I'm confused about the Compatibility section. Do these headphones not work in non-Apple devices? If so, why? I wasn't aware that there were proprietary specs for headphones. I use the standard Apple headphones in other devices all of the time without issue. What is different about this product?
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#12If you can secure the patent, sounds like licensing might be the way to go here. Competing on the quality of the headphone is an entirely different (and expensive) problem, crowded with a ton of established companies. And if the headphones you produce aren't of decent quality, my hunch is that people won't buy them b/c sound is going to trump the inconvenience of tangled wires.
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#13Looks like it works well if you wrap them right away, but I can envision it being worse than no magnets if you just toss them in your bag.
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#14I'm confused about the Compatibility section. Do these headphones not work in non-Apple devices? If so, why? I wasn't aware that there were proprietary specs for headphones. I use the standard Apple headphones in other devices all of the time without issue. What is different about this product?
The headphones will work in non-Apple devices. The compatibility is for the attached mic/remote. The microphone will most likely work in other devices but the remote probably will not.
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#15Am I the only one that can use the Apple provided slider, slide it to the top, then wrap my headphones neatly and put them into a pocket in my bag and have them come out the same way they went in?
I haven't had issues with tangled headphones for years now...
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#16Not sure how well this will work when someone wraps their old hard drive based iPod (or brand new iPod classic) and wipes some bits on the drive...
It's fine to put magnets like this on hard drives. They are not strong enough to do any damage, especially given the space between the platters and the magnet that the case of the drive and iPod ensure. (Credit cards with high-coercivity magstripes are similarly immune.)
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#17Not sure how well this will work when someone wraps their old hard drive based iPod (or brand new iPod classic) and wipes some bits on the drive...
The hard drive itself contains comparatively huge neodymium permanent magnets. Those tiny magnets on the headphones will not affect the hard drive.
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#18If you can secure the patent, sounds like licensing might be the way to go here. Competing on the quality of the headphone is an entirely different (and expensive) problem, crowded with a ton of established companies. And if the headphones you produce aren't of decent quality, my hunch is that people won't buy them b/c sound is going to trump the inconvenience of tangled wires.
They are currently patent-pending. We are working with a manufacturer who already produce headphones. They make a range of models from cheap, average quality headphones to expensive high quality models. We can incorporate this design into all of them.
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#19What about the quality of the headphones? For me that's the main problem of Apple headphones: they are utter crap in terms of sound quality. Another problem I could see: you add weight to the chord which will make the headphones more likely to fall from the ear, that's a big deal if you do sports with it.
These headphones are the standard issue Apple headphones but we could release a higher quality headphone with the same magnetic cord. As for the weight, the magnets are so small they make it only slightly heavier, about the weight of a quarter. From our testing there is not much difference. The magnets secure the split cable under your chin so they stay in place while running.
How much does the just the headphone cord weigh (i.e. without the ear buds or the jack)? I would guess it's less than a quarter, so that you're more than doubling the cord weight, but I don't know. It's the proportional change in cord weight which is important.
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#20Looks like it works well if you wrap them right away, but I can envision it being worse than no magnets if you just toss them in your bag.
Yea but wrapping them up right away would be a sinch, right? 1-2 seconds.