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Avoiding headphone tangleness

Over on Daring Fireball, Gruber observed that iPod headphone cables ‘get terribly tangled when bunched up in a pocket or pouch’ and went on to say that:

This has been a constant irritation for me ever since I first got an iPhone. In the back of my mind, I’ve had the vague hope that the problem would eventually be solved by wireless earphones.

John posits that the problem has been solved by the new rubbery headphone cables that come with iPhone 3G. I say the problem has been solved for ages (and not just on Apple headphones).

iPhone headphones with cable tidy slid into place

See that rubber ring you can slide up the cord from where the two cables join together? When you’re ready to pack away your headphones, slide that ring all the way up to the ear buds and it will stop them getting tangled up when you stuff them away.

Yes, I’m sure everybody knows this already. But if you didn’t… well now you do, and may your headphones stay disentangled forevermore.

7 November 2008

§ Music · Apple

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  1. 1

    Of course! You’re so right. I’m kinda hurting now. So many hours of my life wasted when the solution was just.. there.

    A heartfelt thank you. Obviously I still need the obvious pointed out to me sometimes :D

    Søren
    Søren’s Gravatar
    7 Nov 2008
    17:04 GMT
  2. 2

    My earbuds (iPhone 3G) don’t seem to have the rubber ring you’re talking about.

    Wolf
    Wolf’s Gravatar
    7 Nov 2008
    17:47 GMT
  3. 3

    Mine neither. I’ve got 3G headphones, 2G iPhone headphones, plus headphones from 3g iPod and IPod Nano, all of which are different in some way, none of which have this rubber ring. I’m wondering what you mean?

    Dave Foy
    Dave Foy’s Gravatar
    7 Nov 2008
    23:07 GMT
  4. 4

    iPhone earbuds don’t have that rubber ring, only iPod ones.

    Andreas
    Andreas’s Gravatar
    8 Nov 2008
    14:16 GMT
  5. 5

    I wrap my SONY (ipod phones have terrible sound quality) Headphones round my ipod and secure with an elastic hair tie. Stops em tangling and keeps them relatively unkinked.

    sueper
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    10 Nov 2008
    00:06 GMT
  6. 6

    I’ve also pondered a solution to the same problem, coming to the same ends: wireless.

    I’m glad Apple integrate the rubber part. I always lose mine with the Sony phones I’ve used, and continue to use, in the past.

    Lewis Litanzios
    Lewis Litanzios’s Gravatar
    10 Nov 2008
    10:00 GMT
  7. 7

    Now if only they’d come up with the same thing for Christmas tree lights…

    Paul Annett
    Paul Annett’s Gravatar
    10 Nov 2008
    14:51 GMT
  8. 8

    heheh – of course! great tip of the day, rich, thanks!

    cath
    cath’s Gravatar
    11 Nov 2008
    08:45 GMT
  9. 9

    I’ve bought my Iphone 3G in Italy and it don’t have the rubber ring.

    Prestito
    Prestito’s Gravatar
    17 Nov 2008
    15:58 GMT
  10. 10

    Does the bottom half not still get tangled up though?

    Paul@Green Home
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    30 Nov 2008
    19:33 GMT
  11. 11

    Does the bottom half not still get tangled up though?

    Surprisingly not. I just wrap the cable around a few fingers and it stays pretty much in place, I guess because it’s effectively just one cable rather than three.

    Rich
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    1 Dec 2008
    09:26 GMT
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