For those who think Apple is abandoning 1394
- From: Jim Polaski <jpolaski@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:04:54 -0600
Not really, From Mac Observer
http://www.macobserver.com/article/2006/01/30.8.shtml
Apple Continues to Lead 1394 Trade Association Board
by Staff, 2:05 PM EST, January 30th, 2006
Apple is among the companies holding seats on the 1394 Trade Association
board, with employee Eric Anderson reelected as its chairman for 2006.
Other members include Samsung, Texas Instruments, Microsoft, Agere and
Oxford Semiconductor.
The organization is "dedicated to the advancement and proliferation of
the IEEE 1394 standard in the consumer electronics, computer,
peripherals, automotive, industrial and other markets," it said in a
statement. The standard was developed in 1986 by Apple, which dubbed it
"FireWire," with the first specification completed in 1987. The standard
was adopted in 1995 and expanded in recent years to what Apple calls
FireWire 800.
While FireWire continues to be used in digital video cameras and
external hard drives, it has lost out to USB 2.0 in many other consumer
electronics, such as MP3 players and digital cameras. In fact, last year
Apple dropped FireWire ports from its popular iPod, keeping only USB 2.0
connectivity.
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Regards,
JP
"The measure of a man is what he will do while
expecting that he will get nothing in return!"
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