Made for iPod and the dilemma with the chip in the headphones for Shuffle

The company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), has launched some auriculares with the iPod Shuffle that pass the controls of the iPod auriculares, in which there is incorporated a chip which controls the functions of the iPod. But the makers of auriculares of third parties have expressed their desire to make helmets for the iPod Shuffle, they need to be certified in the program "Made for iPod" to obtain the technical specifications vital to achieve your purpose with the auriculares.

Reactions to this chipThey have not been the best Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), has turned a blind eye in this regard and wonders: «well the However, It also has a proprietary connector, the video output of the latest iPod she was also an owner, and so far no one has complained ... even when we removed the firewire support in favor of USB … Why is this now different? ».

The fact that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), has closed the market of auriculares for a single model iPod, it is not significant to want control of what auriculares are used with that device, on the other hand, nobody has complained because the manufacturers of covers or controls for Consoles de portable games or accessories tender for the rights of design, manufacture and use for profit.

The market of iPod it is wide and Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), he will not let it escape, referring to the market of auricularesThis policy has been in place for a long time and to this day no one has ever ripped their clothes off for it. The point is that the user receives some auriculares that work well with the iPod ShuffleSo you don't spend extra money. If you are not satisfied with the sound of the auriculares, in the same way that you pay a fee for speakers with Dock for iPod, you must pay for the auriculares That you like the corresponding rate and remember that every day you pay rates for many other things of daily use and no one is surprised by this.

So the mess of chip It is not such, however the company is not criticized for trying to earn more money and thus achieve better functionality of the iPod and that its valuable gadgets does not work with auriculares that they give you in the AVE, that there they do work badly.

After hearing complaints, MacWorld has called Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),. The spokesperson has pointed out the existence of chip, which is exclusive to auriculares to join the program "Made for iPod" and that there is no DRM or encryption system on the device, so cloning is very possible auriculares if reverse engineered. But still, the company has sued manufacturers who have usurped its intellectual property to launch accessories without being associated with the program.

Via | Faq-Mac