Since the stranger didn't get the ear buds out of his ears until he'd finished talking, Jay wasn't surprised that he didn't hear him, and didn't particularly mind. That was what happened when you talked to someone wearing ear buds, after all.

"No, but where did you get it? Do you know what it runs on?" If he could get one of his own, he could dissect it and see how similar it was to the ipods of his own world.