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Will Apple resist the C-Type USB?

Sometime next year will arrive a new standard for the famous USB cable: the Type C. For the first time since its creation in 1996, the connector will change shape and adopt a much smaller design, fine, and can be plugged in both directions (read: The new USB Connector 3.1 is ready!). A real small revolution that will pose a big problem to Apple, which ends up with a technology very close but not compatible. Indeed, Apple created the Lightning connector two years ago to replace the venerable 30-pin connector on the iPod. Very small and also reversible, the Lightning connector was particularly precursor. But with the arrival of Type C, this proprietary connector will lose its benefits and find itself drowned in the midst of competing systems that should all quickly adopt the new USB standard. If there was a proof of the enthusiasm of the manufacturers in front of the arrival of the Type C USB, the presentation by Nokia this week of its digital tablet N1 is certainly the best ex

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