Boxed In

The box holds more than just the iPhone or iPod touch. Within, you’ll find these goodies.

iPhone or iPod touch

Well, of course. You didn’t lay out your hard-earned cash for a box stuffed with gravel. Open the box, and there’s your iPhone or iPod touch.

Stereo headset

Each of these devices includes a stereo headset, but the headsets aren’t identical, though they look quite similar. The difference is that the iPhone’s headset includes a small microphone and switch that’s attached to the cable dangling from the right earbud. This stereo headset, with its onboard microphone, not only frees your hands for playing with the iPhone’s other features, but also lets you listen to your favorite tunes; serves as an audio aid when you’re watching a video; and (if you have an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4) allows you, through Voice Control, to demand that your phone dial a friend or play the catalog of a favorite artist. (If you have an iPhone 4S and Siri—the iPhone’s voice-controlled intelligent assistant—you can demand a ....