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2 responses to “iPod users going into the closet…”

1. 2004/10/12

   diamond

   re: iPod users going into the closet…

   I guess I’m guilty. I’m 42. I used to be in bands. I’ve had my iPod for well over a year. I tend to use it with it hidden in my pocket, with black sony headphones. Why? I use my iPod for function, not style.

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2. 2004/10/12

   Watching Them, Watching Us

   re: iPod users going into the closet…

   Given how expensive iPods are here in the UK, the obvious risk of the white earpieces is that they simply scream “mug me”:

   “Police warn iPod users after spate of thefts” portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/30/nipod30.xml&sSheet=/portal/2004/03/30/ixportal.html

   “Owners of the iPod, the fashionable music player, are being urged by police to use cheaper headphones to prevent muggings. The distinctive white headphones that come with the Apple MP3 player are a magnet for thieves, who know exactly what is being carried.

   A spokesman for West Midlands Police Safer Streets anti-robbery initiative said: “People need to use common sense, have their iPods security marked and keep them inside their jackets. They shouldn’t carry them in their hands, because a lot of robberies like these are snatches.

   “Using different colour headphones might be useful to pretend you were listen to something cheaper, such as a portable stereo.”

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