iPod V: Where is the data port?
Uuuh... Where the hell is the data port to where we can connect radio transmitters, lasers, mics, remotes, etc?
Old Data Port (blurry)
New iPod... no data port!!
and most importantly, a remote control!?!? I ALWAYS have my iPod tucked away and controlling it with the remote.
WTF is Apple doing? No Firewire? No data port? Is this Apple trying to screw over 3rd party accessory manufacturers and have them all use the Dock Connector or something?
Old Data Port (blurry)
New iPod... no data port!!
and most importantly, a remote control!?!? I ALWAYS have my iPod tucked away and controlling it with the remote.
WTF is Apple doing? No Firewire? No data port? Is this Apple trying to screw over 3rd party accessory manufacturers and have them all use the Dock Connector or something?
Comments
I can imagine a lot of people with iTrips and the like having a rude surprise when they go to plug in an old favorite accessory into a new iPod and find out there's no place it can be plugged in.
Originally posted by CraigMcShanensonson
I have never had an IPOD of any sort(have the 30gb white one on order), but I, too, am concerned about this. I will be interested to see how apple compensates for its exclusion.
Give it a month or two, and everything will fit the bottom connection. This means that it will work with the nano as well, so actually means an easier to understand range of accessories.
Originally posted by BRussell
That little remote is very useful, and there appears to be no alternative right now. Same with the nano. It's not clear to me how it would work either. The bottom dock port probably doesn't have sound output, so you'd need two cables, one for the remote and one for the headphones. Yuck.
The dock connector must have sound output, in order for the Universal Dock to connect to your stereo.
Car adapters, docks, the Bose speaker, etc etc.. they all connect via dock connector...
I can imagine the reasoning though...
probably 25cents saved for the wiring/soldering/electronics
probably saved 30 seconds of time of manufacturing
x % saved on manufacturing process (more streamlined)
less probability of something going wrong (less stuff)
less power consumed
multiply that by y millions of units....
yeah... the bean counters had their say on this one...
Originally posted by Bancho
The original remote for the 1st and 2nd gen iPods only used the headphone jack (my wife has one and uses it constantly on her 2G iPod). I wonder if it would work with the 5G iPods now.
Nope, it won't work because they changed the headphone jack. The extra hole next to the headphone jack is gone. I really wanted to buy a video ipod, but with no remote and no firewire there is no way I can use it. I have a powerbook G4 that only has USB 1.1 so no more ipods for me...
business wise i thin it is brilliant...to the consuemr it's bad,.....but at the same time, expect new and exciting products to come from that......
Originally posted by dfwkootz
Nope, it won't work because they changed the headphone jack. The extra hole next to the headphone jack is gone. I really wanted to buy a video ipod, but with no remote and no firewire there is no way I can use it. I have a powerbook G4 that only has USB 1.1 so no more ipods for me...
The first and second gen iPods *did not have* the hole next to the headphone jack (it was only present in the third and fourth gen iPods). They had remotes that worked fine. That was the point of my original post.
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