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Nokia Design Guru Urges Apple To End Cable Chaos

Posted by samzenpus on from the one-plug-to-rule-them-all dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nokia's former head designer has called on Apple to work with the broader technology industry and end its policy of having proprietary connectors for its device chargers and accessories. Other experts say Apple cannot continue to go it alone with Lightning Connectors and ignore Micro USB."

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  1. I'm left to wonder, why not? by bogaboga · · Score: 1, Troll

    Other experts say Apple cannot continue to go it alone with Lightning Connectors and ignore Micro USB.

    Why not? After all micro usb has its share of shortcomings among which are the following:

    1: No video capability
    2: No docking capability

    All users would be able to have are data transfer, and charging.

    Pretty limited, right? Whatever happened to "Let the market decide?"

  2. Re: Oh, I totally agree... by jcr · · Score: 0, Troll

    Apple makes it very difficult for third party manufacturers,

    No, they don't. They're very helpful to third party manufacturers who want to build compatible products, including cables.

    -jcr

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    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."
  3. Re:Oh, I totally agree... by jcr · · Score: 0, Troll

    If Micro-USB were any good, Apple would have used it. Apple chose USB for the iMac back in 1988 because it was better than ADB. In fact, it was that decision that really put USB on the map. It wasn't getting much traction in the Wintel world before that.

    Engineering time is precious, and Apple doesn't just invent new connectors for shits and giggles. Where there's an existing standard that does what they need, they use it.

    -jcr

    --
    The only title of honor that a tyrant can grant is "Enemy of the State."