¶ 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).
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.
Comments
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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
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My earbuds (iPhone 3G) don’t seem to have the rubber ring you’re talking about.
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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?
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iPhone earbuds don’t have that rubber ring, only iPod ones.
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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.
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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.
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Now if only they’d come up with the same thing for Christmas tree lights…
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heheh – of course! great tip of the day, rich, thanks!
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I’ve bought my Iphone 3G in Italy and it don’t have the rubber ring.
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Does the bottom half not still get tangled up though?
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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.
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