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Originally Posted by Vincent Ferrari
You're probably 100% right, but in the end, if no one buys into it, it'll be the last time.
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I bet these things sell like hotcakes despite all the outrage in the blogosphere.
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Originally Posted by Vincent Ferrari
The truth is, as someone noted previously (either here or on Digital Home Thoughts) most people are perfectly happy with the included earbuds, so for a good chunk of the population, this discussion means nothing. If you already own $200 headphones, there's a good chance you won't be plugging them into a Shuffle anyway.
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I'm more of a $15 headphone guy than a $200 headphone guy. My issue is that I never really liked earbuds at all- I've always preferred the old Walkman style headphones with an arc that rests on top of your head. I'm using the included earbuds with my iPhone when I'm out and about despite my gripes about the earbud fit solely because I find the remote so handy. But that's a no go in the gym because the earbuds definitely won't stay in then. I might consider this shuffle if there were cheap alternate headsets available, but they probably never will be. I suppose I could use an adapter but then the convenient (for me) placement of the remote is lost since the adaptor will either be right next to where it plugs into the shuffle or else you'll have a cable management problem (too much cord) if the adaptor is made long. The advent of the authentication chip pretty much rules out cheap 3rd party alternatives. Oh well.
People will be really pissed in a year or two when Apple releases the next shuffle where the earbuds
ARE the shuffle.
