At some point I really think Apple will be forced to make their dock connector and control protocol available to other manufacturers - like Creative, Samsung, et al. Unless, of course, these connectors are some sort of standard and the iPhone name is just being invoked as a generic media device.
I'm not sure how Apple would be forced to do that at all anytime in the next several years. There either needs to be serious competition or significant resistance in a very important industry such that Apple's willing to give up their control in exchange for something that's more important.
There was a competing dock connector consortium announced about 18 months ago, but nothing happened.
I'm not sure how Apple would be forced to do that at all anytime in the next several years. There either needs to be serious competition or significant resistance in a very important industry such that Apple's willing to give up their control in exchange for something that's more important.
I was thinking more from a Nanny State perspective. Already countries and companies are whining that Apple's iPod is an unfair monopoly, they should be forced to make their protected AAC available to any and all, blah, blah, blah. How much penetration does the iPod dock need to have before bureaucrats and lobbyists start whining that Apple is mean and should be forced to open the dock?
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There was a competing dock connector consortium announced about 18 months ago, but nothing happened.
You're talking about the one like what's already available as an option for the current 17", right?
yes, of course. various circumstances conspire to stop me from getting one now. i was going to get a refurb but the longer it takes the closer an update we get, so i might as well see what comes out.
I second MiMiC. While dual-core is fine for most of today's general processing tasks, for heavy-duty video editing and encoding, nothing less than quad-core will do. Hey Apple, how'd you like to sell a couple million iMacs at $2899 apiece? Maybe even more for Blu-Ray!
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At some point I really think Apple will be forced to make their dock connector and control protocol available to other manufacturers - like Creative, Samsung, et al. Unless, of course, these connectors are some sort of standard and the iPhone name is just being invoked as a generic media device.
I'm not sure how Apple would be forced to do that at all anytime in the next several years. There either needs to be serious competition or significant resistance in a very important industry such that Apple's willing to give up their control in exchange for something that's more important.
There was a competing dock connector consortium announced about 18 months ago, but nothing happened.
I'm not sure how Apple would be forced to do that at all anytime in the next several years. There either needs to be serious competition or significant resistance in a very important industry such that Apple's willing to give up their control in exchange for something that's more important.
I was thinking more from a Nanny State perspective. Already countries and companies are whining that Apple's iPod is an unfair monopoly, they should be forced to make their protected AAC available to any and all, blah, blah, blah. How much penetration does the iPod dock need to have before bureaucrats and lobbyists start whining that Apple is mean and should be forced to open the dock?
There was a competing dock connector consortium announced about 18 months ago, but nothing happened.
I'm not surprised.
- Jasen.
I'll be very interested to see how the MBP lines up in it's next iteration. i'm chomping at the bit for a hi-res 17".
You're talking about the one like what's already available as an option for the current 17", right?
You're talking about the one like what's already available as an option for the current 17", right?
yes, of course. various circumstances conspire to stop me from getting one now. i was going to get a refurb but the longer it takes the closer an update we get, so i might as well see what comes out.