Apple interested in dual-mode wireless, wired headset for iPhone

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• Reply 1 of 12

  jonorom Posts: 293member

  July 5, 2012 7:21AM

  There is a lot of room for in ovation here, and this is classic human interface hardware - Apple's strength for 30+ years.
  
  Google's Goggles are going to land on the dust heap of history.
• Reply 2 of 12

  jonorom Posts: 293member

  July 5, 2012 7:23AM

  There is a lot of room for inovation here, and this is classic human interface hardware - Apple's strength for 30+ years.
  
  Google's Goggles are going to land on the dust heap of history.
• Reply 3 of 12

  vanfruniken Posts: 262member

  July 5, 2012 7:51AM

  Next, I hope Apple will FINALLY add the same feature to its wireless mice and keyboards, namely the possibility to charge via a temporary USB connection.
• Reply 4 of 12

  nairb Posts: 253member

  July 5, 2012 8:09AM

  
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  it should be pointed out that the company frequently patents inventions that never make it to production

  
  

  
   

  
  Enough said

• Reply 5 of 12

  jmgregory1 Posts: 474member

  July 5, 2012 8:23AM

  
  In this day and age of wireless everything, it's about time Apple get back to working on a bt headset.  Frankly, I can't stand using wired headsets both at home and on the go but I've gone through so many headsets due to poor quality and reliability that I'd prefer to pay more for something from Apple that works as it should (including a battery that lasts more than 4 hours).

• Reply 6 of 12

  tallest skil Posts: 43,388member

  July 5, 2012 10:36AM

  I want some Bluetooth headphones for my current-gen iPod nano. I'll wear it everywhere I go… if I can do it wirelessly. I'm not running a cable up my arm. I certainly hope Apple is going to make dual-ear headphones. We had another story like this a few months back, didn't we?
  
  And hopefully someone else is going to make a Bluetooth 4 Dock Connector dongle (or [B]does anyone know of one right now?[/B]).
• Reply 7 of 12

  mac_128 Posts: 3,454member

  July 5, 2012 11:59AM

  Apple seems to do it correctly, in that they introduce some essential items with a new product to ensure it will be readily adopted -- a lesson learned with the first Mac. They tend to discontinue them shortly after the introduction. Apple's iPod HiFi is a perfect example. Really high quality that many still seek out over current alternatives. But Apple knows the profit margin does not justify slugging it out in trenches with the third party vendors who are as essential to Apple's ecosystem as Microsoft's OEM hardware makers. But Apple shows them how it should be done, and as a result encourage the third parties to up their game. I think the patents do this too, encourage third parties to innovate, and either come up wi something better, rip off an unpatententable idea, or perhaps get a royalty from someone else bringing it to market. Either way it ups the bar for everybody. I think Microsoft has finally figured this out with the Surface introduction, whether Microsoft actually ends up bringing one or both tablet variations to market, the OEM hardware partners are on notice about what Microsoft expects to compete in this market, right or wrong though they may be in their vision ...
• Reply 8 of 12

  ljocampo Posts: 657member

  July 5, 2012 2:11PM

  
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  Originally Posted by Tallest Skil 
  
  
  
  .... I certainly hope Apple is going to make dual-ear headphones...

  
  

  
   

  
  Didn't some US States ban duel-ear headphones for outdoor mobile use? I know there are ordinances here in NY that says you can"t use duel-ear headphones on devices such as iPods, and although I'm only guessing, the law extends to iPhones etc. The problem the law was trying to curve was accidents due to not having one ear available for traffic etc.

• Reply 9 of 12

  tallest skil Posts: 43,388member

  July 5, 2012 2:19PM

  ljocampo wrote: »

  Didn't some US States ban duel-ear headphones for outdoor mobile use?

  
  … WHAT. That can't be legal.
  

  The problem the law was trying to curve was accidents due to not having one ear available for traffic etc.

  
  I'm fully against the death of any sentient life, but if you're too stupid to know you ought to be looking out for that sort of thing, well…
• Reply 10 of 12

  halhiker Posts: 111member

  July 5, 2012 2:23PM

  
  I certainly hope whatever they come up with works better than the iPhone Bluetooth headset.  Those were horrible.

  
   

  
  It's also time for an earbud upgrade.

• Reply 11 of 12

  chriscam Posts: 1member

  July 5, 2012 4:28PM

  So what is patentable about this?
  
  I have a set of Jabra Halo2 headphones that
  1. Connect to an iPhone AND iPad simultaneously using Bluetooth (I can take calls on my iPhone and it automatically pauses the movie on the iPad)
  2. Come with an adapter to be able to plug the microusb port on the headphones to a wired headphone outlet
  3. Charge via USB
  
  The only thing "special" about this seems to be a splitter box to allow simultaneous connection to a power source and a headphone outlet.
• Reply 12 of 12

  ljocampo Posts: 657member

  July 5, 2012 8:03PM

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  
  Originally Posted by Tallest Skil 
  
  
  
  
  
  I'm fully against the death of any sentient life, but if you're too stupid to know you ought to be looking out for that sort of thing, well…

  
  

  
  

  
   

  
   

  
  I'd totally agree with you on the stupidity and I feel it's my right to make that type of decision, but seeing some teenagers with ear buds in their ears completely oblivious to anything going on around them, I have to believe the laws are probably necessary for those type of air heads. I doubt with enforcement being discretionary that me or you would get a ticket. It's gives the cops the tools to deal with the air heads, not really us. It's not legal as a federal law... yet.