Apple Jan. 27 launch event... what will it be?

[Uncle Ted]

I love the part from the Newsweek story about the standard headphone jack "only" being to produce CD quality sound.

I'm sure there are all kinds of people pining for this supposedly better than CD sound quality through their headphones.

http://www.amazon.com/Brightech-Ligh.../dp/B01864FG28

http://www.amazon.com/Philips-M2L-27.../dp/B00V4X6QGY

http://9to5mac.com/2014/06/03/apple-...re-ios-update/

Not to mention, Bynars like their music straight up, in binary, and don't even need the DAC...

[Jeff Lebowski]

It is time to move on, Dude... That headphone jack standard has been around since 1878: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phone_...ern_connectors

Welcome to the 21st century!

Yeah, that was mentioned in the article I linked.

You know what else has been around forever? AC power. Next I expect Apple to come out with an entirely new power plug. There will be some argument about how it is superior and Apple will offer their own outlets to replace the old ones at some outrageous price. Or some overpriced adaptor.

[Jeff Lebowski]

We won't welcome you back to Android after you said so many super mean things about it.

Sorry.

That is the sad thing. I would have to have to go back to crappy Android phones.

[Pelado]

Yeah, that was mentioned in the article I linked.

You know what else has been around forever? AC power. Next I expect Apple to come out with an entirely new power plug. There will be some argument about how it is superior and Apple will offer their own outlets to replace the old ones at some outrageous price. Or some overpriced adaptor.

Tesla sucked. DC rules!

[creekster]

Tesla sucked. DC rules!

I thought Tesla advocated DC but lost the fight to Edison, who preferred AC?

[Pelado]

I thought Tesla advocated DC but lost the fight to Edison, who preferred AC?

Nope.

[Clark Addison]

Nope.

Solid rebuttal.

[creekster]

Nope.

Ah. It was Edison vs Westinghouse. My bad.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents

[YOhio]

Ah. It was Edison vs Westinghouse. My bad.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents

LOL!!!!!! Amateur mistake.

[Uncle Ted]

Yeah, that was mentioned in the article I linked.

You know what else has been around forever? AC power. Next I expect Apple to come out with an entirely new power plug. There will be some argument about how it is superior and Apple will offer their own outlets to replace the old ones at some outrageous price. Or some overpriced adaptor.

Dude, you are still in the 19th century. The future iPhone may not even need AC power.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Dude, you are still in the 19th century. The future iPhone may not even need AC power.

Dude, you are such a shill.

[Northwestcoug]

Ah. It was Edison vs Westinghouse. My bad.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents

Haven't you seen The Prestige? Edison was clearly at war with Tesla. He even sent his henchmen to destroy Tesla's lab in the mountains of Colorado. But that was before he figured out how to replicate magicians.

Did your Wikipedia article mention that? Huh?

[MartyFunkhouser]

Dude, you are such a shill.

Another super mean post.

[Joe Public]

Ah. It was Edison vs Westinghouse. My bad.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents

I'll check out the link later, but one of my children read a biography on Edison a couple of years ago for school. I learned a lot while reading it with her. Edison was a proponent of DC current and envisioned DC plants throughout NYC (think 7-Eleven-like coverage). AC proponents preferred the idea of power generation farther away from the city. Edison tried to scare people away from AC by doing things like electrocuting horses and other animals on street corners.

Tesla had worked for Edison but later struck out on his own. Westinghouse owned the AC company, but I think he was using a lot of Tesla technology to generate and deliver the AC current.

[old_gregg]

I'll check out the link later, but one of my children read a biography on Edison a couple of years ago for school. I learned a lot while reading it with her. Edison was a proponent of DC current and envisioned DC plants throughout NYC (think 7-Eleven-like coverage). AC proponents preferred the idea of power generation farther away from the city. Edison tried to scare people away from AC by doing things like electrocuting horses and other animals on street corners.

Tesla had worked for Edison but later struck out on his own. Westinghouse owned the AC company, but I think he was using a lot of Tesla technology to generate and deliver the AC current.

bro we've all seen the prestige you can spare us the history lesson