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Zagg smartbuds, Updated, with a review

Zagg just released these new smartbuds ~ zagg /audio/smart-buds.php~, (can't post actual links yet).
some of there specs are
"Compatible with iPhone, iPhone 3G/3GS, iPhone 4 and all 3.5mm jacks"
I wonder if there "controls will work with Android or at least Double Twist
I went ahead and pulled the trigger on these things and here is what I think so far
Pros:
noise canceling mic (haven't tested it yet)
extensive cord management
armor covered cords, makes them tough and tangle free, REALLY!
built control works with Mixing app
comfortable
Cons:
a little flat in my opinion, compared to shure SE210 but mixing's equalizer made up for it
volume control is analog, it only controls the volume to the phones, independent to phone volume
Still doesn't have the remote functionality of some iphone head phones
I was really hoping to get a little more out of these. I have to say they a probably have the most feature for android users than any other head phones out there. They have one button and a slider on the "mic" part. The one button works like the one button for the latest shuffle, one click=pause, one click= play, double click=forward track, and triple click=back one track. The volume slide is analog so the range of volume depends on how loud the volume is set on the phone. Overall these are pretty good, I'd say the best for the money. the coating of the wires really does make them pretty tangle free. A good buy for $50, a better buy if you check slick deals for a coupon.

I hope they work well with me EVO
Well I just ordered a set of these as I think they will be perfect for work. Still haven't found what buttons will actually work with the EVO but if I can at least answer and hang up then they'll be way better then the Sony set I just returned. Plus I love the way there designed to wear. I have a set of Shure headphones that you wear like that and they are awesome.
it looks like they dropped the price to $50 on zaggs site. and I was able to get them for $40 with the discount code "ZAGG20"
I'll try and post back how well they work with my EVO when I get them.

reallango said:
I'll try and post back how well they work with my EVO when I get them.
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PLease do, as I am interested in buying a pair of zagg buds

Ok those things look comfortable...waiting eagerly on your review.

It shipped Friday so I should have it some time this week.
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Do you have to put water in your ear canals before you insert them?

SilverZero said:
Do you have to put water in your ear canals before you insert them?
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Actually it's water mixed with baby oil. plus they come with a multipurpose squidgy q-tip. JK.
I really can't wait for mine to come in. I figured the volume control would be analog although I was hoping for digital. and I never really expected them to sound as good as my Shure se210's but when you consider the price difference and the terrible build quality on Shure's optional Mic (which only lasted 6 months for me tops. Which is the same problem I had for the original Shure extension cable) I'm sure I will be happy with them. I mean considering these have a longer warranty and cost the same as I paid for the Shure Mic alone I won't mind carrying these with me too work and risking damage. and my se210's can stay home by my computer where they belong.

Does the mic button work for answering a call and ending it?

Alex_GP said:
Does the Mic button work for answering a call and ending it?
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well I just got mine in haven't got a chance to give them a good full test yet.
I have noticed that the button does answer incoming calls although it doesn't end them on my Evo running DamageControl V3.5. Instead it mutes the Mic. This is rather annoying and I hope theres an option somewhere to change that so I can hang up on people with out having to take my phone out.
I also haven't been able to get the previous track by triple pressing the button instead it goes forward a track and then pauses.
I'll give more info after I've had more of a chance to play around with them.
Edit: Ok so I did a little looking and it seems a long press on the button will end the call. So now I'm happy. So when in a call a quick press mutes the mic and a long press ends the call.

You probably couldn't run with these, huh. I need a pair of earphones/headphone that I can run with that has a remote so I can play and pause and skip without having to reach for my phone.

Check my signature for my review on the Nokia BH-214. It's bluetooth that costs me $48 shipped from Amazon! It can do all this can and more!

sparhawk6 said:
You probably couldn't run with these, huh. I need a pair of earphones/headphone that I can run with that has a remote so I can play and pause and skip without having to reach for my phone.
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I'm not a runner but I don't see any reason you couldn't run with these. They fit in your ears pretty tight and with the slides you can adjust them so the cable won't tug them out your ear.
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Running will in-ear headphones is horrible. Every step you take feels and sounds like someone smacking you on the head.
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sparhawk6 said:
Running will in-ear headphones is horrible. Every step you take feels and sounds like someone smacking you on the head.
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Huh never heard of that before. I use to do a little running with my old Sony in-ears and don't remember any such issue. Granted I have very little endurance so I was never running for long. Maybe I'll go to the track in the next few days and give it a try with my shures and zaggs and see if I notice what your talking about.
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reallango said:
Huh never heard of that before. I use to do a little running with my old Sony in-ears and don't remember any such issue. Granted I have very little endurance so I was never running for long. Maybe I'll go to the track in the next few days and give it a try with my shures and zaggs and see if I notice what your talking about.
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Do these headphones seal in the air? That's the problem - the ear pressure.

LAYGO said:
Check my signature for my review on the Nokia BH-214. It's bluetooth that costs me $48 shipped from Amazon! It can do all this can and more!
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WOW. This looks awesome. And it works with the EVO? Thanks!

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Do these headphones seal in the air? That's the problem - the ear pressure.
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Well, if that`s the case.. maybe some smaller buds would do the trick? (I saw smaller ones on Zagg`s site).
Please note that I haven`t used any bud-type headphones so I`m only speculating.

Alex_GP said:
Well, if that`s the case.. maybe some smaller buds would do the trick? (I saw smaller ones on Zagg`s site).
Please note that I haven`t used any bud-type headphones so I`m only speculating.
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Well they do come with different sizes. But the problem with buds is if they don't seal then they don't sound right. Plus they would be more likely to fall out. Although I wonder how well it would work if you used the foam style tips and cut breather grooves. You would probably loose some sound quality if it worked but at least they shouldn't fall out all the time. If I get a chance to go to the track in the next couple of days I might try a few things but between rain and drama I haven't gotten over there yet.
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reallango said:
Well they do come with different sizes. But the problem with buds is if they don't seal then they don't sound right.
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Ah... I didn`t know that... like I said, I haven`t used bud style headphones.

everyone has different reviews, so you cannot use comfort for a reason to buy these. i went through 8 different models of bluetooths at bestbuy before i found one that was good.
yes they hated me for doing it, but that's their fault with the 30day return policy

Anyone else with a DIY docking station?

Here is a quick one that I put together this morning at work. Luckily I had my old Tilt (not tilt2) here.
http://imgur.com/ICVP3l&vpjvI

phlunkie said:
Here is a quick one that I put together this morning at work. Luckily I had my old Tilt (not tilt2) here.
http://imgur.com/ICVP3l&vpjvI
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Nice! That's a great idea I am going to have to think something up for this and my Nexus One.

phlunkie said:
Here is a quick one that I put together this morning at work. Luckily I had my old Tilt (not tilt2) here.
http://imgur.com/ICVP3l&vpjvI
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i just made the EXACT same thing at work with the exact same hp keyboard, thanks!

domin8 said:
i just made the EXACT same thing at work with the exact same hp keyboard, thanks!
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That's where my keyboard went! Don't worry I have another.
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I too have been trying to make one, although I'm trying to make one of slightly higher quality. To me the method you have chosen sort of makes it a more attractive option to just have it be laying on the table. I have been experimenting with several prototype concepts of mine and I will consider sharing if any of them work. My biggest limitation obviously is the lack of a 3d printer, so I have to make it out of sculpt-able materials.

Sweet, please keep us updated.
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I just made one over the weekend. I made it out of wood and scrap aluminum that I had laying around. I don't have pictures right now but I will post them if anyone is interested. It is more of a bedside clock radio adaptation for the phone than a desktop dock.
Some"features" and what I did;
1. Small wood box (9"wide X 5" deep X 5" tall).
2. Phone slides/docks into aluminum plate on front.
2a. USB plug goes to wall charger.
2b. Headphone jack goes to amplifier inside dock
3. Internal amp has control nob under the phone for Volume, Bass and Treble.
4. Each side of the dock box has 3" speaker powered by the internal amp.
The first build is black with brushed aluminum plates. By the dimensions listed above you can see the size is slightly large. That is intended to provide good acoustics for the chosen speakers and amplifier. I have not solid mounted the plugs yet as I do not like my fist dock plate design and will be changing it. After the dock plate is finished I will hard mount the plugs for smooth single action docking.
If anyone is interested in seeing this monstrosity I can post up some pics. I am happy with the design but need to finalize it. I think it;s nice considering it was done with scraps around the house.

I made a simple one out of an expired AAA card...

My AAA card expires in 4 weeks. Now I know what to do with it.

Crap this means I have to get an AAA card now...
Very cool, and it is portable.

Shovelhead84 said:
If anyone is interested in seeing this monstrosity I can post up some pics. I am happy with the design but need to finalize it. I think it;s nice considering it was done with scraps around the house.
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I am interested. Might be the inspiration I need.

phlunkie said:
Crap this means I have to get an AAA card now...
Very cool, and it is portable.
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I just used my wifes' credit card. I didn't even have to wait for it to expire, it still worked perfectly.

Battlehymn said:
I just used my wifes' credit card. I didn't even have to wait for it to expire, it still worked perfectly.
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Nice knowing you.
I'll have to go home and get all my woman's cards and test different ideas. I think I'll run them over a magnet first to ensure to no data leakage from the cards.

phlunkie said:
I am interested. Might be the inspiration I need.
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Ok, here are some shots. Still need to make a new dock plate and I need to epoxy the plugs in place. After the plugs are locked down I will make a small cover for them. The cables you see in the back are USB, AMP Power, and a small jumper for a connection i did not have room for inside.
The speakers are 3" full range with 2.5" drivers and covered with pc fan grills. From left to right the knobs control Volume(power on/off), Bass, and Treble. The use of 1/2" particle board and large air space allows it to give a nice thumb on the lower freq.
The purpose of this is for bedroom clock radio/alarm clock. It is a bit to large and redundant for most computer desks.

Very Nice!!!! You should sell these.

droidal said:
Very Nice!!!! You should sell these.
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Some others suggested that, too. Would be cool because it can be universal to several model phones. The parts were from junk in my garage and computer room so I am sure it would be hard to replicate. Could be much smaller with the right parts but not sure what kind of cost it would entail. I figured some others on here could give some ideas for the next version and possibly get some inspiration from this one.

Jesus that thing is HUGE!!
I just want a small dock I can sit on my desk at work

Well here is my dock. Simple and small.

YellowGTO said:
Well here is my dock. Simple and small.
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What was\is that thing?
Side note: what year gto?

aloant said:
I made a simple one out of an expired AAA card...
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on a side note what clock/weather widget is that? Looks nice

[MOD] WiiMote on the go

I put these pieces together to make a sweet Wii Controller to go. It gets a little heavy, but it's balanced well. Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw_UBLt-Ckk

nothing there man

That was a pretty slick idea man! I may have to build my own rig for myself now. Thanks for the idea, props!

OGWisdom said:
That was a pretty slick idea man! I may have to build my own rig for myself now. Thanks for the idea, props!
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It was really easy too. The only hard part was super gluing everything together.

Ok, so you have inspired me, I went out n bought the classic pro controller, and I LOVE your idea of the slide in behind holster for the motion controller, I might have to build up something similar, but without the part for the phone itself.
Im gonna keep looking to see if there is something for the pro controller and post back.
Thanks for the idea!

Simply amazing. This looks like a great portable solution.

Looks awesome, but has to weigh a ton! I can see getting fatigued pretty quickly if you're not resting the controller on something while playing.

bradleyw801 said:
I put these pieces together to make a sweet Wii Controller to go. It gets a little heavy, but it's balanced well. Check it out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw_UBLt-Ckk
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Nicely done! i'm going to have to build myself one of those when i get some extra cash.
Question for you, like the commenter on your video asked, how did you get that effect when turning off the phone? (the old tube-tv style scrunch and power-off)

SilverStone641 said:
Question for you, like the commenter on your video asked, how did you get that effect when turning off the phone? (the old tube-tv style scrunch and power-off)
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Use a Gingerbread-based ROM (he mentions he is using Ultimate Droid 3.1).

Very cool. I like the idea.

Smart cover case

This looks really good, has anyone gotten one?
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=270791339617&index=15&nav=SEARCH&nid=92293760327

Looks promising, I just don't like the part you slip the Tab into. I hate the way the Tab looks in cases like that. I much prefer the case holding the Tab in place at the four corners or like a true smart case like Apples.

http://cgi.ebay.com/270791339617?ru...39617&_sacat=See-All-Categories&_fvi=1&_rdc=1

sixstringsg said:
This looks really good, has anyone gotten one?
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=270791339617&index=15&nav=SEARCH&nid=92293760327
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The same case is cheaper and from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005DIQG4I?tag=5336653508-20

katlimaal said:
The same case is cheaper and from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005DIQG4I?tag=5336653508-20
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Cool, thanks. Well, I'm gonna bite the bullet on that and give it a try. Only $19 anyway, no huge loss if it sucks.

I hope it's good!! I want a case like this!

There is a rather unflattering review of that amazon sold smart cove in the long cases review thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16299259&postcount=103

Jnn1 said:
There is a rather unflattering review of that amazon sold smart cove in the long cases review thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16299259&postcount=103
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Well, so much for that. Love the concept though. I would spend more than $20 on a working one.

Review really sucks
hi, here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16299259#post16299259
After three days of using it, do not buy, the material stretch so bad i can't reach the volume or power control, can't plug the power with the case close. But mostly is a price of cap, don,t waste your 20 bucks.
My humble opinion
Moi

Since when does a ziploc bag constitute as a waterproof case?!

I just ordered one of these http://www.dealextreme.com/p/protec...-cleaning-cloth-for-samsung-p7510-black-82402
It also comes in a bunch of other colors

ericlmccormick said:
I just ordered one of these http://www.dealextreme.com/p/protec...-cleaning-cloth-for-samsung-p7510-black-82402
It also comes in a bunch of other colors
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I love the wake-up/sleep function but I'm a bit skeptical that it has that. When you get it, can you confirm this? Thanks. If it does, I might get one myself.

trees812 said:
I love the wake-up/sleep function but I'm a bit skeptical that it has that. When you get it, can you confirm this? Thanks. If it does, I might get one myself.
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yeah, i can't imagine that it has the wake up and sleep option, and if it does, why on earth don't other covers take advantage of this feature...
some of the pictures make the case look a bit vinyl like which I would not like, i'd gladly pay double for a higher quality.....if only....

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http://cgi.ebay.com/270791339617?ru...39617&_sacat=See-All-Categories&_fvi=1&_rdc=1
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I love this part of the description: "100% brand new,high quality Man-made leather". That is one cool way to say imitation!

anyone have this yet? real curious about the sleep wake functionality.

Quite honestly I have to wonder how hard it is to tap the power button when people want to use the Tab?

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Quite honestly I have to wonder how hard it is to tap the power button when people want to use the Tab?
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it's not hard, but
a) on some cases its on the bottom if you open it a certain way
b) if you can avoid pressing buttons, you can avoid wear and tear on them, I know many people have problems on many different smart phones with the power button wearing out...

Regarding the fact that the button is on the bottom on some cases, what does that have to do with this case if the button isn't on the bottom? Just wondering?

What is everybody talking about? There is no sleep/wake on the Tab

AnyMal said:
What is everybody talking about? There is no sleep/wake on the Tab
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Of course there is. If you check the dealextreme website, a highly reputable distributor of Chinese manufactured stuff, you will see that the product information clearly states that it has the sleep/wake function... Although, come to think of it, I'm guessing most cases come with the ability to operate when you are both awake or asleep... Hmm...

My car dock

Hey guys. This is just a quick look of my car dock for people to see. I got this off eBay like a year ago and its still functional like new. I'm sorry if I'm only demonstrating inside the house, but you guys should get the point. I also use it as desk dock to hold my phone at the moment.
You can get them off eBay or amazon around $3
Here is a video showing the features
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCwIFaDOexM

Xcor3 said:
Hey guys. This is just a quick look of my car dock for people to see. I got this off eBay like a year ago and its still functional like new. I'm sorry if I'm only demonstrating inside the house, but you guys should get the point. I also use it as desk dock to hold my phone at the moment.
You can get them off eBay or amazon around $3
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No disrespect, but I had the same unit...used it once and threw it away.

vw671 said:
No disrespect, but I had the same unit...used it once and threw it away.
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May I ask why?
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Xcor3 said:
May I ask why?
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Couldn't even hold my phone in place when the car was moving...

hmmmm. Mine holds pretty well so I dont know about that.
You couldve exchanged it instead for a better one instead of throwing it away

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Couldn't even hold my phone in place when the car was moving...
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i also took a video yesterday while driving using the dock.

Xcor3 said:
hmmmm. Mine holds pretty well so I dont know about that.
You couldve exchanged it instead for a better one instead of throwing it away
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$3 item shipped from China...I don't think so. Again, this was just my experience and opinion that's all. If it works for you all power to you.

vw671 said:
$3 item shipped from China...I don't think so. Again, this was just my experience and opinion that's all. If it works for you all power to you.
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Lol. Yeah, that's true. But it doesn't really even take much effort to send them a message.
I'm sorry about your experience with it though
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I have the same one and I'm happy with it. It will have the phone droop down occasionally if I'm on a really bumpy road but that's fine for the price, only takes a second to pick it up again.
I'm going to put an nfc tag on it so that my Bluetooth will turn on when I dock it. I already have tasker start music when the Bluetooth connects.
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