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Microsoft Is Jumping Onto the Wireless Earbud Bandwagon, Says Report (arstechnica.com)
According to a report by Brad Sams at Thurrott, Microsoft is going to expand its range of audio hardware with the introduction of a set of wireless earbuds. They will accompany the Surface Headphones, a premium-priced pair of wireless headphones that Microsoft released last year. Ars Technica reports: Microsoft has shipped earbuds before: the Zune media player came with earbuds with a feature that sounds simple but is actually ingenious: the earbuds were magnetic and would stick together back to back. The result? Much less cable tangling when you put them in your pocket or bag. Surface Headphones seem to be competitive with other noise-cancelling over-the-ear headphones: their wireless range is great, the noise cancelling is solid, and their volume and noise-cancelling dials are a joy to use, but their battery life and Bluetooth audio standard support are both weak. As such, Microsoft is not totally without experience in this area and has shown that it can engineer thoughtful, compelling designs. How the putative earbuds will stand out from the crowd remains to be seen, of course.
The existing Surface Headphones were codenamed Joplin, raising the question: Janis or Scott? The earbuds make the answer to that question clear; they're apparently codenamed Morrison, as in Jim, meaning that the over-the-ear headphones are clearly named for Janis. Sams says that "Surface Buds" has been mooted as their retail name, with a possible launch in 2019.
The existing Surface Headphones were codenamed Joplin, raising the question: Janis or Scott? The earbuds make the answer to that question clear; they're apparently codenamed Morrison, as in Jim, meaning that the over-the-ear headphones are clearly named for Janis. Sams says that "Surface Buds" has been mooted as their retail name, with a possible launch in 2019.
The existing Surface Headphones were codenamed Joplin, raising the question: Janis or Scott? The earbuds make the answer to that question clear; they're apparently codenamed Morrison, as in Jim, meaning that the over-the-ear headphones are clearly named for Janis.
So named because they'll likely cause your untimely death,
Everybody copy Apple
Just provide a convenient and cost-effective means of replacing the battery when it fails. The current suite of ridiculously priced wireless earbuds are all drastically limited in lifetime by how many recharges the batteries can take before they don't even last the evening.
They're cheaper and slightly less shite than Apple's!
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Just provide a convenient and cost-effective means of replacing the battery when it fails.
Except your concern is not even a thing for most people, so how would it stand out?
An AirPods user can just have Apple replace batteries when needed a few years down the road. Why make a product suck (which it would using any kind of common battery) for something you may need to do once every few years?
Or maybe they make some kind of super custom Microsoft battery. Honestly how is a user having to change out tiny super-expensive micro batteries "better" by any metric?
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My Zune could use one.
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They'e even got cool little flying chair logos on them.
He can even make amazing tunes.
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I'm never buying anything from Microsoft ever again after they fucked up Windows Phone.
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You know what, instead of worry about 3 batteries (left, right, phone) I bet they could get it up to 5 if they really tried. And make sure they die after 2 years and are proprietary and direct soldered. THAT is what intelligent buyers really want.
When the market place decided wireless Bluetooth was the way to go for audio. Its wasn't for the audio quality argument. It was because makers of these earbuds and headphones could charge more for wireless then wired. For myself eliminating the wire wasn't worth the added costs.
Give them a chance, M$ makes better hardware than they do software, these have a chance. Hopefully next surface will have charging pad like samsung is doing.
I'm still waiting for a smartphone where the buds are small enough to actually pop out of a storage hub in the phone - would love to see this.
As usual, several years late. Without a monopoly to leverage, chances are this will fizzle - par for the course for MS.
I’d like the brown ones, please.
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The things shown on the web page are earphones not earbuds.