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By scrapping antiquated headphones, Apple is doing something extraordinary for music (link)
Quartz | September 9, 2016 | BY Amy X. Wang

Posted on 09/09/2016 4:43:54 PM PDT by Swordmaker

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By scrapping antiquated headphones, Apple is doing something extraordinary for music (Link Only )


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: applepinglist; audiojack; earphones; music
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To: steve86

“What I can’t figure out is how the Airbuds figure out which is the right ear and which is the left, with no user input and placed in the ears randomly.”
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Going by the pic accompanying the article, it would seem that they work with the the things that look like small tampons pointing forward. They would each only fit one ear in specific when aimed that way.


141 posted on 09/10/2016 8:06:30 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: higgmeister; Hodar
"When Win10 dropped and yanked the Start button - I bought my first Mac."
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Wasn't that Win8? I believe Win10 has a start bar/button.

"To funny! I suspect I'm an old dinosaur compared to you. My first computer was a TI-99/4a. Apple II was an expensive boat anchor compared to my TI back then."
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Them's new-fangled, you shoulda tried a Sinclair ZX81.

142 posted on 09/10/2016 8:14:03 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: Cementjungle
Oh... I see. I misunderstood... I thought they did away with the standard 3.5mm jack. My mistake.

No, there is no 3.5mm audio jack built in to the iPhone 7, but there is a free Lightning port to 3.5mm adaptor included with the iPhone 7 that connects any earphones or accessory that requires a 3.5mm jack to the iPhone 7 so those can still be used. They also provide a set of new Lightning connected earbuds.

143 posted on 09/10/2016 11:49:46 AM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: LouieFisk
Them's new-fangled, you shoulda tried a Sinclair ZX81.

Oh, what a trip down memory lane. I had the Timex 1000. Complete with the memory pack and printer. They were fun. . . fiddling to get the volume control on the tape deck volume just right to play back the recorded programs you had saved. . . after waiting fifteen to twenty minutes to learn it wasn't loud enough. LOL! Still, $199 (IIRC) for a real computer was great!

144 posted on 09/10/2016 12:03:51 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Swordmaker

I think w/o the peripherals the Timex/Sinclair was $100. Had a C64 also, then on to a TRS-80 ( & CoCo3 later) with a speedy 300 baud modem. Those old PCs were great for learning BASIC programming on.
You can get emulators of them that run on Windows, was fun playing a few interactive text games (like “Deadline”) on the C64 emulator. I wasn’t much for the Pacman/DonkeyKong type games.


145 posted on 09/10/2016 12:19:56 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
I think w/o the peripherals the Timex/Sinclair was $100. Had a C64 also, then on to a TRS-80 ( & CoCo3 later) with a speedy 300 baud modem. Those old PCs were great for learning BASIC programming on.

I think I got the Timex with the 16K accessory as a package for the $199.

146 posted on 09/10/2016 12:29:08 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
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To: Swordmaker
No, there is no 3.5mm audio jack built in to the iPhone 7, but there is a free Lightning port to 3.5mm adaptor included with the iPhone 7 that connects any earphones or accessory that requires a 3.5mm jack to the iPhone 7 so those can still be used. They also provide a set of new Lightning connected earbuds.

Why the heck did they do that? What was wrong with the standard 3.5mm jack? Will the adapter always be free? What if it breaks, will they replace it for free?

147 posted on 09/10/2016 12:46:41 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Swordmaker

“I think I got the Timex with the 16K accessory as a package for the $199.”
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I still have all my old PCs, though the Sinclair is badly damaged inside. Outside looks nice, tho!
Yeah, the accessories added a lot to cost. I got ‘em mostly for the CoCo, which had a slot where you’d slide em in. The voice pac was fun, sounded like Stephen Hawking. Used the 300 baud modem pak for BBS and, later, for Compuserve. Worked good enough for the time.


148 posted on 09/10/2016 12:56:49 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: Swordmaker
I always get a kick out of the cranky knee-jerk Luddites that respond to your Apple threads.

They hate technology and they take it Apple's advances so personal!

I'm glad that wired earplugs are gone. Always getting snagged on something and pulling out of my ears. I'm glad to move into the 21st Century.

149 posted on 09/10/2016 1:02:28 PM PDT by SamAdams76 (It is a wise man who rules by the polls but it is a fool who is ruled by them)
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To: LouieFisk

Of course I looked at the Timex Sinclair ZX81 but found it lacking.


150 posted on 09/10/2016 4:41:57 PM PDT by higgmeister ( In the Shadow of The Big Chicken! - vote Trump 2016)
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To: higgmeister
"Of course I looked at the Timex Sinclair ZX81 but found it lacking."
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Was hitech PC in it's day. Most people didn't have room for a System/360 in the den!



Now, the Altair 8800, that was lacking.
151 posted on 09/10/2016 8:41:09 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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