Well, this is interesting...

[john_holton]

I get my new headphones today, put the batteries in, plug them into the iPod, and get the static noise again. So, I do some research, and discover that it might be picking up cellular noise from the BlackBerry.

I put the BlackBerry in my pocket. It had been on the table beside the iPod. As it had been every time the static buzzy Emergency Alert System noise had come through the headphones.

Problem solved.

Duh.