Personal media system including base station and wireless earbud

A personal media system comprising:

• a base station comprising a connection hole, a user input button, at least one processor, at least one memory, and circuitry;
• and
• a wireless earbud capable of wireless pairing with a smartphone and configured for plugging into the connection hole of the base station to form an integrated body with the base station,
• wherein, in response to pressing of the user input button, the at least one processor is configured to execute computer program instructions stored in the at least one memory to initiate processing for the wireless pairing with the smartphone,
• wherein, when the wireless pairing with the smartphone is made, the wireless earbud is configured to receive audio data from the smartphone and play audio using the audio data from the smartphone,
• wherein, in response to plugging the wireless earbud into the connection hole, the at least one processor is configured to execute computer program instructions stored in the at least one memory to initiate charging of a battery of the wireless earbud,
• wherein, when the wireless earbud is plugged into the connection hole of the base station, the wireless earbud is configured to electrically connect with the circuitry of the base station and further configured to performing wired data communication with the base station,
• wherein the wireless earbud is not capable of wirelessly sending data to the base station.