One of CrunchGear’s crew snagged a looksie at the buds coming standard with the Zune 2, and apparently, they’re quite earworthy. They’re “a mashup between the current premium headphones and the V-Moda buds you see up top.” Microsoft’s also chunking cheap plastic cables in favor of cloth-wrapped ones—hopefully, the brown and black stripes look less drab than they sound. Topping it off, they actually sound good, too. Standard buds that don’t sound sub-standard—quite a concept. [CrunchGear]
What made these $100 headphones irresistible Apple store iPhone retail bait? If it was a sin to use white earbuds with a nano, it surely was a sin to use it with a $600 phonepod. They’re also the only headphones to launch with the iPhone that explicitly work with the recessed headphone jack. They sound great, but they’ve got one flaw. galleryPost('vmodaiphone', 4, 'Vmoda Vibe Duo');
