Excess cord left hanging down from your earbuds really isn’t the end of the world. However, if it is bothering you, you might as well solve the issue. After all the extra cord can cause issues. When it’s hanging down loosely it’s easier to catch it on things or for you to accidentally grab it and end up ripping the earbuds out of your ears. Plus the cord hanging down just looks sloppy. Yes, it is a little anal to worry about it, but it’s not exactly an attractive cord. Well now you can pick up this 3-pack of...
Last Sunday The Simpsons took the piss out of Apple: the brand experience, the cult of the white earbuds and even Steve Jobs' sermons on the mount....
I haven’t watched The Simpsons in ages. I guess I just find it hard to relate to a show that I found funny when I was eight years old. But I was shocked to learn that in its 20 seasons, the show hadn’t really mocked Apple before — until last night. In an episode titled, “Mypods and Boomsticks,” the Simpson family travels to the new “Mapple” store in Springfield. It’s filled with “myPods,” “myPhones” and a “Brainiac Bar.” Lisa Simpson is sad because she can’t afford any of the products, so she tries to buy some “myPhonies,” fake earbuds so...
Get it while it’s still available on YouTube: The Simpsons’ clever send-up of “Mapple,” “MyPods,” “MyPhones” and “Steve Mobs,” whose real slogan, Lisa Simpson learns, is not “think differently” but “no refunds.” Our favorite scene: When the staff at the Mapple Store turn on Bart and prepare to flay him with their ear buds. Below the fold: two clips from the Apple (AAPL) spoof, via Engadget. ...
The Simpsons took on Apple and its fanatics in last night's episode, which was absolutely classic. And accurate. The USPS delivers Lisa's iPhone bill. "It's a gift from Apple!" Some favorite moments: Skewering the retail religion Lisa [gazing in wonder on the Apple Store]: "It's so ... sterile!" Skewering Apple's product promotion style Apple Store employee: "Our iCube ... is fuel by dreams and powered by imagination!" Skewering the ridiculous blinking light on Apple hardware Apple Store employee: "Sir, it's not even on yet." Homer: "But it's glowing." Apple Store employee: "That light confirms that it's off." Skewering Apple's prices...
“I can't afford any of your products, but…can I buy some fake white earbuds so people will think I have a MiPod?” Mapple founder Steve Mobs even makes an appearance! Contribute: Add an image, link, video or comment »...
Sennheiser just announced these totally wireless earbuds for the Japanese market. They are truly wireless and bandless: no loop of plastic connecting buds between the ears. Each bud has a 2.4GHz wireless receiver built into it, and Sennheiser promises 10 hours per charge with no compromise to wireless fidelity. Price is jaw-meets-cracked-sternum: $630. I eye these with a bit of skepticism. There is one notable advantage to wires: a cord snaking from your iPod makes it almost impossible to lose your ear buds. But there's very much the awareness of my own innate fuddyduddery: I feel like the first...
Short Version: The $99-after-rebate Quickfire from AT&T is an appealing alternative for the Sidekick crowd, but the promotion of AT&T’s music features without including earbuds or even some sort of adapter for the proprietary connector a real head-scratcher. Overview and Features: 3G handset with a full HTML web browser and a 320×240 touchscreen that slides up to reveal a nice QWERTY keyboard 1.3-megapixel camera Support for subscription music via Napster Mobile, plus support for MP3, AAC, AAC+, AMR, MIDI, and streaming radio formats Built-in AIM, Windows Live Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger along with support for AOL, Windows Live,...
Want beauty, practicality and the opportunity to get a free pair of chicBuds? Then read on, because we’ve got something you’ll want to hear… On the beautiful side, chicBuds are detailed with Swarovski Crystals, and come in five delicious colors. On the practical side, they have a cool little clip that allows you to attach them to your bag (so they donʼt get lost,) or to your clothes when you’re at the gym (to keep them from flying around.) The cord also has five stopping points so you don’t have to deal with a cord that’s too long or too...
iFrogz isn’t the most promising-sounding name if you’re looking for really nice-quality cans, but if you want to leave the high-end stuff at home and carry something personalized and expressive, these may be a good deal. They’ve got different art and colors for the headbands, outer earpiece, cushions, and so on, so the possibilities for customization are pretty numerous. The price is right, which suggests the sound is a little weak, but hey, if you were going to buy $20 earbuds or $35 headphones anyway, you might as well get some cool-looking ones. I was actually not expecting much...
The Altec Lansing UHS306 earbuds are, in our opinion, the best pair of wired earbuds that you can get for the iPhone in the under-$100 price range. You’ll find cloth wires that will greatly reduce instances of tangling (which is almost like two gifts in one!) The UHS306 also incorporates both an in-line microphone and in-line volume controls, which means you can use these to listen to your music and for taking phone calls. A switch hook, lapel clip, and mute controls round out these $89.95 earbuds. Even better? We’ve found them for $56.99. Be sure to check out more...
The ubiquity of iPods has led to a ridiculous glut of accessories, some useful, most not. The best of them have essentially become a seamless part of the iPod experience, but they'll all cost you — and it really starts to add up. The expansion of the iPod universe, however, is twofold; more official products are followed closely by nearly as many unofficial ones. In other words, you can fully accessorize your iPod or iPhone, old or new, pretty much for free. Cases A case will usually be the first thing people buy for their pods, and the first thing...
The ubiquity of iPods has led to a ridiculous glut of accessories, some useful, most not. The best of them have essentially become a seamless part of the iPod experience, but they'll all cost you — and it really starts to add up. The expansion of the iPod universe, however, is twofold; more official products are followed closely by nearly as many unofficial ones. In other words, you can fully accessorize your iPod or iPhone, old or new, pretty much for free. Cases A case will usually be the first thing people buy for their pods, and the first thing...
