A thing can be handy and appalling at the same time. And if you don't believe me, check out the Uncourage adapter for carrying your iPhone headphone dongle on your keychain, which fills me with an ...

Ex-movie theater projectionist Steve Guttenberg has also worked as a high-end audio salesman, and as a record producer. Steve reviewed audio products for CNET and worked as a freelance writer for ...

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Apple’s obsession with lopping ports off its devices has spawned a whole industry of dangling dongles. Every time Apple removes hole to slim down an iPhone or a MacBook, or to make space for a bigger ...

If you've got an iPhone 7, you're probably pretty pleased with yourself. What you're probably less pleased about is the removal of the 3.5mm headphone port. While Apple has bundled a Lightning to ...

Remember the time Apple gave the iPhone a new connector and you had to buy a dongle to use all your old accessories? It’s happening again. But worse. Apple’s new Macbook has a do-everything USB type-C ...

The iPhone 7 is coming. It is new. It is fresh. By most accounts it is a pretty good telephone. But if you buy a new iPhone 7 you will need something else. Maybe even several somethings. That's right, ...

Unless Apple has a last-minute change of heart, the iPhone 7 will ship this coming September without a traditional 3.5mm headphone jack. And given how reliable and universal the tried and true ...

Whether it's Lightning dongles for the iPhone 7 or USB-C dongles for the latest Android phones and Windows laptops, these small, overpriced pieces of plastic push our old tech accessories into the ...

Apple's decision to remove the headphone jack in the iPhone 7 has already caused a lot of anger among customers before they even get their hands on the device. Apple clearly saw this controversy ...

Apple’s iPhone launch event yesterday was so full of good news that the company apparently couldn’t find the time to disclose a couple of less happy developments in its product range. First, the three ...

Apple's widely rumored trio of new iPhone models expected to launch in September might not include a Lightning to 3.5mm Headphone Jack Adapter in the box, according to Barclays analyst Blayne Curtis ...