Hi all, I do want to tell you thaqt in the settings you can tell the air pods to either be Siri or play/pause. You are right though that you cannot change the volume.
Jenn Sent from my iPad > On Mar 12, 2017, at 2:38 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Hi Carol, > > The Airpods are impressive, sound great and I'd love to have a pair. However, > at this point two things keep me from spending this much money for them: > first, there is no way to Play/Pause, Forward/Rewind or change the volume on > the Airpods except for bringing up SIRI and tell SIRI what you want to do. Of > course this would not be an option on a flight or if you are, for some reason > in Airplane mode or have no WiFi or data connection. Second, I have also an > Apple Watch and all reports I have heard say the Airpods don't switch well > between iPhone and Apple Watch. For such an advanced and expensive device and > one that has been designed by Apple this to me should be a given. If I listen > to something on my phone and I wake up my watch or a notification comes in on > the watch then the Airpods should switch instantly to the watch pausing > whatever I am listening to and, once the watch is done they should switch > back and resume playing my music or book or whatever. My Plantronics Voyager > Edge does this with a fraction of a second delay and I would expect that from > a device designed by Apple and for Apple devices. A third and myabe slightly > less important feature I would like to see is a small loop moldet into the > plastic on the part that sticks down and comes to a point (it could even be > at the end of that part) where you could attach a thin, but strong line or > cable to join both Airpods together which would make it much less easy to > loose them and it would be much easier to take them out of your ear and have > them hanging around your neck. > I totally expect that Apple will release a second generation of the Airpods > this fall along with their new iPhones and I will definitely wait as it is > only another 6 months until that happens to see what they improve. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Carol Pearson' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2017 9:09 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Airpod question. > > Mark, > > That made interesting reading for me and made me think that, just maybe, I'll > take a demo, if one's available at the shop because they sound as though they > were made for me! <Smiles> > > > Carol P > > > > >> On 24/02/2017 21:11, M. Taylor wrote: >> Hello Everyone, >> >> As with many things in life, it's all a matter of opinion. >> >> I can tell you that of all the 20+ Bluetooth headsets I've owned throughout >> the years, Apple Airpods are my absolute, without a doubt, favorite. >> >> I am amazed with how seamlessly they interface with iPhone. I absolutely >> love the fact that I can effortlessly switch from a single-ear to two-ear >> and back to a single-ear configuration, on the fly. >> >> The auto-ear detection is as close to magic as I've yet experienced on a >> Smartphone. >> >> If I am playing a song or listening to a book/podcast with Airpods, all I >> need do is to remove the Airpod from my ear and playback will pause and not >> resume until I place the Airpod back in my ear. Amazing! >> >> My favorite feature of Airpods, however, is how beautifully VoiceOver >> switches between Airpods and iPhone. >> >> With iPhone in my breast pocket, for example, and an alert comes in, that I >> want to explore privately, I simply place an Airpod in my ear and sound >> automatically transfers from the phone to my ear; when I'm done, I simply >> drop the Airpod back into either its case or a pocket, and sound >> automatically reverts back to iPhone. >> >> This may be difficult to believe but last night, I panicked when I >> could not find one of my Airpods only to have a sighted friend inform >> me that it was in my left ear. I know, I couldn't believe it either. >> Talk about being embarrassed; but they really are that comfortable. >> smile) >> >> Mind you, I am using Airpods with iPhone 6 Plus, only, so I can only imagine >> how much better they perform with newer iPhone models. >> >> I think Airpods are well worth their price and that Apple, once again, has >> ushered in a new era of technology with this most innovative accessory. >> >> Mark >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 9:34 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Airpod question. >> >> Hi Eric, >> >> Good choice, I think the current Airpods are quite a rip-off and in fact I >> was at an Apple Store today to buy a headset for my wife as an anniversary >> present and I was looking forward to checking out the Beats Solo and walked >> away deeply disappointed. I am in Canada so the Beats Solo here is $329.95 + >> taxes and while they sounded OK I could simply not believe such a large and, >> according to Apple, advanced headset has no volume control. First the >> Airpods have no volume control and now the Beats Solo also has no volume >> control, if this is the wireless future Apple invisions they need glasses. I >> ended up getting her a pair of the new BeatsX since she prefers earbud style >> headsets anyways over big clunky ones. As for the Solo I can only say that >> in addition to the lack of a volume control the sound is also just OK, I >> mean it's good but not special for the price. I have listened to many a >> headset that costs between $150 and $200 Canadian and think they sounded >> just as good. >> Another thing I noticed is that the canadian price for the BeatsX is a lot >> more favourible than that of the Airpods. If I am not mistaken the BeatsX in >> the States are $149 and the Airpods are $159, a $10 difference. Here in >> Canada the BeatsX are $179 and the Airpods are $219, a $40 difference in our >> currency. If I use the current exchange rate and convert $149 for the BeatsX >> to canadian it works out to about $195 Canadian, but Apple Canada only >> charges $179 so compared to the US price it's actually a good deal. If I >> convert the $159 US for the Airpods to Canadian it is $208 or $209 so at >> $219 Apple put a 5% upcharge on it at least based on the current exchange >> rate. How a $10 US difference works out to be a $40 Canadian difference when >> $10 US is about $13.2 or $13.5 I don't know. >> All in all I think that currently you can get a much better bang for your >> buck if you look at third-party headsets and the Apple W1 chip to me seems >> very much overrated. In fact, apart from the admitedly simple pairing >> process and maybe the fact that any other Apple device that is connected to >> the same Apple Id is supposed to pair I don't see a big advantage. >> If you think of it the initial pairing process of a regular bluetooth >> headset is also easy and in my view just as simple. With the BeatsX you >> still have to push and hold the on/off button and the only difference is >> that a message pops up on the screen asking if you want to connect to them >> so you save yourself a few taps by not having to go into bluetooth settings >> and to double tap on a newly paired device. With the BeatsX I had to double >> tap on "Connect" and then on "Done" with a normal bluetooth headset I have >> to double tap on Settings, then Bluetooth and then on the newly found device >> so it's one double tap more. >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of myrna Votta >> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 3:10 PM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Airpod question. >> >> Hi, >> >> Below is the link to the page which contains information and a link to David >> Woodbridge's podcast on the Air Pods. I received my Air Pods yesterday and >> I decided to listen to his podcast before I set mine up. It is excellent. >> http://www.applevis.com/podcast/episodes/apple-airpods-unboxing-descri >> ption-and-reviewto his podcast >> >> Myrna >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel >> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:01 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Airpod question. >> >> You can't turn them on or off and while I don't have a set of them I did try >> a pair at an Apple Store and I am pretty sure I remember that the battery >> status was displayed in the status line on the iPhone where this is usually >> showing for supported devices. I don't think you see how much battery is >> left in the case, though. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of M. Taylor >> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:40 AM >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Airpod question. >> >> Jennifer, >> >> David Woodbridge recently posted a fabulous podcast tutorial on setting up >> Airpods on AppleVis. >> >> I do not have the URL but I'm certain that a quick Google search will find >> it. >> >> Give it a listen. >> >> Mark >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On >> Behalf Of Jenifer Barr >> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 11:00 AM >> To: iPhone List >> Subject: Airpod question. >> >> Hi all. >> I finally got my airpods. Yay!!! >> Question: how do I check the batery status of the pods and the case? Also, >> isn't there a button on the case? 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