Hated one way or another: Notches & Co. | #PNWeekly 298

On this week's show: Huawei, Xiaomi, Apple and Acer have new hardware, Facebook has newly-revealed problems around the same old concerns and notches, people, notches, what more do you want?

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“Made for Google” accessory licensing said to debut with new hardware

We may see new third-party accessories — especially USB-C accessories — follow a new guideline that will be set by Google shortly.

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KGI: iPhone 8 keeps Lightning, but utilizes USB-C cable, fast charging

Analyst Ming-chi Kuo claims that Apple is interested in getting USB Power Delivery spec for faster iPhone charging through a USB-C-to-Lightning cable.

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“Made for iPhone” accessories will support Ultra Accessory Connector, a non-USB camera port

"Made For iPhone" accessory manufacturers may now support a proprietary Apple port. The shape may not be proprietary, but the pinout will be.

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Apple to open new possibilities for third-party Lightning accessories

Apple has been sitting on a gold mine for more than a decade since it launched the “Made for iPod” licensing program. Today, the “MFi” standard is all about iPhones and iPads, but ever since the launch of the lightning port with the iPhone 5, the acceptance of third party accessories that support it has been rather sluggish. We really can’t understand why Apple has decided to take its time with this, but things are about to change.Apple’s yearly ...

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