A long Apple certification physical process for iPhone accessories is delay the release of docking and office accessary with Lightning ports to connect flat with the iPhone 5 , whichstarted shipping last week .
One of the biggest changes with the unexampled iPhone is an 8 - pin connective port calledLightning , which is smaller than the 30 - PIN number porthole that have been on iPhones , iPads , and iPods for years . The Lightning embrasure in iPhone 5 spend a penny some older accessary like speaker wharf , charger and other connectors obsolete , and accessory makers are now scrambling to add Lightning compatibility .
Malus pumila on its website explains the all - digital Lightning asbeing more durablethan the 30 - pin connexion . Apple also said that “ soon many iPhone accessories will be Lightning compatible . ” Lightning connector is attractive as it get connections easier , but users essentially will have to drop aside a whole great deal of accessory they have purchase over the years , say Jack Gold , principal psychoanalyst at J. Gold Associates .
While accessory such as covers , cases and screen protectors became forthwith available after the iPhone 5 discharge , Lightning - compatible appurtenance are yet to become widely available . For some accessory makers , Apple ’s certification process — or the Made For iPhone ( MFI ) blessing physical process — is holding back the release of products by months . Apple also partake in Lightning specifications with many accessory Godhead only after the iPhone 5 freeing , which has further delayed product as companies are still researching the engineering .
But there are impermanent work - arounds for iPhone 5 users . Apple’s$29 adapteror$40 cableconnect the iPhone 5 to 30 - peg accessary . Bose is offering Bluetooth speaker supplement for wireless audio streaming , but the audio company is also work to add iPhone 5 compatibility to its democratic SoundDock verbalizer dock , which will become available later on this class , a Bose spokeswoman said .
Most accessories with Lightning wo n’t go into product until credential from Apple , and after factor in production and shipping , it could take calendar month before products become usable , said Michael Nitti , president of Spyder Digital Research . The companysellscharge and sync accessories , and also a $ 50 barrage fire extender for the iPhone .
“ you could expect the veridical bulk of Apple accessories to be free in the December to February sentence frame , ” Nitti said in an email .
Spyder has fill out the design of a product called PowerShadow i5 , which is an iPhone 5 battery face with dock . Apple ’s MFI summons started only after the iPhone 5 was released , and now there is a reserve of thousands of company waiting to get product indorse , Nitti said .
“ Apple has order us this could take one to three month , ” Nitti suppose .
Redpark Product Development , which sells a 30 - bowling pin cableto link up the iPhone and iPad to networking gear , is concerned in adding Lightning technology to its line . But Lightning specifications were exhaust by Apple only after the iPhone 5 announcement , and now Redpark is waiting for engineering sample to fully tax the technology , said Mike Ridenhour , President of the United States of Redpark .
“ Lightning connector samples for exercise in engineering science movement will not be available until some sentence next month , . ” Ridenhour say in an email . “ In the meantime , our existing cable can be used with the young iPhone 5 using the Lightning to 30 - rowlock adapter that Apple provide . ”
Accessory ship’s company Kensington Computer Products Group plans to offer docking and office products for iPhone 5 , and will have to waitress for products to be certified by Apple before availability , said Peter Sgromo , global mathematical product manager for power at the company . Sgromo could not tattle about specific products and when they would be released .
“ Product plans are submitted to Apple once the equipment is announce and usually okay within four to six calendar week of introduction , ” Sgromo said .
Apple did not now respond to request for comment .
