncing while I'm ready to shut everything down. So I sync w/ the cable before that.
So you are saying that the "Lightning" connector as expensive and slow now, as Circa in 1903. Agreed.Circa 1903: In comparison to the [horse], the [automobile] is overly complicated, less reliable, very expensive and slow.
Give it some time. I predict Apple will make significant advances to this connector over the next 5-7 years. This is version 1.0 and it's designed from the start to be improved upon.
The sky is falling!!! The sky is falling!!!!
You've kind of overreacted there. Half of the concerns you listed aren't real.
No more inexpensive cables for us????
http://gizmodo.com/5945889/some-third+party-adapters-might-not-work-with-your-new-iphone
Android users get $2 cables for their devices.
I've had a poor experience with cheap 3rd party accessories in the past. If this chip prevents that kind of junk from being produced, I'm all for it.No more inexpensive cables for us????
http://gizmodo.com/5945889/some-third+party-adapters-might-not-work-with-your-new-iphone
Android users get $2 cables for their devices.
Sounds like a typical American solution. Reminds me a story when Americans spent $10 million to develop a pen for astronauts. Russians just used pencil.
Apple was granted a patent on connectors with adaptive pin assignment about a year and a half ago. Lightning appears to be the first implementation of that technology. Nice.
Well, yeah.
USB 2's theoretical specification is 480Mbps; in real world usage, it's probably closer to 400Mbps peak.
A WiFi home router will have additional challenges in terms of the building topology, transmission rates, interference, etc. to the point where getting 20-30 Mbps sustained might be difficult.
WiFi syncing is great for smaller data, like address book entries, calendar events, e-mail, etc.
Heck, even something modestly larger like still pictures for Photo Stream syncing are a pain over WiFi.
Yes. There are tons of MHL to HDMI cales like this one from Monoprice ($10):
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