Re: video iPod has no FireWire support? / C. Cornaby

Subject: Re: video iPod has no FireWire support? / C. Cornaby

Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 10:50:17 -0700

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Could be ... but I would assume that since "sync up" time is nominally faster via FireWire than through USB 1.1 or USB 2.0, that Apple engineering would have rather opted for FireWire chip real estate ... (Large file and multi file transfer is faster via FireWire 1394a than USB 2.0, yes?) ... And the loss of a FireWire port also ham strings several iPod features like using it for an external hard drive and peer to peer networking.

Even with small file transfer performance being close to comparable, FireWire development, firmware, software & manufacturing costs are somewhat lower than USB.

Am I correct here, or just blowing smoke?

Ed Karns

FireWireStuff.com

On Oct 21, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Colin Cornaby wrote:

I've heard that Apple didn't simply have enough room for the Firewire chip on the board in order to get the iPod thin enough. At least that's what Ars Technica thought when they took it apart.

On Oct 21, 2005, at 9:44 AM, Ed Karns wrote:

Is Apple dropping iPod FireWire support? ( http://blogs.zdnet.com/Apple/?p=13 / " ... shocked and amazed that Apple has abandoned FireWire on the just-announced fifth generation iPods with video. ... )

It seems that almost the entire professional audio world and the professional TV / Movie industry is embracing FireWire ... and Apple is cutting FireWire out of the flagship iPod line?

Ed Karns
FireWireStuff.com

Added References: http://www.apple.com/ipod/autosync.html / " ... recharge the battery and sync files fast via the included USB cable. ..."

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