Comments on: UPDATED: European Union: One Phone Charger Shall Rule them All http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/ More of everything iPhone and iPad Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:02:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ripjames http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59720 ripjames Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:59:20 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59720 <p>I've gone through two sync cables since I bought my iPhone.. I would love to see a different type... One of the cables started pulling apart at the USB end.. and the one i'm using now is pulling loose from the dock end....</p> I’ve gone through two sync cables since I bought my iPhone.. I would love to see a different type… One of the cables started pulling apart at the USB end.. and the one i’m using now is pulling loose from the dock end….

]]> By: AnteL0pe http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59639 AnteL0pe Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:50:26 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59639 <p>Apple will ship a micro USB to dock connector adapter that will allow charging only. This is far less of an annoyance to me than the fact that more than half of my car chargers / ipod docks no longer charge my iPhone because they somehow are using the old firewire based charging method. Ugh the one downside of going from an iPhone 2G to the 3GS...</p> Apple will ship a micro USB to dock connector adapter that will allow charging only. This is far less of an annoyance to me than the fact that more than half of my car chargers / ipod docks no longer charge my iPhone because they somehow are using the old firewire based charging method. Ugh the one downside of going from an iPhone 2G to the 3GS…

]]> By: sambell http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59331 sambell Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:31:48 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59331 <p>no prob for the tip! to me it really doesnt make a difference, and to be honest. i'd say on average, more people would know what im asking for if i said you got a spare apple lead rather than a mini/micro usb? most people i know would only have one for a ps3 controller... not much else. not everyone is tech minded like me.</p> <p>the only big prob i can see it causing is for existing products. imagine having a bose dock and it suddenly rendered useless. even with an adapter it wouldnt be the best solution and it would take from the whole look of the machine. its an interesting story.</p> no prob for the tip! to me it really doesnt make a difference, and to be honest. i’d say on average, more people would know what im asking for if i said you got a spare apple lead rather than a mini/micro usb? most people i know would only have one for a ps3 controller… not much else. not everyone is tech minded like me.

the only big prob i can see it causing is for existing products. imagine having a bose dock and it suddenly rendered useless. even with an adapter it wouldnt be the best solution and it would take from the whole look of the machine. its an interesting story.

]]> By: icebike http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59209 icebike Mon, 29 Jun 2009 18:43:19 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59209 <p>@Striatic:</p> <p>I don't think Apple would switch over to mini-usb on the device at the expense of the 30pin. If Apple switched to mini-usb, they would certainly lose some functionality of the 30pin.</p> <p>I see no reason they could not add another socket on the edge of the device and run it in parallel with the usb pins in the existing dock connector.</p> <p>They could issue a 30pin to female-mini-usb adopter, but this sort of defeats the purpose of this legislation, because you have to carry around the adopter.</p> @Striatic:

I don’t think Apple would switch over to mini-usb on the device at the expense of the 30pin. If Apple switched to mini-usb, they would certainly lose some functionality of the 30pin.

I see no reason they could not add another socket on the edge of the device and run it in parallel with the usb pins in the existing dock connector.

They could issue a 30pin to female-mini-usb adopter, but this sort of defeats the purpose of this legislation, because you have to carry around the adopter.

]]> By: striatic http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59187 striatic Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:27:40 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59187 <p>i'll just repeat what i said the last time TiPB posted about this.</p> <p>"the actual connector isn’t that big an issue. if forced by EU law, apple can always just ship iPods and iPhones with 30pin to miniUSB adapters, or switch over to miniUSB and provide dock adapters for vehicles and accessories built to the 30pin ’standard’.</p> <p>the bigger issue is that Apple currently restricts which accessories can actually interact with their devices, extracting royalties from those that do. even if Apple puts out a 30pin to miniUSB adapter or switched to miniUSB it wouldn’t mean much, because they still would control which devices and accessories would work with the iPod/phone."</p> i’ll just repeat what i said the last time TiPB posted about this.

“the actual connector isn’t that big an issue. if forced by EU law, apple can always just ship iPods and iPhones with 30pin to miniUSB adapters, or switch over to miniUSB and provide dock adapters for vehicles and accessories built to the 30pin ’standard’.

the bigger issue is that Apple currently restricts which accessories can actually interact with their devices, extracting royalties from those that do. even if Apple puts out a 30pin to miniUSB adapter or switched to miniUSB it wouldn’t mean much, because they still would control which devices and accessories would work with the iPod/phone.”

]]> By: patrick http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59179 patrick Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:52:24 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59179 <p>i wish all small electronics would get the same plug whether it be micro, mini or something else as long as they are the same</p> i wish all small electronics would get the same plug whether it be micro, mini or something else as long as they are the same

]]> By: Joe McG http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59177 Joe McG Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:48:32 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59177 <p>@JoeBis</p> <p>The UK is different than Germany. That's all I know. I guess that counts as "some islands" though.</p> @JoeBis

The UK is different than Germany. That’s all I know. I guess that counts as “some islands” though.

]]> By: JoeBis http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59166 JoeBis Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:55:24 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59166 <p>joeMG - Europe has a standard wall outlet, except on some islands.</p> joeMG – Europe has a standard wall outlet, except on some islands.

]]> By: Jeff S http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59157 Jeff S Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:23:45 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59157 <p>Micro, Mini... doesn't matter to me! I hate the proprietary connector dock on the iPhone. Hopefully it gets replaced next year with the new model iPhone.</p> Micro, Mini… doesn’t matter to me! I hate the proprietary connector dock on the iPhone. Hopefully it gets replaced next year with the new model iPhone.

]]> By: PeteUK http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59155 PeteUK Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:10:51 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59155 <p>The BBC has now changed their article to micro-USB so my guess is that it was a mix up</p> The BBC has now changed their article to micro-USB so my guess is that it was a mix up

]]> By: Joe McG http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59154 Joe McG Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:09:18 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59154 <p>This really is long overdue. This should have been done years ago. However, how will cell phone stores make money now that they can't sell you 2 or 3 $35 chargers everytime you buy a phone?</p> <p>Now, if we could only get Europe to agree on a standard wall outlet.....</p> This really is long overdue. This should have been done years ago. However, how will cell phone stores make money now that they can’t sell you 2 or 3 $35 chargers everytime you buy a phone?

Now, if we could only get Europe to agree on a standard wall outlet…..

]]> By: Rene Ritchie http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59149 Rene Ritchie Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:55:57 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59149 <p>Hmm, BBC is usually reliable but Engadget knows their tech... I'll update to note the discrepancy, thanks!</p> Hmm, BBC is usually reliable but Engadget knows their tech… I’ll update to note the discrepancy, thanks!

]]> By: postalUT http://www.imore.com/2009/06/29/european-union-phone-charger-rule/comment-page-1/#comment-59138 postalUT Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:38:41 +0000 http://www.theiphoneblog.com/?p=9620#comment-59138 <p>Engadget is reporting that they decided on micro USB. Who's wrong?</p> <p>http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/06/29/nokia-apple-rim-and-others-agree-on-micro-usb-phone-charger-st/</p> Engadget is reporting that they decided on micro USB. Who’s wrong?

http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/06/29/nokia-apple-rim-and-others-agree-on-micro-usb-phone-charger-st/

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