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  What's with all the boners over copy and paste? What could you possibly want to copy between iPhone appli... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Internet links between email/SMS/etc : indosauros
  • You don't know what you got til it's gone. : yoonix
  • Are you trolling? I usually want to copy and past stuff between contacts, webpages email, texts etc atlea... : historyinthemaking
  • With copy paste you can move around information from Contacts to Notes to SMS to Emails. I use the Cli... : doomed
  • copy and paste on the iPhone is like a floppy disk drive on a PC. You almost never need it but when you n... : Schnapple
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    I think I can count on one hand the amount of times I've wanted copy/paste. : Yanks
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      Wouldn't it have been nice to have it available then? : yoonix
      • He only has 1 finger on each hand : ateam311
  • that's what I thought too, until I had to copy a UPS tracking number from an email to Safari.. : MikkleThePickle
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  Exciting. . .wonder how fast it'll get cracked or did Apple just stop caring about that stuff? : goatjc
  • i dont think they care much they do sell a shit load of phones with all the crackery going on speci... : doomed
  • They actually care a lot more now that stupid pirates are cracking and pirating app store apps. Stupid pi... : DOOManiac
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  will they be announcing a release date too? : Korban
  • probably not, but... June/July. : Postal
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  Fail: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/apple-confirms-presence-of-proprietary-chip-in-shuffle-headphone/
  
  At least it's for a device I never had interest in in the first place, but sheesh.

  Mar 16, 2009 3:03pm PDT
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  Fail: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/apple-confirms-presence-of-proprietary-chip-in-shuffle-headphone... : omnova
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    and the big deal about this is that... : Korban
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      You can't use your own headphones. You have to pay apple $$$$ for their headphones. They can charge wha... : Freon
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        and for whatever reason, you guys seem to think apple will never let anyone else make headphones for the ... : Korban
        • I dont have a shuffle but since my 2nd ipod arm strap is wearing out i may have considered a shuffle for ... : trevis
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          $$ license charge for proprietary chip I think you just don't get it. : Freon
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            you think they should give the chips out for free? what... : dooberzoo
            • no, he thinks there shouldn't be any chip, just like, you know, every other set of headphones in existenc : electroly
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              there should be no chip at all : vynn
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                So how do you propose that a multibutton control pad works over a single line, being compatible with exis... : dooberzoo
                • The problem is in the design o the device to begin with. An mp3 player device that's completely controlle... : vynn
                • they should do it the exact same way they did it last time they implemented an in-line remote control. r... : electroly
      • Its like a car company selling proprietary tires : boomstickah
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        X not true -- the real issue is that 3rd-parties either need to pay to use an Apple-sanctioned chip or el... : Postal
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          Cant engineer them, as it means you have to crack the encryption on the chip which violates the DMCA. Wit... : Beady
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            I can't find any reference to encryption, do you have a source for that claim? : dooberzoo
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              Even if it isn't encrypted that doesn't mean it's fair game. : Fred Garvin
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                The article specifically says people can make their own chips without certification : OverloadUT
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                  Unless Apple goes after them. Depends how aggressive they want to be. : Fred Garvin
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                    If there is no encryption/DRM what exactly would Apple go after them for? Being clever enough to make it ... : ovrlrd
                    • So, are you saying the only way to protect a digital system is by encryption? : Fred Garvin
          • there is no encryption. that's the whole point: people assumed the chip meant DRM, but it doesn't. : Postal
        • Even if someone else can engineer a new simulator then they have to worry about compatibility, interopera... : Freon
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        It's so hard to make an inline adapter and there's so few companies making iPod stuff... : dooberzoo
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          I think you didn't read the link. http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/16/apple-confirms-presence-of-prop... : Freon
          • You miss my point but thanks for the snarky reply. You'll have your adapter soon enough and whether it co... : dooberzoo
      • then dont buy a shuffle. this isnt rocket science. : riptyde
  • Those motherfuckers did the same thing with the component cable for the iPhone. 3rd parties keep figuring... : vynn
  • That does blow. I fucking hate their ear buds. : kingdepork
  • As they say, it's just a control chip and no authentication/DRM or stuff so people can clone it if they w... : dooberzoo
  • It should be simple to snip the wires above the control chip and attach your own ear buds right? All you ... : Perturbation
• it's on the storm : Downforce
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  Add contact grouping by Company please! : vynn
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    wow, i never thought of that but it would rock indeed. : doomed
    • in fact i did think about something like this, but i had something different in mind, it would work for a... : doomed
• it doesn't already have it, lame. : Turd Ferguson
• There's 10 features that would be more useful than copy/paste. Number 1: MMS. How the fuck is this not... : treefingers1
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  MMS as well. : g0nk
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    if I had to pick only one I think I'd actually prefer this over copy/paste. I really miss sending people... : mikecyb
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      Also receiving pics. It's retarded that you have to go to a web site to view them. But you can't just cli... : g0nk
      • argh yes that is the worst. add non-retarded MMS and I'm pretty much set : mikecyb
      • Yes, the first time I got a picture sent to me, I could not believe how retarded the process was to get t... : afty04
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    Are you saying that's rumored to be included, or is it just something you want? I'm DYING to get MMS. : treefingers1
    • Rumord to be included. : g0nk
    • Would you please read the article next time?? just kidding : doomed
• article i saw: http://www.macrumors.com/2009/03/13/iphone-3-0-to-get-mms-tethering-and-finally-copy-and-p... : g0nk