> There may also be some interesting exploration of what's possible with a headphone-based wearable. Plenty of room in that particular fashion accessory...much more so than in a watch.
Let's look at this from a different angle... What if Apple already has a super cool headphone based wearable tech.
Maybe Apple RND came up with something like "Google Glass minus the visor" a while back. That something could well look like a chunky set of headphones, right?
Now let's take a look at the current wearables market... The high profile items are things like Glass, Pebble, Samsung Gear. And they're almost all painfully uncool (outside of Sillicon Valley, anyway).
If Apple were going to launch its chunky iHeadphones, it would know that it'd be up against the "dork factor." So it would make sense to spend some cash to negate that. If so, purchasing the coolest headphone manufacturer you can find, and tying their brand to your upcoming tech, makes a lot of sense.
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Agreed. I'm a South African who likes to travel. The Schengen visa system is hands down the worst visa process I've ever had to deal with (USA included).
The thought of those clowns getting their hands on the internet is terrifying.
I had mine done last year. You'll also need to factor in the DHL shipping fees for returning your sample (30 Pounds from the UK, over and above whatever they charged for shipping it to you)
Several posters elsewhere in the comments seem to think it's the source code.
Regardless, this is precisely the sort of headline that a fear slinging, technophobic, "series of tubes" politician will latch on to. Doubly so in this case, what with HBGary's political connections...