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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
But, you can use the Shuffle with random headphones - you just can't control it.
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Having
zero control over an MP3 player hardly seems like you're really using it.
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
You're implying that they'll remove on-screen controls off the nano, touch, classic, and iPhone
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I'm not sure how you got that from what I wrote, but no, that's not what I meant. I'm sure physical controls will remain on the other iPods.
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
...or that they'll go further and deny access to regular headphones. Is it impossible? No. Do I think it's going to happen? No way.
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Yes, that's what I believe will happen. I believe that Apple wants to only allow headphones that they make a profit off of to function properly in their iPods. Doing this on the Shuffle was a way to test the waters.
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
Let's be precise -- Apple has added support for the same chip-based inline volume control on the 4th gen nano and the 2nd gen touch -- it's just optional.
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I wonder if that chip technology has the ability to not send any audio out the headphone jack if the chip isn't detected? I bet it does. We'll see what Apple does with that.
