When it comes to the iPod it’s a great product but I personally think the earbuds are pretty bad, I don’t care for the way they sound or the way they fit, I like true in-ear style, the ones that come with the iPod just don’t stay in my ears… I personally have a couple nice pairs of earbuds that I use for my MP3 players, but getting other pairs for review is nice as well because I get a chance to try new things out.
Our friends at USBFever have sent me over an interesting set of earbuds that work with the iPhone or iPod. They’re inexpensive, coming in at around $14 shipped, and what’s nice about them is that they have a remote control built in-line. This remote control can not only play or pause your music but it can also skip forward and backwards as well.
Product Name: Stereo In-ear Earphone for iPhone / iPod
Author: Kristofer Brozio
Sponsor: USBFever
Tech Specs,Features or the Basic Info:
Stereo In-ear Earphone for iPhone / iPod
Product Code#:AF1153ipod
Price: US$15.99
Features:
- – Free your hands off
- – Microphone
- – In-ear style Stereo Earphones
- – No need for extra power
- – Lightweight
Operations (for calls / iPhone):
– Press once to answer / reject / hand up calls
Operations (for Music Playback):-
– Press once to play / pause / stop
– Press twice shortly to NEXT
This accessory is compatible with the following:
- – iPhone 2G (classic or 1st Generation)
- – iPhone 3G
- – iPhone 3GS
- – iPod Classic
- – iPod Touch 1st
- – iPod Touch 2nd (if you use VoIP with your iPod Touch 2nd, you can talk and hear, it is full duplex! see notes below)
- – iPod Video
- – iPod Nano
- – iPod Shuffle
Color: – Black
Package Contents: – Stereo In-ear Earphone for iPhone / iPod x 1
Packaging: – Polybag
Note: – For iPod Touch 2nd Generation (and only), if you have Fring installed, you can talk to other parties via MSN, SkyPE….), it means it is a Netphone.
Unboxing
The Stereo In-ear Earphone for iPhone / iPod come in a bag and that’s it, nothing special, but there is another set of covers included in a separate smaller bag.
The cable is nice and long, these have the one side is longer than the other style to them which can be nice.
The buds themselves are plastic with metal on them, they’re mushroom style buds.
The in-line remote is triangular in shape and has no markings on it at all, the top or button is glossy and it all pushes in.
Installation, Testing and Comparison:
I used the Stereo In-ear Earphone for iPhone / iPod with my iPod nano 4th generation for testing.
The sound quality isn’t bad, but it’s not great either, for the price though it’s better than expected, so that’s a good thing…
Using the remote is easy actually and it works well.
Press once to play or pause, click twice to go to the next song and you can click three times to go backwards to the previous song. The in-line remote is nice really and it works.
Summary and Comments:
The Stereo In-ear Earphone for iPhone / iPod from USBFever.com is a nice little product with an easy to use and useful in-line remote control.
The sound quality is not great but better than expected for such a low price.
If you’re looking for an inexpensive set or earbuds with remote for your iPod, iPhone or HTC Phone then you might want to check these out…
DragonSteelMods gives the Stereo In-ear Earphone for iPhone / iPod a 4.5 out of 5 score.
Pros:
- +Long cable
- +Useful in-line remote control
- +For the price, the sound is better than expected
- +Seems fairly well made
Cons:
- -Not the greatest sound
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