Yesterday and today saw those who ordered the Lightning to 30-pin Adapter get theirs delivered — but what's going on inside this nifty bit of tech to justify the $29 price? Double Helix cables has done a teardown of the adapter, which is posted at Gizmodo, and like every other piece of current … [Read more...]
We know that the Lightning plug is no longer called a "dock connector", but does that mean the very concept of a dock is a thing of the past? It looks like it might be, if this email response is actually from Phil Schiller is real. … [Read more...]
Join your hosts Marianne Schultz and myself for The Show: 69 - "Kinda Dirty". We are talking iPhone 5, new iPods, the controversial dock connector and more. You can subscribe to our show on iTunes, grab our RSS feed, listen now or download directly. We broadcast our iPad and iPhone podcast … [Read more...]
If you are planning to upgrade to the iPhone 5 and would like to use all the accessories you currently own, then you'll need to purchase Apple's Lightning to 30-pin adapter. It will be available in October, but you can order today. The price for backwards compatibility is a disturbing … [Read more...]
The much rumored overhaul to the dock connector has been made official, and yes, it's called Lightning! It's digital, 80% smaller, can be plugged in either orientation, and is a major overhaul to the 9-year old version we're used to using. It's 8-signal (so assumedly 8-pin), and apparently has … [Read more...]
Much as we expected, Apple has today officially announced the iPhone 5. At today's even in San Francisco, Apple unveiled the newest iteration of the iPhone family, that is in fact called the iPhone 5. Phil Schiller presented the new device, which arose from the stage at the Yerba Buena … [Read more...]
It's now mere hours before the iPhone 5 gets announced, and rumors are flying around like absolutely nobody's business. With almost no time to go before everything gets official, we've still just found out a bunch of new rumors that are pretty exciting. … [Read more...]
French blog NowhereElse.fr has continued its string of interest part leaks with another look at the upcoming miniature dock connector cable. These leaked shots seem to be of a very final looking piece of hardware — though one oddly surrounded by advertising for the Chinese brand Meizu. … [Read more...]
According to a report on iLounge, Apple is going to hold the monopoly on the new adapters to get your mini dock iPhone 5 or iPad Mini working with older hardware. The sources indicate that Apple will be the "exclusive initial vendor of a new Dock Connector Adapter", and that these adapters will go … [Read more...]
With a new, much smaller, dock connector in the works, accessory makers are facing the very real possibility that they won't be able to accomodate the new part in time for the Christmas rush. iLounge is reporting that Apple has not given any third-party developers access to components or … [Read more...]
