Apple being anti competitive?

divine · 20-03-2009, 10:22

http://www.trustedreviews.com/mp3/ne...-Earphones-/p1

Seems the new shuffle will only work with specific 'authenticated' headphones.

Quality assurance? Or dodgy price fixing? Or what?

Could be interesting to see if anything more is made of this.

Streeteh · 20-03-2009, 10:27

Well considering their supplied headphones on all other models of ipod are distinctly average i don't see how this could be 'quality assurance'. One of the first things i did when i bought a MP3 player was get some decent headphones to back it up, this has really put me off of getting an ipod when my 6+ year old iriver dies (assuming they force this on all models in the future).

It's just yet another scheme for them to rake in more money, yet like when they asked people for 20p per song to 'upgrade' their music collection from the itunes store, some people will still probably praise them for this decision.

Feek · 20-03-2009, 10:31

Not true.

See here. It's a bug for the 'designed for iPod' certification and it won't stop third party headphones being used.

divine · 20-03-2009, 10:32

oh.

nevermind then

Mark · 20-03-2009, 11:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feek

See here. It's a bug for the 'designed for iPod' certification and it won't stop third party headphones being used.

Will stop them being sold in Apple stores though if the last paragraph of that article turns into fact (not that most people - fanboys excepted - would buy such things from an Apple store without checking prices elsewhere anyway).

20-03-2009, 10:22	#1
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	Apple being anti competitive? http://www.trustedreviews.com/mp3/ne...-Earphones-/p1 Seems the new shuffle will only work with specific 'authenticated' headphones. Quality assurance? Or dodgy price fixing? Or what? Could be interesting to see if anything more is made of this. __________________

20-03-2009, 10:27	#2
Streeteh Vodka Martini Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Kingston Posts: 862	Well considering their supplied headphones on all other models of ipod are distinctly average i don't see how this could be 'quality assurance'. One of the first things i did when i bought a MP3 player was get some decent headphones to back it up, this has really put me off of getting an ipod when my 6+ year old iriver dies (assuming they force this on all models in the future). It's just yet another scheme for them to rake in more money, yet like when they asked people for 20p per song to 'upgrade' their music collection from the itunes store, some people will still probably praise them for this decision. __________________ PSN & Live! ID: Streeteh Last edited by Streeteh; 20-03-2009 at 10:31.

20-03-2009, 10:31	#3
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Not true. See here. It's a bug for the 'designed for iPod' certification and it won't stop third party headphones being used. __________________

20-03-2009, 10:32	#4
divine Moonshine Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Southampton Posts: 3,201	oh. nevermind then __________________