Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic are the famous Apple iPod Earphones, enriched with a remote control (on the cable of the right earpiece) with a microphone and three buttons.
Here's what you can do with this remote control *:
Adjust the volume by pressing the + and - buttons
Control the audio and video playback (play / pause and next / previous) by pressing the center button
Record voice memos on supported models
Answer and end calls
Package Contents
Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic
* Compatibility Information
The remote and mic are supported only by iPod nano (4thegeneration and later), iPod classic (120/160 GB) and iPod touch (2ndegeneration and later), iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and iPad. The remote is supported by iPod shuffle (3rdegeneration and later). Audio is supported by all iPod models.
Requires software version 1.0.3 for iPod nano (4thegeneration), 2.0.1 for iPod classic (120GB), and 2.2 or later for iPod touch (2ndegeneration).