Skullcandy Headphones UPDATE:
I’ve been using my gold plated Skullcandy Headphones (ltd. Marc Frank Montoya ed.) for over 3 months now. At first I was very skeptical at how plastic-y and lightweight the frame felt. I was very concerned that they would break quickly with my “just throw them in the backpack” attitude in life. But that’s where Skull candy got the design right – these headphones bend in almost every direction and at every major stress point, there is a hinge so that they neatly fold up, instead of crack the plastic. The only remaining problem with this lightweight, flexible build is how often they slide off my head when I’m moving about during the work day. (You know; running laps, hitting the punching bag or headbanging – stuff like that.) The sound quality is good – not great – mostly because the earphones sit on the outside of your ear – not enclose around your ear with sound. Here’s the best and most worth-while feature of these headphones: the iPhone speaker and microphone combo that is built in. The ability to listen to beats – answer the phone – then go back to my song all while typing on my keyboard is an award winning combination. My poor iPod has been lost on some bookshelf somewhere for the better part of these last three months simply because of these headphones. Why listen to my iPod on normal headphones when I could do the same thing on my iPhone AND answer and/or make calls? It’s a no-brainer.

original post: by ehansen43 on May 10, 2009 at 16:48
With the passing of my old stereo Sony headphones – I decided to give the Skullcandy brand a try. I was gifted a pair of their earbuds a while back and was very impressed with their sound quality and clarity. They should be arriving in the mail early next week so I’ll write my review after editing with them for a few days.

Retail: $44.95

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Apple has nearly $29 billion in cash and securities piled up, and the total rises every day. Could they be preparing to go on a shopping spree? While history would suggest otherwise – the company has zero history of making large acquisitions – the rumor mill today has the company in two theoretical deals.

Valleywag writes today that the company is close to buying Twitter for as much as $700 million. The blog asserts that “A source who’s plugged into the Valley’s deal scene and has been recruited by Apple for a senior position says Apple and Twitter are in serious negotiations, with the goal of unveiling a deal by June 8, when Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference launches in San Jose.” I might point out that the WWDC is not in San Jose, it is in San Francisco, as usual.

Meanwhile, TheStreet.com, in a summary of last night’s Fast Money program on CNBC, notes that panelist Guy Adami said there is “chatter” that Apple is “eyeing” Electronic Arts (ERTS) as a possible takeover target.

And while we’re in Apple rumor-mongering mode, Cult of Mac has published a picture of what it says may or may not be the theoretical Apple netbook.

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