G+_George Kozi Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 To paraphrase Abba: Money, money, money You gonna give them money It's a rich man's world Money, money, money They want more money It's a rich man's world Aha-ahaaaaaa ... Originally shared by Mike Spinak In the news: Apple buys a headphone company and announces a proprietary headphone connector. In other news: Google starts rolling out driverless cars, invests in companies that create ingestible medical sensors, and explores the feasibility of building elevators to go into space. Sigh.... I've been using Apple computers for more than three decades, but sometimes Apple makes me shake my head. Someone buy some real vision for Tim Cook. http://news.yahoo.com/apple-announces-headphone-standard-152845961.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jeremy Oelke Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 First of I'm not an s Apple guy. But I am in favor of replacing 3.5 mm. It's oversized, it spins which is actually nessesary and it makes faulty connections when inserted or removed. All of this combines to make a product that is not nearly durable enough for mobility. I was breaking the 3.5mm connectors on devices within a couple months. I've since switched to both bluetooth and waterproof cases the have lock in graphics headphone connectors to prevent this. Both are expensive solutions, though the bluetooth is very nice. The lightning connector idea isn't much better, I'd prefer a magsafe style solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_George Kozi Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 the key word here is proprietary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nick Young Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I was actually considering going to iPhone if they released a large screen version. But for me this just blew it. I will not buy a device that uses a proprietary headphone connector. If Apple wants to start making proposals for a new industry standard then go for it. But I thought the days of Apple pulling this proprietary connector shit was over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Thaumion Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 This announcement makes sense with the beats acquisition. I would much prefer an open design though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Bruce Blank Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 This has to be the stupidest idea I have ever heard. The 3.5 mm connector works fine. The lightning connector, on the other hand is the biggest p.o.s. every invented. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Stephan Vermette Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 I'm sure somebody's going to come out with a lightning-to-3.5mm cable adapter to allow BYOH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Doc Funkinstein Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Lol seriesly this is to funny. So let's split the headphone market. Support everyone but apple then have apple products? Wonder how this will affects the manufacturers, will apple try to take a cut of the headphones from everyone so they can use their new headphone jack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_J Diggiti Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 at first I think it's only if you want to hear the high def 48k songs ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Thaumion Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Brian Dortch Well that is the idea, but if you think of the headphone market, it is heavily saturated with every maker that could cobble some headphones together and someone needs to differentiate. Whether it will be a run away success is still to be remained. Thunderbolt hasn't panned out to be a winner so the same thing could happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Nick Young Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Scott Easterday Thunderbolt is different. That is an Intel standard, that many PC makers have decided to ignore so far in favor of USB3. Thunderbolt is not a made up propitiatory connector like the old Apple iPod connectors, or lightning connectors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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