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October 14th, 2005

Apple drops FireWire from video iPod

Posted by Jason D. O'Grady @ 4:30 am

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apple_firewire_logo.gifI am simply shocked and amazed that Apple has abandoned FireWire on the just-announced fifth generation iPods with video. I understand why there’s no FireWire on the iPod shuffle (no port) and even why it’s off the nano (tiny form-factor, lower cost) but why in blazes did Apple leave FireWire off the new video iPod?

Don’t believe me? Take a close look at the iPod specs page and their Autosync page - there’s no mention of FireWire anywhere, just USB 2.0. Apple has even gone to the trouble of demoting their FireWire Web page from a top level page (www.apple.com/firewire/) to a page buried on their developer Web site under device drivers (developer.apple.com/devicedrivers/firewire/index.html) on or around October 12th, according to Google’s cache.

Apple invented FireWire as "one of the fastest peripheral standards ever developed" and won Emmy and Grammy awards for the technology’s impact on the television and music industries. It’s inexcusable to leave FireWire off an iPod that you’re supposed to sync videos to, it just doesn’t make sense.

Jason D. O'GradyJason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.

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RE: Apple drops FireWire from video iPod
It's been a while since this thread was active, but as I sync my iPod touch ever so slowly via USB 2.0, I miss my Firewire badly. I want a new Apple. The next Apple... a company that makes great stuff... (Read the rest)
Posted by: billsherrie Posted on: 06/17/09 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
The answer is obvious  drgnflyz | 10/14/05
fireware has LOST the peripherial interconnect race  Valis Keogh | 10/14/05
Which is a shame  tic swayback | 10/14/05
Apple FireWire  jeffstra_z | 10/14/05
I don't think this is true for the new video iPods  tic swayback | 10/14/05
Moving from FW a mistake!  Reverend MacFellow | 10/14/05
Firewire = Beta  danieldcn | 10/14/05
The Beta vs VHS analogy is flawed  Qbt | 10/14/05
True, but....  Reverend MacFellow | 10/14/05
Beta versus VHS  pmcquown@... | 08/20/06
Lots of reasons for this...  bpick_z | 10/14/05
Rational?  Reverend MacFellow | 10/14/05
The all mighty dollor bill!  Robert Morrow | 10/14/05
Spelling is Key  Robert Morrow | 10/14/05
Vintage PCs without firewire  somedudehere | 10/15/05
Piracy  K27 | 10/15/05
Huh?  tic swayback | 10/16/05
FireWire for pros is right, USB2 is good enough for consumers  mlindl | 10/19/05
Hold on there, buddy...  mastercko | 10/20/05
also...  mastercko | 10/20/05
iPod without FireWire? / misconceptions  fasteddy23 | 10/21/05
bad move  matt_s_z | 12/09/05
bad move  matt_s_z | 12/09/05
Firewire and SCSI  Bert Chadick | 01/31/06
RE: Apple drops FireWire from video iPod  billsherrie | 06/17/09

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