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Tagged ‘earphones’
UPDATE: The mysterious chip appears to be part of Apple’s Made For iPod certification scheme. While that’s not DRM, it still locks out any third party earphone manufacturers who don’t want to pay for the licence, and still means we’ll see price rises on approved products too.
The iPod shuffle earphones saga just took a nasty turn. The new iPod shuffle’s been busted open and dissected, and it looks like Apple‘s put a DRM chip in to prevent third party earphones controlling it. In other words, you’ll have to pay a premium for new Apple-approved headphones, or use the ones included. Read on for all the details.
The new iPod shuffle has divided Apple fans. It’s a great-looking, nanoscopic piece of kit, but audiophiles are grumbling about being forced to use Apple’s supplied earphones now that the iPod shuffle’s controls are on the white buds.
This ought to cheer the naysayers up then: Scosche has just announced it’s working on earphones for the new iPod shuffle! Read on for the skinny.
A pair of infrared earphones has been unveiled which will let you control electronic devices remotely with simple facial expressions. We’ve heard of the iPod shake to shuffle feature, but shake head to shuffle? Read on for all the details.
Denon’s AH-D7000 headphones. Just look at them. Gorgeous, aren’t they? The Japanese audio giant just dished up details of them, packing in beefy driver units, and wooden housings for warm sounds.
As celebrity endorsements go, Dr Dre’s not a bad name to slap on your electronics. These Beats in-ear buds follow the similarly-branded over-ear versions. Our favourite description, however, comes from Dre himself: “They’ll deliver sound so big, you’ll think you’ve got speakers in your ears.” Sold!
Bluetooth is nothing new, but Sony’s new wireless sports headphones announced today made us sit-up and listen (sorry). These clever cans not only sync up with your music player, but your phone at the same time, meaning more convergence, and less wire.
Got an iPhone? Looking forward to a 3G iPhone? Sennheiser just treated us to the first glimpse of its high quality music headset, especially built for the Apple handset, featuring control buttons for taking calls and listening to tunes on-the-go.