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The editors liked
VoiceOver feature
Very small
Cool Apple style
Outstanding minimalist design
Excellent audio quality
4GB capacity
Improved bundled headphones
Highestever shuffle capacity somehow fits into smallestever form factor
Sleek aluminum enclosure
New VoiceOver feature enables greater playback control
Revamped
More compact design. Nice price for 4GB capacity. Adds support for playlists. VoiceOver feature announces song titles
Informs you when the battery needs recharging.
Apple’s smallest
Lightest iPod yet
And first iPod shuffle with remote control functionality. Offers modestly better transfer speeds and audio quality than prior shuffle
Replaces prior dock with simpler USB sync and charge cable. Adds VoiceOver fe...
Sleek
Durable design
Speaks the names of songs and playlists
Good sound quality and volume
First shuffle to support multiple playlists
Thumb drive sized. Can double as a tie clip. Battery life lasts for 12 freaking hours. Short USB sync cord is teh sexiness. Yes
Well admit
Its another beautifully designed piece of hardware from Apple.
The third-generation Apple iPod Shuffle is as light as a feather and as small as a paper clip
And it includes VoiceOver cues
And improved support for podcasts and audiobooks.
Small and lightweight
Minimal
Stylish design
VoiceOver feature reads song titles and artist names
Supports multiple playlists
Can navigate thanks to VoiceOver controls
Supports Apple Lossless files
Higher-capacity
Good sound and volume.
Sophisticated
Minimalist design
VoiceOver is innovative alternative
The editors didn't like
Cant use third party earbuds to control player
Running with this player can cause involuntary volume activation
No display
Proprietary charge / sync cable
Price
Buttons poorly located on headphone cable
Small size makes it easy to misplace
VoiceOver not substitute for LCD screen...
Proper operation requires research
Practice
Patience
Cant fast forward or rewind (Cue/Review)
Controls built into low-quality earphones. No display. No FM tuner. Bundled USB cable is too short.
Needlessly and seriously complicates controls by switching to a buttonless body
Which cannot be controlled without Apple headphones or not-yet-manufactured third-party proprietary remote control solutions
Presently next to useless with car or home s
Awkwardly placed inline controls
Users can only use the included headphones
Proprietary headphones are required. Control set awkward and hard to use. The thing could be easily mistaken for a thumb drive or a tie clip for that matter.
You need to operate the Shuffle using a pill-size remote control on your headphones
Battery life isnt great
Features are few
And the design is a bit boring.
Lack of features
Unusual control system
Controller is built into Apple earbuds
No controls on iPod
Navigation more difficult than in the past thanks to headphone-based controls
Battery charge poorer than in the past
Tiny switch on top of iPod difficult to manage with adult fingers
Must pay for adapter or compatible headphones if...
Abstract: The GoodSmall size and weightGood price/capacity ratio The BadControls are harder to access than in previous modelsLimited headphone options The Price2GB – US$49 4GB – US$79The third-generation Apple iPod Shuffle further refines Apple’s vision for the ...
Abstract: The third generation iPod shuffle retains the diminutive size, distinctive shape, and is fabricated of anodized aluminum with a built-in clip just like its predecessor. The big change this year is the introduction of a less-expensive 2GB model that c...
Abstract: Is the iPod shuffle too small? Have you ever lost one? Let us know in the comments section below.As Apple’s engineers continue to push the high-end iPod’s features (and help keep the Zune’s sales in the toilet), it’s easy to forget that they are also k...
Price, Buttons poorly located on headphone cable, Small size makes it easy to misplace, VoiceOver not substitute for LCD screen...
Arguably the most offbeat iPod yet, Apple's new entry-level iPod shuffle is not the value choice you might expect from the lowest-priced iPod. More jewelry than gadget, the 4GB shuffle houses plenty of storage, excellent audio quality, and divine littl...
The new 4 GB iPod shuffle is half the size of the previous version, but holds four times the music. The audio quality is amazing for such a small device. The new VoiceoOver when used to announce the name of the song and the artist is a striking featur...
Highestever shuffle capacity somehow fits into smallestever form factor, Sleek aluminum enclosure, New VoiceOver feature enables greater playback control
Proper operation requires research, practice, patience, Cant fast forward or rewind (Cue/Review)
Surely the additional effort on our part is the tradeoff for the cleaner, ultra-sleek hardware, shrunk down to damned-near-insane size and weight, at the expense of almost all on-unit buttons. This new shuffle does double the capacity of the previous ...
Abstract: Back in 2005, Saturday Night live parodied both Apple’s continual revving of the iPod lineup and its propensity for making new versions of the iPod ever-smaller by having a fake Steve Jobs introduce (and then immediately discontinue) several new iPod...
Cant use third party earbuds to control player, Running with this player can cause involuntary volume activation, No display, Proprietary charge / sync cable
