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November 11, 2008

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Apple’s In-Ear Headphones are stretching the definition of “coming soon”

Posted Nov. 11, ’08, 2:42 PM PT by Aayush Arya
Category | Hardware » Accessories

Apple In-Ear Headphones boxApple had already made it public knowledge that there would be no more changes to their product lineup in 2008, so when the Apple Online Store went down last Tuesday, I’d expected them to make their new $79 In-Ear Headphones available for sale. But that Tuesday came and went and all we saw was the addition of some window dressing to herald the oncoming holiday season, with nary a mention of those headphones that were expected to ship by the end of October.

To refresh your memory, let me remind you that these new headphones were announced along with the new iPod lineup during the ‘Let’s Rock’ special music event in September. Featuring a woofer and a tweeter in each individual headphone, these high quality headphones are supposed to “deliver a truly immersive sound experience.”

There are three different sized interchangeable ear tips, a box for carrying them around, and a small remote and mic that allows you to play/pause/skip tracks, change the volume, and record audio using the built-in recording feature in the new iPod nano or any of the several third-party audio recording apps on the iPhone and iPod touch.

The default headphones that came with my iPhone are already in poor shape and I’ve been holding out on my purchase, waiting for Apple to release these new sonic wonder-things! Let’s just hope they get their act together and get them out the door before Christmas comes calling. Or sooner, preferably.


2 Comments

yash gupta Author Profile Page said:

I loved the witty title. And I have been holding out far too long for these. I think I might just give in and get a adapter like griffin smart talk for use with my ipod touch so that I can make skype calls.

November 11, 2008 8:28 PM
Tony Jones said:

They're definitely going for the Blizzard defintion of "Soon".

Has there been any hands-on experience with these so we know what to expect?

November 12, 2008 8:46 AM

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