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NYU cautions against wearing iPod earbud headphones
updated 05:45 pm EST, Thu March 3, 2005
NYU warns iPod users
New York University is warning its students that ship with Apple's iPod, according to AppleInsider. The university is reportedly warning users against using the white earbuds because of saftey concerns: "The tiny, white earbud headphones have become a telltale sign for thieves looking to hijack iPods in the fast-paced streets of Manhattan. This week members of the campus community began plastering NYU dorms with posters warning students not to wear the standard iPod headphones.....There have been an increasing number reports from students who've been held up by city crooks demanding that they hand over their iPod."
funny
03/03, 06:30pm reply
I see at least a dozen sets of white headphones on every subway car. NYC is an iPod town and many more everywhere on the street. You are no more a target than anyone else out there. Still, I guess its good advice for new students from out of town, who haven't figured out where its not safe to flash expensive gear around.
electropura
Junior Member
Joined: Oct 2001
Get better ones
03/03, 06:50pm reply
The iPod earphones, though not bad for freebies, aren't as good as ones you can get from Sennheiser or Sony for just $20 - $30 more.
hayesk
Professional Poster
Joined: Sep 1999
Some good earbuds
03/03, 07:12pm reply
Get the Sony MDR-EX71SL. Very good matched up with an iPod.
Stratus Fear
Senior User
Joined: Dec 2002
Very simple solution:
03/03, 09:00pm reply
luggage tags covering the earbud (and ear) that have printed on them: "not iPod earbuds not connected to an iPod."
Feeling_Macish
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Joined: Mar 2004
Better solution
03/03, 09:39pm reply
Use the earbuds that come with the Dell DJ. No way anyone's gonna hold you up for that.
jimothy
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Joined: Sep 2000
good way to get hurt
03/03, 10:26pm reply
Don't ever hook up earbuds to your 1980's cassette player walkman either....someone goes to all the trouble to mug you and the best you can do is produce the walkman complete with masking tape, now doing duty for the long missing battery cover....well, it could be bad scene.
Jonathan-Tanya
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Joined: Oct 2004
OHHH
03/03, 10:27pm reply
I'm going to NYC in mid. March.
Kenneth
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Joined: Mar 1999
Wacky, Good Times
03/03, 10:46pm reply
Here's another idea: wear the earbuds from the iPod but don't attach them to an iPod. When someone tries to steal it from you, they'll start laughing, you'll laugh, and then you'll have a new best friend.
fredhetz
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Joined: Jan 2005
free?
03/03, 10:49pm reply
The earbuds are not free. The cost of the earbuds is part of the cost of the player.
Bwa
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Joined: Oct 2000
Is this legit?
03/03, 10:59pm reply
I have an NYU account, and I haven't received any messages regarding iPod use... nor heard any first hand accounts of this.
technomaster
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