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Apple Says "No" To Releasing New Dock Connector Specs
sl4shd0rk writes "According to sources, Apple hasn't offered any specs to developers for the new '9-pin Connector' to be used on the next version of the iPhone. Apple has also said it may use 'licensing agreements and threats of lawsuits' to prevent third-party adapters from hitting the market through at least 2012. There have been suggestions that this tactic is to allow Apple time to leverage competition and reap in revenues of $100 million for every 10 million Dock Connector Adapters it sells for $10. It remains unclear whether Apple will allow third-party developers to release competing alternatives after 2012."
Aggro?! Do you mean EU is somekind of monster of which somebody is always tanking and getting the aggro while the others shoot?
They can slap you with a 1bn lawsuit saying you copied their patent covering "copper cables with white plastic wrapping carrying data from a device built in 2012 or later with rounded corners and a company logo". Any claims that other cables carrying data is prior art will be rejected by the jury since those cables didn't in fact carry data from a 2012 or later device with a company logo on it, and they definitely were not white.
Apple is the evil empire to a higher degree than Standard Oil, IBM or Microsoft ever were.
Care to put your money where you mouth is? I'm willing to bet $1000 that's what the next iphone will look like (little dock and all).
My best judgement prevents me from betting $1000 with AC, sorry.
Write boring code, not shiny code!
It's never a slow news day when you can just make shit up.
Hipsters can shop at Target if they do so ironically, or were doing it before it became mainstream.
Eloi are stupid, throw morlocks at them!