Apple ships in-ear headphones, with flaws
After three long, painful months of waiting on edge, the planet can join together in jubilation, for Apple has finally started shipping their in-ear headphones. A lot has happened since these headphones were announced, including the downward spiral of the US economy, so the likelihood that people will decide to shell out 80 bucks for these is about as slim as the chance that they will stay in my ears. Nevertheless, its nice to see a delayed product finally ship, no matter how late it may be. This looks to be a great product at a very un-Apple like great price.
Cinema Displays, check. In-Ear Headphones, check. Mini-Display Port to Dual-Link DVI... not quite. Just in time for Eastern Orthodox Christmas maybe.
Oh and by the way, for some inexplicable reason the volume control doesn't work with the iPhone. Just because it has volume control on the device itself? WTF
The fanboy alert is ready for anyone who dares to defend this.
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This has been heavily discussed and it is concluded that it is a hardware issue. It is very annoying that the iPhone and iPod Touch teams didn't collaborate, but not entirely ridiculous given Apple's secrecy etc.
Not defending, just clarifying.
The iPod Touch also has volume controls on it Mr. KnowsNothing 9to5.
What is the hardware issue, exactly? I don't see why this couldn't be solved with a software update. Apple should at least make it clear to purchasers that these headphones can work, albeit limited functionality.
Steve did it in his keynote, websites have reported it and there are several disclaimers on the Apple site. Sometimes it helps to read the package before buying. Apple users usually do!
Come on, you were just asking for the Fanboy tag...
What I really want is one of those swimsuits!! I want to wear it when Steve and I get married after Prop. 8 is overturned.
"Oh and by the way, for some inexplicable reason the volume control doesn't work with the iPhone"
that would be because apple cant come to each ihone users house, open up the phone and wire up the 3.5 input for volume control as its something they started doing with the ipod release after the iphone 3g release!
Dude, you need to get off this thing with all the doom n' gloom stuff re: The Economy! Anyone that had $80 to spend on headphones 3 months ago - still has $80 to spend on headphones TODAY!
Jeez... getting real tired of all the media and blogs telling me that we're all suddenly supposed to have less money in the bank now or something...
Yeah except the people that got laid off in the last 3 months, and hint, the number of people laid off in the last 3 months pushed unemployment to a 14-year high at the beginning of November.
yeah, but people didn't stop buying iPods 14 years ago, did they!
The only flaw appears to be in this article. Read the fine print. I know I did.
Did you really think before you put bad info in the title? Just trying to get more traffic to your site? Sad...
Ya, we read the fine print. The fine print says that the volume control doesn't work with the iPhone. When something doesn't work, it is flawed. Today Apple shipped their earbuds, with flaws. I'm not quite sure where the bad info is coming from... fanboy.
It's not a flaw. It's hardware related. Or will you write in January that Snow Leopard will be shipped with a flaw because it won't work with a PPC?
Then the iPhone software itself is flawed since I can't get gps on my 1st gen. device. I have known the issue with the volume incompatibility since September so did thousands of others.
No one has ever used that on me before. Thanks. I will say that the feature should be implemented as long as there are no hardware problems preventing it.
Flawed is normally used these days to suggest that something was manufactured incorrectly.
Your flawed logic is recognized. Adios.
The in-ear headphones volume controles don't work with the iPhone for Hardware reasons, and it was discussed since they were introduced, and we all have learned it. They are not a flawed, they're not fully compatible.
Uh, no. If it was fully compatible the volume controls would work. Which they don't.
Take a bit more time to read what you're replying to and you will notice a small modifier word, "not", before the term "fully compatible". The author of that post was making a distinction between a flaw and an incompatibility.
Ooh, clever.
Im sure this can be dealt with a software update, is just the same way the answet button works, it can be either a design flaw or a sotware issue, but if they'd wanted to they could have done it or still can...
No it can't!
It is a hardware issue. The new headphone have a different jack with more contacts. You can't fix this with software...
um.... I want to see these headphones pitted against the Bose in ear headphones. I wonder which ones are better?
anyway I have to say the bose in ear headphones are the best in ear headphones I've used ever. Yah so comfy too
but if I could convince mom to upgrade my Hearing aids (mild hearing loss heh) to the bluetooth enabled ones then it would be SWEEEEEEEEET
LOL
Do those Bose have a mic?
It just works...wait, maybe it doesn't. WTF.
Hey, guess what? The 2nd gen Touch has a volume control on the device, yet the headphones work with it...
DONT BUY
THIS SUCKS! I wan't volume control !!
"Compatibility Information
The remote and mic are supported only by iPod nano (4th generation), iPod classic (120GB) and iPod touch (2nd generation). Audio is supported by all iPod models."
this from the apple site suggests even the mic doesn't work on the iPhone, that can't be right!!!
Look at footnote #5 which clearly states the mic and center button are supported on the iPhone; the other features are not.
wow, they are degrading their journalism by giving fanboy alerts all the time. News Flash: This is a mac rumor site. Everyone here likes apple products and is a fan of them per se.