I agree that not including the microphone component in the iPod Touch headphones is pretty cheesy, but I'm going to guess that for $30.00 it'll be hard to find a comperable headset with microphone that can equal the quality of Apple's earpods. I'm sure that alternatives are out there, but for the vast majority you figure people will just fork over the thirty bucks and not bother with looking up reviews and so on. Apple's probably aware of this as well and figures the extra bump in earpod business is a nice plus.
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 8:48 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iPod Touch Fifth Gen headset has no microphone Hi Jim, I understand why the Nano does not come with a microphone headset and it's not what I am complaining about. I am talking about the iPod Touch, both third and fourth Generation iPod Touches came with the same headset as the iPhones which of course included a microphone. Regards, Sieghard From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jim Noseworthy Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 3:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: iPod Touch Fifth Gen headset has no microphone Sieghard and all: You are indeed correct in say ing that the New Nano iPods do not have inline controls. As for the home button, I personally do not see a problem with it. The unit appears to be very responsibe. Still, I think that the extra money, even for an iPod 16 GB, would be well spent. Cheers. From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 2:52 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: iPod Touch Fifth Gen headset has no microphone Hello Listers, I am just listening to the latest Today in iOS podcast. Since the iPod Touch Fifth Gen is now shipping Rob mentioned that iFixIt.com of course did their close examination of it's guts. Among other things they discovered that unlike the iPhone 5 which has 1 Gig of RAM the iPod Touch continues to have only 512 Mb along with the A5 processor which we already knew. They also mentioned that the home button design apparently is not as good as that of the iPhone 4S or 5, I guess we'll have to wait and see if iPod Touch users will have issues with the home key over time. Lastly, Rob said that apparently the ear pods that ship with the iPod Touch have no microphone which is almost too weird to believe and, if so, I think Apple should be ashamed to skimp on that just to save a couple of bucks especially since the iPod Touch Fifth Gen has SIRI and Facetime. Maybe some of those who received their iPod Touch Fifth Gen can confirm that although I doubt IFixIt would get it wrong. In the end it's not a deal breaker, but it basically means Apple not only maybe saves a few Dollars by designing the ear pods without microphone but they also force people who plan to use their iPod Touch a lot for Skype and so on to buy an extra set of ear pods; this is almost bad enough so that I would buy a third party headset just in order not to give Apple the extra $30. Regards, Sieghard No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2441/5346 - Release Date: 10/21/12 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
