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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: Now If the iPod shuffle was art, it would be beautiful. If it was a concept design, then it would be elegant. If it was functional, it would be amazing. Wait, what was that last one again? It’s not functional? You read correctly. The iPod shuffle is q...
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Published: 2009-03-27, Author: Steven , review by: slashgear.com
Abstract: For those of you who poke fun at Apple’s design philosophy, you have some new joke material. Not to be outdone by the single button concept on the iPhone, Apple has created a device with ZERO buttons. The new iPod Shuffle concept might just fool you f...
Abstract: With Apple’s minimalistic taste in design, less is always more. And there’s no better evidence than the latest iPod Shuffle, which has no buttons, no display, no expandable media slot, and no removable battery – yet makes up for it in being so small t...
Abstract: With Apple’s minimalistic taste in design, less is always more. And there’s no better evidence than the latest iPod Shuffle, which has no buttons, no display, no expandable media slot, and no removable battery – yet makes up for it in being so small t...
Sleek, durable design, Speaks the names of songs and playlists, Good sound quality and volume, First shuffle to support multiple playlists
Awkwardly placed inline controls, Users can only use the included headphones
The latest shuffle offers good sound quality and a sleek design, and its support for multiple playlists makes it an improvement over the last generation model. The VoiceOver feature, which works like a charm, makes it unlike any other MP3 player on the...
Abstract: It’s an immutable law of nature… As time passes, iPods get bigger in capacity, smaller in physical size, better in features, and (usually) cheaper. The new 3d generation iPod shuffle (iPod shuffle 3G hereafter) is all of that and more. Or less. For per...
Abstract: The past two weeks have been relatively productive for Apple; this week they announced over 100 new features for the upcoming iPhone firmware update, and last week they unveiled the latest revision to their economically friendly iPod line with the thir...
Abstract: One impact of Apple’s announcement of version 3.0 of the iPhone OS on the 17th was that it keeps the device from becoming obsolete. Based upon the announcement it’s clear that every new functionality in version 3.0 will work with the iPhone 3G...
Abstract: Video Review: Apples newest iPod redesign makes the Shuffle the smallest music player in the world at 0.3" thick with controls mounted on the headphones and a voice feature that tells you what youre listening to. But is $79 the right price for 1,000 ...
Supports multiple playlists; can navigate thanks to VoiceOver controls; supports Apple Lossless files; higher-capacity; good sound and volume.
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...
And what do these questions and answers tell us? Apple needed to release something it could call an iPod shuffle and that iPod shuffle has its strengths and weaknesses. Its strengths are greater capacity and a means for navigating the device. Weakness...
