With the release of the new iPod Shuffle came a lot of speculation of the new headphones and how can you use third-party headphones, etc. Well rumor has it that Apple is including this chip inside of the iPod Shuffle headphones to turn them into a proprietary licensing scheme. This means that third-party manufactures who […]
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Mystery Chip Found Inside of New iPod Shuffle Headphones

Mar 16th 2009 by

With the release of the new iPod Shuffle came a lot of speculation of the new headphones and how can you use third-party headphones, etc. Well rumor has it that Apple is including this chip inside of the iPod Shuffle headphones to turn them into a proprietary licensing scheme. This means that third-party manufactures who wanted to make headphones for the iPod shuffle would have to pay fees to Apple to create them.

In case you haven’t heard, normal headphones are useless on the iPod Shuffle. If you were looking to use your new $300 Beats by Dre with your $79 Shuffle you will be out of luck. There are no controls in the Shuffle itself, shedding some real estate made the controls jump to the headphone cord. If this chip is part of a proprietary move by Apple, they are very intelligent. Apple’s headphones that include the controls will run you $29, but that’s almost half the price of a new iPod Shuffle!!!

Read the full article in the Source link to see what this mystery ship could actually be and how reverse-engineering it could mean prosecution under the DMCA.

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