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807: 38: 74: 309:, the last Apple products to feature the original 30-pin connector, the connector was discontinued in September 2014 but the production of 30-pin connectors in India and developing markets still continued until February 2016. However, Apple does continue to sell and produce a 30-pin-to-USB cable, as well as a 30-pin VGA adapter compatible with the iPhone 4, 4S, 4th generation iPod Touch, and the first three iPads. 357: 160: 445: 845: 647:
The 2001 Korean Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA) "Standard on I/O Connection Interface of Digital Cellular Phone" defined a 24-pin electromechanical interface specifications for cellular phone charging, wired data communication, analog audio, etc. The 2007 updated version has only 20
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simultaneously to multiple external resources. Dock connectors typically carry a variety of signals and power, through a single connector, to simplify the process of docking the device. A dock connector may be embedded in a mechanical fixture used to support or align the mobile device or may be at
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devices that supports and aligns the laptop and sports various single-function ports and a power source that are aggregated into the docking connector. Docking connectors carried interfaces such as
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was created of third-party devices that could connect to the interface. With the discontinuation of the sixth-generation 160 GB iPod Classic and the
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in February 2010. The standard was developed with the input or support of over fifty consumer electronics companies worldwide.
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Dock connectors can be used to interface with accessories such as external speakers, including stereo systems and
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While dock connectors were originally associated with laptops, many other mobile devices now use them.
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30-pin dock/charging connector is very similar to – although not identical with – the non-proprietary
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digital media players since 2006. It provides a data and power connection including to peripherals.
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As a result of the popularity of Apple's iPod and iPhone devices using the connector, a
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The Portable Digital Media Interface (PDMI) is a 30-pin interconnection standard for
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Apple's proprietary 30-pin connector was common to most Apple mobile devices (
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USB 3.0 SuperSpeed + 1 Mbit/s for the DisplayPort auxiliary channel
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was released in late 2012. Originally, the Apple dock connector carried
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pins but added composite video output support among other changes.
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This article is about computer dock connector. For other uses, see
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Korean standard cellular phone 24-pin and 20-pin dock connectors
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Analog stereo, digital DisplayPort (1–8 channels, 16 or 24-bit
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Korean standard cellular phone dock connector (TTAS.KO-06.0028)
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Current docking connection options usually can be defined as a
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Digital 2-lane DisplayPort 1.1, 4.32 Gbit/s data rate
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TTA certifies first 20-pin battery charger for mobiles
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Korean Telecommunications Technology Association (TTA)
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Bus and power connector in laptops and mobile devices
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Index

Dock Connector
Docking

HP EliteBook
electrical connector
mobile device

Dell Latitude
laptop computers
docking station
port replicator
keyboard
serial
parallel
video
USB-C
clock radios
GPS receivers

Apple Inc.
Lightning
iPhone
1st generation
3G
3GS
4
4S
iPod Touch
iPad
iPad 2

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