These are not high-end headphones with big drivers and fluffy cushions; the Vibrato are earbuds, but they offer a greatly improved performance and fit over the garden variety earbud. For the size and fit they provide good sound reproduction, a handy phone function and a low profile look. If you like using ear buds, these are a very good option.

Quality is almost synonymous with Monster Cable. But the Beats by Dr. Dre Lady Gaga Heartbeats are about more than just great audio, they’re about style too. And just like Lady Gaga, this is style you can’t find anywhere else. Even if you fancy Lady Gaga to be too much to handle, I think you’ll love that the Heartbeats match their unique style perfectly with the great audio quality you’d expect from Monster.

I’m going to start this review with an aside: do you remember when white earbuds were an iPod symbol? Back before the iPod monoculture, there were people who used iPods but bought black headphones, or people who used whatever MP3 players were around but bought white earbuds. Now, of course, it doesn’t matter. So! Yamaha EPH-30 Headphones. They cost $40 and give you nice, nice sound for that price point.

At Macworld, I got the chance to drop by ZAGG to see about their new in-ear headphones, the Z.buds. They told me that these are based on Shure headphone technology, so you know it’s going to be good. Since talking to ZAGG, I’ve been testing them out, and I’d love tell you about them.

Apple quietly released an update for the fourth generation iPod nano last night. The update fixes various bugs, including problems with the Nike+ iPod dongle, as well as adding support for forthcoming iPod earbuds with mics and remotes: Included in the list of updates of this ~58MB update is support for Apple’s yet-to-be-released in-ear headphones more »