Don't worry about how they look — Apple's AirPods are excellent earphones

I waited for the catcalls, odd looks and derision. They never came. Through two long walks along the streets and avenues of a crowded city, not a single person looked at my ears, asked me about them or, as far as I could tell, noticed me at all. I was just another commuter, wearing an unusual (and still very rare) pair of Apple AirPods.

In the days since Apple CEO Tim Cook stood on stage and introduced the iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and Apple Watch Series 2, most people are still fixated on the new wireless AirPods Apple presented as companions to the newly headphone-jack-shorn iPhone. Or maybe that’s just my perception. Read more...