Does TB make sense yet? How many TB computers are there versus iOS devices? Apple dropped the much faster FireWire when nearly all Macs and a vast number of PCs shipped with it.
Personally I'm less bothered about data rates, the WiFi sync whilst the phone charges overnight is fine for most syncs.
I would love to see a more robust and MagSafe connector though.
NO one is saying we need Ethernet on iDevices. Please reread those posts.
Perhaps no one reads my posts. I'm saying WiFi only on the iDevices would be just fine. This IS ethernet. Actually, it's what we already have been living with this entire time. Show me an RJ45 connection on an iDevice. Does such an adapter exist? Please provide a link if they do, I'd be interested to try that out.
All I was saying, with WiFi syncing to your iTunes on computer, is the 30 pin doc connector actually needed anymore?
We need something like this handy little 2.5-pound jewel:
And, of course, each device would require 2 connectors to allow for a Terminator on the last device:
Ahh... memories... a hunched back, a 6' SCSI cable over each shoulder, a terminator in each pocket, and a pipe wrench in each hand -- to bend/straighten the cables.
We need something like this handy little 2.5-pound jewel:
And, of course, each device would require 2 connectors to allow for a Terminator on the last device:
Ahh... memories... a hunched back, a 6' SCSI cable over each shoulder, a terminator in each pocket, and a pipe wrench in each hand -- to straighten the cables.
Ahh, now you're talkin! I have one of those for my IIgs hard drive.
Changing the size of the dock connector would be insanely stupid - instantly rendering the new device incompatible with the entire ecosystem of products. There are unused pins that should be able to accommodate new technologies, and some pins that are already used could possibly be repurposed (such as those for firewire or composite video).
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Wrong analogy. The real question is: Does the doc connector provide faster syncing than a WiFi connection? Perhaps, but is it needed?
But what if you want to sync, but have no WiFi?
Personally I'm less bothered about data rates, the WiFi sync whilst the phone charges overnight is fine for most syncs.
I would love to see a more robust and MagSafe connector though.
NO one is saying we need Ethernet on iDevices. Please reread those posts.
Perhaps no one reads my posts. I'm saying WiFi only on the iDevices would be just fine. This IS ethernet. Actually, it's what we already have been living with this entire time. Show me an RJ45 connection on an iDevice. Does such an adapter exist? Please provide a link if they do, I'd be interested to try that out.
All I was saying, with WiFi syncing to your iTunes on computer, is the 30 pin doc connector actually needed anymore?
But what if you want to sync, but have no WiFi?
Then shell out $40 and buy a WiFi router. Problem solved.
Then shell out $40 and buy a WiFi router. Problem solved.
Wow. How profound a solution.
Come on, man, until 802.11ac or 802.22 in iDevices, Wi-Fi-only syncing is completely out of the question and laughable.
I would like to see something made using the technology of that LiquidMetal company Apple bought in 2010.
They've already done that.
Wrong analogy. The real question is: Does the doc connector provide faster syncing than a WiFi connection? Perhaps, but is it needed?
If i don't have a wireless setup at home, i need both a dock connection and an rj-45.
Same analogy. Try to keep up.
Thunderbolt, USB 3.0 iOS Dock Connector
http://www.patentlyapple.com/patentl...connector.html
If i don't have a wireless setup at home, i need both a dock connection and an rj-45.
Same analogy. Try to keep up.
Why wouldn't you have WiFi? It kills both the doc conn. and the RJ45. You missed my original point, so please catch up to me.
Why wouldn't you have WiFi? It kills both the doc conn. and the RJ45. You missed my original point, so please catch up to me.
Wi-Fi can't kill wired syncing until it gets faster. Much faster.
And, of course, each device would require 2 connectors to allow for a Terminator on the last device:
Ahh... memories... a hunched back, a 6' SCSI cable over each shoulder, a terminator in each pocket, and a pipe wrench in each hand -- to bend/straighten the cables.
We need something like this handy little 2.5-pound jewel:
And, of course, each device would require 2 connectors to allow for a Terminator on the last device:
Ahh... memories... a hunched back, a 6' SCSI cable over each shoulder, a terminator in each pocket, and a pipe wrench in each hand -- to straighten the cables.
Ahh, now you're talkin! I have one of those for my IIgs hard drive.
I seem to buy a new iPhone cable every 3 months.
Really? I've never had a problem with any of mine and I am not especially gentle with them.
The great thing about SCSI is that I never broke or lost the cable. I seem to buy a new iPhone cable every 3 months.
Yeah, but how many terminators did you lose?
Although, I've never lost or broken my iPhone cable.
The great thing about SCSI is that I never broke or lost the cable. I seem to buy a new iPhone cable every 3 months.
So true... Ya' never dropped a SCSI cable -- 'cause ya' couldn't lift one...
I just got my Walnut case for the iP4S:
The above pics were taken with my iPad.
The case came in a beautiful box-joint Baltic Birch (5-ply plywood) hand-made box packed with excelsior...
Wait until my grandson sees this
The whole thing was $59.
This pic was taken with the beautifully encased iP4S:
Yeah, but how many terminators did you lose?
All of them.
Although, I've never lost or broken my iPhone cable.
You [obviously] don't have grandkids with iPhones and iPads...