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Re:iPhone 7 by tedmiston on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @06:09PM (#12448322)
> 3.) No more listening to music/audiobooks as I fall asleep because in the morning the iPhone won't be charged for my desk usage the next day unless I wake up and plug it back in during my sleep.

Can you really sleep with earbuds in? In that use case, I use the device's speaker.

Re:iPhone 7 by tebruno99 on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:00PM (#12448746)
My wife won't let me sleep with the speaker, so I've adapted to have 1 earbud in depending on which side I want to sleep on. It eventually falls out and tomorrow I seek to the last place I remember in the book and repeat ;)
Re:iPhone 7 by tedmiston on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:14PM (#12448830)
Hmm that sounds quite uncomfortable for what might be a common use case. I wonder if a parametric speaker would help.

ex. http://www.soundlazer.com/what-is-a-parametric-speaker/

Re:iPhone 7 by exception_e on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @06:35PM (#12448548)
Sure can! http://www.sleepphones.com/

I wear these each night and listen to relaxation videos such as ASMR [0]. Many people in that community use these.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_re...

Re:iPhone 7 by tedmiston on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:18PM (#12448858)
The SleepPhones seems interesting... I hadn't seen them before. Just curious if you use the wired or wireless version?

I'm a big fan of SimplyNoise / SimplyRain, and also have a little one-line bash script colored noise generator that I use these days [0]. ASMR seems like a similar idea.

[0]: https://github.com/tedmiston/zero-noise

Re:iPhone 7 by exception_e on Wednesday September 07, 2016 @07:52PM (#12449032)
I use the wired version. Bought them on Amazon.

I've heard of SimplyNoise. I have used the RainyMood + YouTube webapp in the past. Pretty novel concept.