Did Apple just say poo to me with the 4G Nano?
So here is the scoup, I bought a Sony car stereo with an iPod connecter built directly into it. My intent, buy an iPod soon and utalize this feature. I tried a friend's iPod Nano 2G and it worked just fine, charged and everything. Tried the Nano 3G, worked just fine, charged and everything. Tried a friend's new iPhone 16GB, did not say it would charge, but I could still play all the songs just fine and control song playback just fine. Doing all this builds my faith that everything will be just fine and I have no reason to return the stereo. Two months go by and I can afford to buy the iPod, I plug it in, and it refuses to recognize it. No playback of music, no charging. Is Apple saying tough luck to this or are they going to address it? If this is how Apple is going to opperate only allowing propietary support, then they are deffinately going to lose me as a future customer and most people I know that would be swayed by going through something similar to this.
Anyone have any suggestions to remedy this? It would be greatly appreciated.
Stereo: Sony CDX-GT820IP : http://www.crutchfield.com/App/Product/Item/Main.aspx?g=300&i=158GT820IP&tp=5684
I can understand how you feel but I have to disagree. Why should Apple care about 3rd party hardware? Is it Apple's job to make sure that every company who wants a piece of the iPod pie are in compliance? Should Apple have to thumb down their XML code and take away certain functionalities of the iPod so that 3rd party hardware (which Apple makes zero revenue from) can be compatible? Do you actually think that Ford will redesign their NEW, State of the art, Mustang so that the Goodyear tires from an older Mercury Sable will fit correctly? Do you even understand the concept of 3rd party? Last time I checked not only was the 3rd generation iPod nano still for sale but Sony's Mp3 players were too. I have a lot of complaints about Apple myself but I got to take their side on this one.
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