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Related: Ford begins to kill off CDs too http://www.neowin.net/news/ford-motor-company-begins-to-kill-off-cd-players http://www.neowin.net/news/ford-motor-compa
by grk 15y ago
Related: Ford begins to kill off CDs too http://www.neowin.net/news/ford-motor-company-begins-to-kill-off-cd-players http://www.neowin.net/news/ford-motor-company-begins-to-kill...
- bradleyland 15y agoThat's really fascinating. I'm not sure anyone will be surprised if Apple drops the optical drive from their laptop lineup. Ford dropping it from vehicles is a surprisingly progressive move. Ford really seems to be the "one to beat" in the auto-maker scene these days, and I mean that globally.
- erikpukinskis 15y agoI don't understand why these companies are providing USB/iPod ports. Hats off to the ones that provide 1/8" audio jacks, but I don't get why they don't just provide a 1/8" audio cable that comes out of somewhere. Every audio device since the dawn of time has a 1/8" audio jack in it. Why not interface with the technology that's already omnipresent?
- doublec 15y agoBecause you can't charge the device through the 1/8" jack. The devices would also need something to plug into to be used for any length of time.
- scott_s 15y agoProbably because most people who want external input have iPods. I recently got a new stereo in my car explicitly so I could get a USB input port - I just picked the cheapest stereo that had one.