mtbnut

Does anyone know if Apple or anyone else makes a Lightning-to-Parallel Port adapter? I have an old OKIdata dot-matrix printer that I'd really like to use with my iPad. It's sad that Apple has ignored parallel port-using customers in its desire to move forward and advance the state of the art. 

/sarcasm 

This is where I insert the Henry Ford "a faster horse" quote. 

I love how the people who will have no problem dropping $700 on a brand-new iPhone are already groaning about not being able to use the headphones that shipped with their 1983 Walkman. Cry me a river. 

With the yawn-inducing features (and design) rumored to be going into the iPhone 7, looks like my 5S will keep doing its work for me for another year. 

Well, looks like my 5S'll carry on another year. Investors and pundits, go ahead and do your thing...

My 5S under iOS 9 is faring very well. The only thing that pisses it off for some reason is the Background Music API--running Sirius XM app or Google Play makes the back of my phone heat up so much that I can barely hold it. 

So, how does the speed increase equate to how long it will take for me to throw a device that suddenly decides, for no reason whatsoever, not to connect, after weeks and weeks of successfully doing so?

For example, my iPhone's connection to my in-dash Alpine car stereo is dependent on the cycles of the moon. It'll work for 3-8 days, take 2 weeks ago, work again for 5-18 days, and so on. I'll go ahead and blame this one on Apple, since it worked flawlessly in the iOS 7-8 days, whereas the firmware on my stereo is the same as the day it was purchased. 

Bluetooth sucks. This is one area where I wouldn't mind if Apple came with its own standard. 

What is wrong with Apple for not consulting with Spotify/Pandora/et. al. before making changes to its business models!?