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February 24, 2005
More Firewire hubbub: The petition
With yesterday's announcements, Apple has moved in the direction of supporting the USB v2 transfer protocol that is more prevalent in the Windows/PC world. Apple has long pioneered the benefits of Firewire (also called IEEE 1394 if you don't want to pay the royalty fee to use the wicked name) and the removal of the Firewire cable from the iPod box has surprised some and dismayed even more. Apparently, people are pretty pissed off that Apple has removed the firewire cable from the new crop of iPods.
There is now a petition encouraging Apple to rethink their strategy and to bring back the included iPod Firewire cable. The inference is that since Apple was so Firewire-centric that many of their own computers do not feature a USB v2 port. A mister Gary Reich has channeled his frustration into action and created the Apple should bring Firewire back to iPods. I'd be pissed too (well not really angry, but certainly IRRITATED!) if I had to buy a cable along with my new iPod. Well, I don't know if the petition will amount to anything other creating an Internet buzz, but it should at least make you feel better after signing it.
I just wanted to add another option for you people. Don't forget about the SendStation adapters. The PocketDock Combo has ports for both USB and Firewire cables and costs $23.
Posted on February 24, 2005 02:03 PM | Category: News
