Hi, My fourth generation iPod didn't come with a microphone on headset. So it was a nice surprise when I got my iPhone and found the Headset to be different.
Take care, Carla. Sent from my iPhone On 22 Oct 2012, at 04:48 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > 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.
