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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...
Horrible controls, Youll have to buy new accessories
VoiceOver is available in 14 languages, none of which are Indian. You have to download a language pack, which is just a few MB in size, but setting it up requires just one sync. It’s as accurate as any text-to-speech application, which means good wi...
Incredibly small design, convenient clip at the back, 4 GB of capacity
No way to control player with other headphones, poor sound quality with default earphones, data cable is too short, average battery life
Theres one thing that you can now be sure of when it comes to Apple products -- theyre going to be small; as small as the laws of physics could allow. We have seen them doing it for several of their products in the past and they have now done it for ...
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Published: 2009-03-18, Author: Donald , review by: asia.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.
Small and lightweight; playlists can be chosen; large storage capacity.
Complex controls; cannot use thirdparty earphones.
The iPod shuffle is an improvement over its predecessor as it can select playlists, has a larger storage to hold more songs and is smaller in size. However, the lack of buttons on the player means you have to memorise complex commands, which is not wh...
iLife 09 (photo courtesy of Apple)Walk into any shop selling Apple products and theres a strong likelihood youll come across an iMac with one of the iLife apps running in the foreground. The iLife suite has been a great ambassador for the Macintosh ...
For all its tiny-ness, portability, ups and downs, the iPod Shuffle is mean to be a secondary MP3 player for casual use.Its basic functions and easy to use controls, added to its amazingly wearable design, is great for those wanting to take music on th...
Apple has spearheaded the touchscreen phenomenon with the iPhone. While it's still in its early stages, the 3rd generation iPod shuffle could very well be Apple's way of experimenting with voice technology as another way of interacting with a device. A...
Abstract: El iPod shuffle es el miembro más pequeño de la familia iPod, cuya característica principal es que reproduce música de modo aleatorio, sin una pantalla que muestre la canción que está sonando o la que viene después.Entre las mejoras del nuevo shuffle,...
La fonction VoiceOver, Le remplissage manuel ou automatique, La belle finition, La gestion des podcasts (perfectible)
L'absence d'écran au vu de la capacité de stockage, La profusion de combinaisons sur la télécommande, Le principe des écouteurs propriétaires, Le choix de couleurs redevenu limité, Le prix un peu élevé, L'autonomie en baisse
On peine à imaginer le successeur de ce baladeur (quoique, le retour à des déclinaisons colorées et un pilotage à la voix…) tant celui-ci semble toucher aux limites du concept du shuffle imaginé il y a quatre ans. Un baladeur sans écran de 4 Go représente...
