Ironic. Apple's release of these earbuds is laugh-out-loud poor. Lately, apple has been making Microsoft look pretty good. Apple says they'll release these earbuds "next month" and then wait until the last possible second to actually put them on sale.
I think apple has lately been making themselves the laughing stock of the industry. Most real folks I know (non-apple-forum-folks) think the whole "apple thing" is a joke. They hate the dis-honesty in the commercials, and they laugh out loud at people that pay through the nose for sub-par computer hardware. Frankly, I can't blame them lately.
Apple is the loud, drunk brother at Thanksgiving. Full of hot air, and really funny, if he weren't so very, very sad.