Macworld goes hands-on with Apple's Lightning adapter

TUAW writes, One of the more controversial design decisions on the iPhone 5 was the change to the Lightning connector. In order to smooth the transition from the 30-pin Dock connector that had been in existence since before the first iPhone, Apple developed two adapters -- the US$29 Lightning to 30-pin adapter and the $39 Lightning to 30-pin adapter (0.2m) cable version. Macworld's Dan Frakes had a chance to do a hands-on with the adapters and has found that they're mostly compatible with existing accessories, with a few notable caveats. Frakes notes that just about every audio dock or dock-cradle speaker...

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