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Tim Cook Says He Expects AirPods to Ship Over 'Next Few Weeks' in Email to Customer
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For me its not about the selling of these (I'm sure Apple will make $$$ on them) but more the convenience and portability. That dental floss like case is great... stick in your pocket and you have earphones everywhere you go.
About time they ship overpriced dental floss, look, people aren't going to wait around for the "magic" to come around for months.
Frustrates me to no end a company can you screw up putting out pair of earphones.
Apple really lost it there.
Frustrates me to no end a company can you screw up putting out pair of earphones.
Apple really lost it there.
The portable charging case is my second favorite feature, where I can carry them anywhere and charge when need be. It's not the fact Apple is providing the carrying case, it also serves for charging. 15 minutes of charge equals three hours of usage.
My worry is that the beam-forming microphone won't be able to understand me as well as the cable microphone i use on the EarBuds.
Ha. Replace the word AirPods with socks - same issue in describing an item that is known as a "pair of...", that comes in twos, but can only be purchased in pairs. Although it's more complicated when you say you're going to buy a pair of pants or skivvies, since you're not generally getting two of either (although pants do come with a pair of pant legs).
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I've got a headset that comes with a charging / protection case that works fine for keeping the headset safe in my briefcase, but can't fit it in my pocket. I think that the way I'll use the AirPods for daily work use, is to use one at a time, as I do now with my current Edge headset (since it's just for talking), keeping the other AirPod in the charger, so I can swap them during the day as the one charge gets used up. I may be surprised in wanting to use them in stereo, but I like to have one ear free just to hear what's going on around me - at least when I'm on the phone. If they sound ok, I will likely use them more for music listening and it will be interesting to see if they work for running with them in.
Today I learned what the guy in your avatar is looking at...
you do understand many of the bluetooth earbud manufacturers are putting the batteries in the ear piece. All Jaybirds for instance.
Yes, I would feel safer with the Airpods because the battery is probably in the stem outside the ear.
Although, I've never had an issue with other BT earpieces.
With current battery concerns, my preference is to be cautious with the only ears that I have.
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Wow - I would hate to work for the corporation that you work for. I regularly email the CEO and he emails me. The emails are not full of flowery platitudes but rarely do I get "S - do XYZ". Similarly when I am advising him I have to give some rationale to the advice.
Also unless you are going to fail to deliver XYZ I wouldn't be emailing the CEO to update him on the progress unless specifically asked.
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Many customers are anxiously anticipating the release of Apple's wireless AirPods, originally slated to launch in October but later delayed. Fortunately, the wait may soon be over.![AirPods-duo-250x139.jpg]()
MacRumors has been forwarded an email in which Apple CEO Tim Cook, responding to a customer, allegedly said he anticipates AirPods to begin shipping "over the next few weeks."MacRumors has verified the email's full headers appear to originate from Apple's corporate servers, while Apple executives are known to respond to customers on occasion, but as a boilerplate disclaimer, it should be noted these emails can of course be faked. Apple did not immediately respond to request for comment.
Apple has so far only said it needed "a little more time" before AirPods are ready for customers, while conflicting rumors have pointed towards release dates between December and January, offering little clarity. AirPods remain listed as both "coming soon" and "currently unavailable" on different sections of Apple's website.
Article Link: Tim Cook Says He Expects AirPods to Ship Over 'Next Few Weeks' in Email to Customer
First airplane trip with iphone7 .... charging the iphone made it my longest ride ever... ohhh and I lost my adaptor:-/
I think the beam-forming microphone won't be a major issue in general, but in a noisy environment, perhaps. But good question.
The issue with your statement is sophomoric and very glib.
The Airpods meet functionality over form. Customers who purchase these are not concerned with some grade school comment about what someone else might think when wearing them. Who cares.
I would like to think we are adults who can respect someone else for their preferences when it comes to wearing a set of Airpods, let alone choices. But it's clear we live in a world where someone has to make it known they will haze and bully someone else because of a pair of Airpods. Pathetic.
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Anybody who laughs st somebody else for using something that they find useful is clearly a child or a very immature adult
It's actually more like Sony removing their Audio Out. Which they haven't done. Your comparison was terrible.
I can respect everyone's preferences, just like they should respect that I find them literally laughable and prefer to laugh at them. Welcome to freedom of expression buddy.
And so, I WILL laugh.
Oh, and I guess I won't be the only one:
https://www.cnet.com/products/apple-airpods/preview/
If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen.
Trollers gonna be trollers. The funny thing about his juvenile comment is when you look at any other headset, they make everyone look silly in a sense, it's just that we have gotten used to folks wearing "cans" on their heads that make them look like air traffic controllers and we also accept that function is more important than form. Same with earbuds, when you think about it there's nothing that looks especially great about having some long white cords dangling from your ears, but Apple made that look acceptable and "cool" in its ads.
I'm not your "Buddy." And clearly other forum members don't share your views and biases. Posting a CNet article proves nothing. However, you have proven the toxic behavior exhibited through your inflammatory comments is juvenile. Moving on.
Well, the whole point of beam forming (along with the voice training algorithms Apple have only slightly implemented at this point) is noisy environments.
I'm excited for the new class of solid state microphones that are hitting the markets soon, allowing for completely dust/waterproof microphones that when paired in an array will allow services like Google, Siri/whatever to only pick up on your voice in a room full of others.
I'm looking forward to testing the Airpods in general and hopefully they have some form of filter. Time will tell.
Sorry, but if you decide to wear one of those huge umbrella hats because you don't want to get sunburned, it would generate laughter from more than just children.
So, where's the line? Visual gags have been used in comedy, um, ALWAYS.
And that's what the AirPods are. Hilarious.
But, if a person's too emotionally weak to handle someone laughing at them, well, it's time to grow up or seek professional help.
You are seriously comparing an umbrella hat with a pair of earphones? Really?
People aren't going to look any worse than people who wear massive headphones around with them. If anything they look worse and more obvious than any air pods would
I would really care less if people did laugh at me with airpods on. Would simply mean their life is far more pathetic than mine ever would be.
People don't buy products like this and spend money on them to care what others think. Why would what complete strangers think in the street matter? Certainly when it comes to when they first get released more will be looking and wondering if those are the air pods more than people would think about laughing