What question? What are you talking about?
The Apple iPhone was released on June 29th, amid a flurry of press coverage, hype, and strong opinions. Long time TechLore member and super gadget geek Steven Jones frothed at the mouth, and published a three-part Ode to the iPhone in the process. Read his rants at:
- Why I want an iPhone - The "I'm a hopelessly expectant Apple fanatic" article
- The first 40 hours with my new iPhone - The "What have I done? Oh yeah, I'm a fanatic!" article.
- Things I didn't know I'd love about the iPhone - The "Yep, I was right, it's awesome" article.
Eric Brandt, a newer member, harshly countered Steven's iPhone fervor with a list of questions, which I've broken out into the forums. This is question #4. I wanna hear what you think.
Eric's Question
Is it true that non-Apple headphones need a special adapter?
He writes...
All because Apple deliberately recessed the jack?
And what about stereo Bluetooth headsets – is it true they won't work with iPhones?
What's your answer?
Okay, Techlore people... I want to know what you think! What's your answer?
Not sure about A2DP support for bluetooth headphones (my 8525 supports them though), but it does seem a little silly that an "iPod" won't work with regular headphones without an adapter. Apple's way of giving the accessory makers a cookie. Thanks for greeding me out of my 5-10 bucks Apple!
I'll be fair though. My 8525 doesn't support regular headphones without a mini-USB to headphone adapter. However, my smartphone isn't advertised as an MP3 player either.
I'll call this a draw, but since the headphone jack is there, just "conveniently" placed out of reach, I think they did it intentionally and to penny pinch consumers for another few bucks.
it is a non-standard 1/8" jack, and it is evil. i wanted to plug in to someone's aux-in and play something on their home system, but i couldn't. my biggest annoyance with the iphone so far.
i also want to stream to an airport express over wifi, just because i should be able to. this would be at least one reasonable approach for bigger room audio, but the adapter requirement is very rude.
makes sense, though, because the headphones have a mic so they need another circuit... but still.
Michael, I love the Airport Express feature request - I think I would use that and pretend I had a Sonos system! I also have to agree with the crippled headphone jack. I don't want to believe it was done that way to support a new accessory category of recessed-headphone-jack-converter-to-every-other-set-of-headphones-you-already-own products.