Headphones

Static electricity buildup is causing your headphones to discharge small amounts of electricity into your ears. This is more likely to happen in a dry environment.

The electrostatic buildup occurs in the device and is discharged through the earbuds connected to the iPhone or iPod. Although harmless, this can be uncomfortable.

ZAGG is now offering Z.buds on their website at a discount. Buy one get one half price! Not only that, in the time since we reviewed the Z.buds on this site, ZAGG has introduced two new nylon cord colors, yellow and pink.

ZAGG is offering the discounted price until February 28th... but wait, there's more. Ordering two pairs ($79.99 + $39.99) makes your order with ZAGG over $100, so they throw in a FREE USB dual car charger!

All products from ZAGGaudio come with a 45 day money-back guarantee, and ZAGG's lifetime trade-in guarantee. If your Z.buds should ever fail you, ZAGG will replace them for a $20 deductible that covers diagnostics, repair/replacement, disposal, processing, and shipping and handling.

Sometimes it's easy to forget that the iPhone is capable of producing quality audio. If you're going to spend money on accessories, a headphone upgrade is essential. The stock earbuds are functional, but let's face the facts. The white plastic earbuds that everyone wears don't sound that great. They're not very comfortable to wear for long periods, and the cord gets tangled after two seconds in a jacket pocket. Getting a pair of Z.buds is like getting a whole new iPhone. Let me tell you why.

Amongst the Black Friday mayhem Zagg, makers of the invisibleSHIELD, have announced today what just may be the best set of iPhone earbuds released to date, the Zagg Z.buds. They also just may be the best afforable holiday gift for iPhone owners. Now, in all fairness, we've yet to get our hands on the Z.buds in order to review them (though we will have a review available soon enough).

Many of us are already owners of the excellent V-Moda Vibe Duo headphones made especially for the iPhone, which provide excellent sound quality and style along with the same control features provided by the standard iPhone earbuds. For those of you who haven't upgraded the stock iPhone earbuds and are considering doing so, you might consider Seidio's latest offering which provides expanded controls over both the iPhone and V-Moda earbuds.

These latest earbuds from Seidio, the Seidio 2-in-1 In-Ear Isolator Headphones, offer the same answer/hang-up and play/stop controls of competing modules. However, according to Seidio, they also offer volume control - a feature

One of the highest selling category of accessories for the Apple iPhone will no doubt be replacement
headphones and earbuds. Though almost everyone would agree that the included Apple iPhone earbuds are adequate, few would describe them as stellar, and they certainly won't suit the growing
community of audiophiles out there.

A few weeks ago, iPhoneFAQ revealed that V-Moda was going to be releasing a new model in their Vibe lineup of earbuds called the Vibe Duo Control. The new model is essentially an updated version of the iPhone-geared Vibe Duo, with the eagerly awaited addition of a button that provides control of the phone and iPod functionalities of the iPhone.

At the time of the announcement, we didn't have much detail to provide about the release date and were forced to speculate about the pricing of the upcoming Vibe Duo Control. Thankfully, V-Moda contacted us with updated information. As it turns out, we overshot on both accounts.

Instead of the $129 price tag we had speculated about, the Vibe Duo Control will retail for

Though it's been feeling a bit like we're becoming V-Moda's iPhone accessory headquarters around here lately, there's some news on the Vibe Duo contest front. For those of you that have been awaiting the announcement of the winner and perhaps wondering if we just decided to keep the earbuds for ourselves, fear not.

As both of the initial winners who were selected at the contest's closing have been disqualified for violating the contest rules, we will be

UPDATE: The new V-Moda Vibe Duo Control is now available at a reduced price in the iPhoneFAQ store.