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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: Last week Apple introduced its third-generation iPod Shuffle, the first significant update since the remote-control-sized aluminum Shuffle we reviewed in November 2006. Like all previous Shuffles, the new one lacks any display — but this one takes ...
Abstract: The latest iPod Shuffle to come out of Cupertino has a big hill to climb and, so far, things aren’t looking great. Any which way you look at it, this is a dud, but a magnificent one all the same. For starters, the price to storage ratio is skewed in t...
Abstract: Click to enlarge Apple’s newest iPod was announced this week with almost no forewarning and immediately sparked some controversy. The 4GB iPod shuffle, the third generation of the product, removes even more from a device that people have typically seen...
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.
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.
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...
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
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Published: 2009-03-12, Author: Donald , review by: cnet.com
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.
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.
The third-generation iPod Shuffle is the next best thing to an invisible MP3 player, but the quirky controls and microscopic design make it a limited recommendation.
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.
Controls built into low-quality earphones. No display. No FM tuner. Bundled USB cable is too short.
The shuffle gets even smaller and now it talks to you, but it still lacks a screen, a radio, and even controls—theyre embedded in Apples mediocre signature earbuds....
Abstract: In these days of economic distress, it’s nice when technology companies add innovative features to the products at the bottom of their price ranges. So it’s notable that Apple’s cheapest iPod, the oft-forgotten Shuffle model, is getting smarter. In fac...
Abstract: Zero buttons. That's as minimalist as it gets. Removing all buttons—or to clarify, moving them to the headset—shrinks down the size of the new iPod Shuffle dramatically, but it also creates control problems when running, snowboarding or do...
