Apple shipped the devices with the N capable hardware installed, and then tried to charge five bucks to enable the higher speeds after specification was officially ratified. Not surprisingly, there was serious backlash and the firmware update was made free after about a month. This is different. 4.2 requires newer hardware not present in these products previously. You could enable certain aspects of the 4.2 spec with a firmware update, but it would never be fully compatible.
As much as I hate Apple's rampant penny-pinching of its loyal sheep, that $1.99 charge was legally mandated by SOX (which, as I recall, was so detested it even caused some companies to up and relocate).
From my understand of the Sarbanes–Oxley act, it required Apple to recognize revenue from the addition of a feature that was previously completely unadvertised. I suppose Apple could have avoided it by just saying the computers in question had a -N aerial in them from the start and shipping with the capability of using it, rather than adding it through an update. I'm no lawyer and can't really claim anything with accuracy, though.
As much as I hate Apple's rampant penny-pinching of its loyal sheep, that $1.99 charge was legally mandated by SOX (which, as I recall, was so detested it even caused some companies to up and relocate).
From my understand of the Sarbanes–Oxley act, it required Apple to recognize revenue from the addition of a feature that was previously completely unadvertised. I suppose Apple could have avoided it by just saying the computers in question had a -N aerial in them from the start and shipping with the capability of using it, rather than adding it through an update. I'm no lawyer and can't really claim anything with accuracy, though.
Your claim (I made it too) has already been contested in this thread.
Under this specific thread and the topic, we need to spill our guts about Bluetooth 4.2 impact on older IOS devices which Apple just updated. This $1.99 discussion is not important here. People wipe their ass with $2 bill if runs out of toilet paper. So, let's talk about issue at hand than some old meaningless thingy that Apple charged $1.99 for 802.11N update. Thanks.
I think one for me near the top of the list has to be
"Audio Architecture Updates for Wide Band Speech"
The Redmond Pie article you linked to above acknowledges that only the privacy features are firmware enabled:
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Originally Posted by Redmond Pie
Apparently, some features such as ‘Privacy’ will be available as firmware updates to existing Bluetooth version 4.0 hardware – where it could be updated to Bluetooth 4.1 specification with a software update. However, higher data transfer and increased packet size could require new hardware.
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Apple shipped the devices with the N capable hardware installed, and then tried to charge five bucks to enable the higher speeds after specification was officially ratified. Not surprisingly, there was serious backlash and the firmware update was made free after about a month. This is different. 4.2 requires newer hardware not present in these products previously. You could enable certain aspects of the 4.2 spec with a firmware update, but it would never be fully compatible.
As much as I hate Apple's rampant penny-pinching of its loyal sheep, that $1.99 charge was legally mandated by SOX (which, as I recall, was so detested it even caused some companies to up and relocate).
From my understand of the Sarbanes–Oxley act, it required Apple to recognize revenue from the addition of a feature that was previously completely unadvertised. I suppose Apple could have avoided it by just saying the computers in question had a -N aerial in them from the start and shipping with the capability of using it, rather than adding it through an update. I'm no lawyer and can't really claim anything with accuracy, though.
Your claim (I made it too) has already been contested in this thread.
Under this specific thread and the topic, we need to spill our guts about Bluetooth 4.2 impact on older IOS devices which Apple just updated. This $1.99 discussion is not important here. People wipe their ass with $2 bill if runs out of toilet paper. So, let's talk about issue at hand than some old meaningless thingy that Apple charged $1.99 for 802.11N update. Thanks.
What BT 4.1 features were you hoping to get, that wouldn't require new hardware (i.e. strictly via firmware update)?
"existing Bluetooth version 4.0 hardware – where it could be updated to Bluetooth 4.1 specification with a software update."
http://www.redmondpie.com/bluetooth-4.2-announced-heres-what-is-new/
4.1 features:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Bluetooth_v4.1
I think one for me near the top of the list has to be
"Audio Architecture Updates for Wide Band Speech"
What BT 4.1 features were you hoping to get, that wouldn't require new hardware (i.e. strictly via firmware update)?
"existing Bluetooth version 4.0 hardware – where it could be updated to Bluetooth 4.1 specification with a software update."
http://www.redmondpie.com/bluetooth-4.2-announced-heres-what-is-new/
4.1 features:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluetooth#Bluetooth_v4.1
I think one for me near the top of the list has to be
"Audio Architecture Updates for Wide Band Speech"
The Redmond Pie article you linked to above acknowledges that only the privacy features are firmware enabled: