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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Great iPod Alternative For Athletes Or Kids, May 20, 2023
Great for jogging, and makes the display surprisingly unnecessary. A solid, cheap, and durable alternative for kids who might not take the necessary care with a hard-drive based iPod.
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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
 Pretty, but definitely lacking., May 12, 2023
I had a shuffle for about two weeks before I sold it. My reasons for selling it (and buying a Creative Slim Muvo 512) are pretty simple. I really thought I wouldn't mind not having a screen or any other options like that. After a day, I eventually realized that I had paid a premium just because of the way the ipod looks (which is very nice, indeed). After switching to the Creative Slim, I was relieved by my decision, realizing how many features the shuffle was lacking. Get this if you need ABSOLUTELY NO FEATURES besides play, pause, forward, backward, and volume.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Great for workouts. , May 11, 2023
I bought the Ipod shuffle because I needed a small MP3 player to use at the gym. So far I am not disappointed. It would have been nice if it included an armband but if you don't wanna shell out the $30 for one it does fit great in the pocket of your shorts or shirt and since it's the size of a pack of gum you should hardly be able to notice it. The sound is great with a good pair of headphones, I didnt bother using the ear buds that come with though. The basic design of the shuffle is it's best feature. There are only 4 buttons and and on/off switch. The buttons on the front are very large and can even be pressed through your clothing if you don't want to take the unit out of your pocket to fiddle with it at the gym. Battery life is awesome, I havent seen it go below green yet even without recharging after 4 or 5 uses in a row. Being able to play either ACC or MP3 encoded songs is also a huge benefit if you have alot of songs in both formats like me and don't want to convert them. All in all this unit is near perfect.
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
Couldn't Live Without It, May 11, 2023
I've had my iPod Shuffle for about 4 or 5 months and it's one of the best things I've bought...I'm a total music addict and my mom's happy cuz we don't have to turn on the radio every time we get in the car...I just use my shuffle! And don't belive all those other reviews that say that the software dosn't work with Windows...we have 3 windows computer and it works with each one. It lasts more than 12 hours and holds more songs than it says too. It's also CHEAP$$$! Over the years I've spent most of my money on CD's but the shuffle was still sheap enough that I could get it. and not to mention the iTunes idea it brilliant. Who wants to buy a whole cd for $12 when half the songs on it you don't like? Just go on iTunes and pick out the songs you like. It's so simple. My whole family loves it cuz I'm not blasting music all the time and my dad likes it so much he steals it from me and puts his own songs on it (even my computer-challenged dad can figure it out...now that's saying something). lol. It's a great product that every music lover should have.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
 Very small, very light, no delicate parts, no display., May 11, 2023
Latest model of iPod is iPod shuffle which is just like any other flash memory based mp3 player which fit into USB port of PC and also act as flash disk to move files from one PC/Mac to another. But unlike regular flash mp3 player, it doesn't have display screen to show you song name or duration, doesn't have fm radio, doesn't do recording of audio, and doesn't need AA or AAA battery. It costs US$99 for 512mb version and US$149 for 1GB version. Disadvantage of this model is it is screenless and you have to hear song to figure out which one it is. Advantage is it is tiny, no moving parts, internal rechargeable battery and can be worn on bicep during your gym or jog routine and can be worn like necklace during your work/travel and there is little on body of iPod shuffle which can get damaged during rough use.
I got iPod shuffle 512mb and I am suitably impressed. As name suggests this is supposed to shuffle all songs you put inside it and then play it randomly and hence no screen to allow you to choose songs. You can play songs in sequence too. On front it has circular dial which has play/pause button, rewind and forward, +/- volume. On back side of player you can find OFF, Sequential play and shuffle play button and battery status button. It doesn't have STOP button, you just switch off the player. On top end of iPod shuffle is earphone socket and on bottom you have USB connector. Compared to hard disk based expensive iPod, shuffle is very light at 22gram.It is of same size as pack of chewing gum and you will never notice it in your shirt pocket. It comes with white earbuds with 2 set of foam covers, lane yard to hang iPod on neck and disk containing iTunes software for your PC and Mac. It works with any high powered USB 2.0 pc connection to transfer files/songs and charge its internal battery. It takes 4 hour to fully charge iPod which will play audio up to 12 hours. Since there is no LCD screen to drain battery you would get entire battery juice playing only music. Unlike other iPod, iPod shuffle can talk to only one PC or Mac at a time and can't use music files from multiple PCs. So you may need to have your entire music collection at one PC. You can then use manual selection of songs to fill up iPod shuffle or use its Autofill function to give you surprises; it can empty the iPod shuffle and fill it up with new collection of songs from your PC. You can set aside part of 512mb or 1gb as disk area to move files from one PC to another PC. You can't use iPod shuffle to shift music from iPod to any other PC but this limitation can be easily circumvented once you study how and where iPod stores your music.
1GB version iPod shuffle costs $149 but if small size is not a priority then have a look at iPod mini which now goes for $189 for 4GB version and has all display functionality. Not having display can be often frustrating when listening to audio books where files don't start with name of audio book.
All iPod models will play AAC and MP3 files but won't play WMA files. You can convert them to AAC files before transferring them to iPod. It will also play audioble format and wav files.
The Bottom Line
Go for this if you want something for less then $100. Avoid 1GB shuffle, instead go for iPod mini 4gb for US$189.
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