I 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?
Probably 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.
That'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.
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?