Apple announcement triggered some weird flashbacks...

[A Black Falcon]

Nintendo gave up and put a headphone jack in their next handheld. I hope Apple is forced to do the same, but with their success and influence it's probably not going to happen, sadly enough. I don't think their reasons for getting rid of a headphone jack are very convincing, but Apple always has been overly obsessed with simplifying the form of things in ways which damage their function, so this is right up Apple's wheelhouse! Think of the one-button mouse, the iMac not having a floppy drive, Apple's concepts of (overly simplified) OS design, Steve Jobs always wanting to get rid of every possible button from Apple's portable devices, etc etc. These are all exactly the kinds of things that have always made me dislike Apple.