Comments on: Apple’s iPhone is target for phonejacking muggers http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html Daily news and opinion for 250,000 industry executives and mobile fanatics Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:15:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Carlo http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html/comment-page-1#comment-111773 Carlo Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:57:19 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html#comment-111773 @ Ben: Thanks for the link -- but that explanation sounds like utter shite. I've had 3 iPods and never managed to break the headphone jack, even with extended use. Not to mention the 1000s of other models of MP3 players, portable CD players, Walkmen, FM radios and so on over the years that don't seem to have had this problem. @ Ben:

Thanks for the link — but that explanation sounds like utter shite. I’ve had 3 iPods and never managed to break the headphone jack, even with extended use. Not to mention the 1000s of other models of MP3 players, portable CD players, Walkmen, FM radios and so on over the years that don’t seem to have had this problem.

]]> By: Ben Smith http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html/comment-page-1#comment-111654 Ben Smith Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:58:19 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html#comment-111654 @Carlo:

See http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=851

It may just be marketing spin, but Apple’s apparent reported rationale is “Apple found, prior to the iPhone, that a lot of service repairs for iPods were for busted headphone jacks caused by headphone plugs being constrained, pulled, or bent in pockets or other tight areas. This is why they recessed the iPhone’s headphone jack into the casing.”

]]> By: James Whatley http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html/comment-page-1#comment-111298 James Whatley Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:43:01 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html#comment-111298 I'd give Ed Cave a kick up the backside and get him to develop Txt2Lock for the iphone... ..I mean just the other day he was complaining that he had too much spare time. I’d give Ed Cave a kick up the backside and get him to develop Txt2Lock for the iphone…

..I mean just the other day he was complaining that he had too much spare time.

]]> By: Carlo http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html/comment-page-1#comment-111279 Carlo Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:03:54 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html#comment-111279 The fact that any sort of adapter is needed at all (even if they're inexpensive) is really ridiculous. This is an iPod with a phone crammed in, so you'd expect it would be able to work with pretty much any set of earphones with a standard plug, like pretty much any other MP3 player out there. But Apple's done a fantastic job of making a standard connector a proprietary one. This recessed connector is a really, really, really crap piece of design work from Apple, in spite of the company's vaunted industrial design reputation. Great interface blah blah blah... but not being able to use the headphones I want without some additional adapter I've got to buy makes for a lousy user experience. The fact that any sort of adapter is needed at all (even if they’re inexpensive) is really ridiculous. This is an iPod with a phone crammed in, so you’d expect it would be able to work with pretty much any set of earphones with a standard plug, like pretty much any other MP3 player out there. But Apple’s done a fantastic job of making a standard connector a proprietary one.

This recessed connector is a really, really, really crap piece of design work from Apple, in spite of the company’s vaunted industrial design reputation. Great interface blah blah blah… but not being able to use the headphones I want without some additional adapter I’ve got to buy makes for a lousy user experience.

]]> By: Ewan http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html/comment-page-1#comment-110673 Ewan Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:28:17 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html#comment-110673 Your'e annoyingly well prepared Dan. I'll do the same... Your’e annoyingly well prepared Dan. I’ll do the same…

]]> By: Dan Lane http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html/comment-page-1#comment-110630 Dan Lane Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:26:34 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html#comment-110630 ... said headphone adaptor beautifully worn by my iPhone here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danlane/1407951378/ … said headphone adaptor beautifully worn by my iPhone here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danlane/1407951378/

]]> By: Dan Lane http://www.mobileindustryreview.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html/comment-page-1#comment-110621 Dan Lane Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:10:45 +0000 http://www.smstextnews.com/2007/09/apples_iphone_is_target_for_phonejacking_muggers.html#comment-110621 I purchased an official iPod Shuffle Sports Case (designed for the original shuffle) on EBay for £2.75 (including shipping) that had comes with a headphone extender that works with my iPhone and my Shures.

It’ll do nicely until Shure release their recently announced iPhone cable which has a small plug and in-line mic and call control button.

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