We followed up on iLounge and BBGadgets' finds this weekend about rumours that the iPod Shuffle has an authentication chip in its headphone controller in order to work with the new control scheme. It does. Updated
Confirmed: Your iPod Shuffle Earbuds Need Proprietary Chip to Function
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