Ultimate Ears, the headphone manufacturer initially started by Eddie Van Halen and his touring engineer Jerry Harvey, but now owned by well-known peripheral company Logitech, have introduced five new pairs of headphones this week, with two being designed for use with the iPhone. The 500vi and 200vi are both noise-isolating earphones, offering excellent sound clarity and

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Logitech has unveiled a couple new Ultimate Ears headsets that will work with the iPhone for making and receiving calls. The headsets are the Ultimate Ears 500vi and 200vi with a mic and inline volume controls costing $79.99 and $39.99 respectively. If your iTunes account is linked to your PayPal account, you had better check things out today. A bunch of accounts all around the country linked to PayPal have been hacked with as much as thousands of dollars in charges made. A new rumor has surfaced again focusing on the long rumored Verizon iPhone. This rumor says that the kinks are still being worked out for the largest network around to get the iPhone and that the main thing is trying to decide if 2011 or 2012 is the goal for launch.

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Sennheiser has announced a new line of “HD” closed headphones which are supposedly optimised for iPod, iPhone and other portable device use and are distinctly affordable.

The complete range of compact, lightweight and foldable HDs feature powerful neodymium magnets and ultra-light diaphragms and adjustable, comfortable ear cups.

The HD218 comes in at just £40 and offers punchy bass and decent mids and highs. The closed design helps to block both outside noise and sound leakage. They have a frequency response of 19 – 21000 Hz and weigh in at 224g with a 1.4m single-sided OFC cable.

For a tenner more, the HD228s offer extended treble (18 – 22000 Hz frequency response) and are available in either black or white finish.

Much more information available on the product pages: HD218 | HD228

iPhone 3G S comes with typical Apple headset buds, but for the first time these earbuds sport the new “remote”, which includes volume controls and more.

Apple previously introduced iin-ear headsets with remote and mic for the second generation iPod touch (and aluminum MacBooks) in September 2008, but clearly labeled them as not-compatible with the iPhone 2G or iPhone 3G because the “remote” part was useless.

What a different a generation makes.

1. Volume Down button
2. Center button
3. Volume Up button

Full control scheme introduced with the 4th gen iPod shuffle is available to iPhone 3G S owners with one difference — holding down the center button activates Voice Control.

via the iPhone Blog

Sennheiser has announced its latest range of sports-friendly earphones — the Sports II to be precise — and they come in a lovely bright shade of orange just in time for the summer. Oh, there’s blue too.

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