“Christmas came a tad bit early for employees of Apple Computer this year, each of which will receive a shiny second-generation iPod shuffle digital music player
with the company’s compliments,” AppleInsider reports.
“The ‘morale booster,’ as some call it, extends from corporate all the way down to the company’s retail division, several employees told AppleInsider… In an email sent out this week, Apple chief executive Steve Jobs reportedly told employees to expect their new iPods by the end of the month,” AppleInsider reports.
Full article here.
JupiterResearch analyst Michael Gartenberg expects Apple’s new 2G iPod shuffle to “quickly become a hot fashion accessory in short order.”
Gartenberg blogs, “I’ve been using one here for a bit and it’s been amazing watching people’s reaction to it when they see it. Everyone who has seen it, wants one. The fact that it’s $79 just makes it that much more appealing… I suspect that we will see quite a few iPod owners adding a Shuffle just because of the new design.”
Full article here.
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First 2G iPod shuffle unpacking photos – November 01, 2006
Apple’s new 2G iPod shuffle available worldwide this Friday – October 31, 2006
Apple now shipping 2G iPod shuffle orders – October 30, 2006
AP: Apple’s new iPod, iPod nano, iPod shuffle ‘clearly worth the wait’ – October 19, 2006
Apple unveils new iPod shuffle: world’s smallest digital music player – September 12, 2006
I had a small child in Tijuana try to sell me one on the street. “Shuffle? Shuffle, senor?”
They will sell like bj-giving hotcakes.
In todays news Apple announced that they sold over 100,000 iPod Shuffle in one day. Steve Jobs, CEO of the hottest company on the stock exchange was quoted as saying: “We have made the best design, combined with the quality and full integration with iTunes software, it is no wonder that it is the hottest product this Chrismas season. At this rate, we expect to sell 60million by the end of the year. Let’s see Zuma trying to sell even 5,000 by the end of this month?”
Apple stock is up 15% at closing of the day.
in unrelated news, Apple announce that all of their 100,000+ employees will received a new iPod shuffle today as a token of their appreciation. No words yet if they will have to return them if they get laid off.
they shipped mine today
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I am in Canada
I wonder if the Chinese slavegirls who put those things together got one too?
It sure feels good to be an Apple employee
No, the Chinese slave girls get rubber dog poop.
When talking to people, call the 2G iPod Shuffle,
“The one that looks like a cracker.”
Wiggle
You better stop smoking that stuff if you are down to eating aluminium boy
“Christmas came a tad bit early for employees of Microsoft this year, each of which will receive a brown Zune digital music player with the company’s compliments,” PC Rag reports.
“The ‘bowl jammer incentive,’ as some call it, extends from corporate all the way down to the company’s software espionage division, several employees told the Rag… In an email squirted out this week, Microsoft executive Steve Balmer reportedly told employees to expect their new Zunies by the end of the month or possibly sometime in January…maybe,” PC Rag reports.
No No No. Balmer has sent out out a dictate that all Ms employees must buy a zune by xmas or loose their job
I going very offended today your remarks. I is Chinese and Apple work hard.
I work Apple hard and sweat long, long day.
I appreciate not things you saying.
I tought the new shuffle was 1 Gb. Apple’s web site indicates so. Did I miss something ?
Thanks Steve, got mine.
Got my two (for my nieces) yesterday. They’re gorgeous, even in the packaging–MUST RESIST URGE TO BUY YET ANOTHER IPOD FOR MYSELF!!
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At some point, I’m sure, everyone will realize that “2G” means “Second Generation”, not 2 GigaBytes.
And PLEASE stop reading my crybaby posts!
Chip-chip-cheerio!
I received mine yesterday. It is a beautiful
piece of design.
One issue, actually two, and it may be just me,
but I can’t seem to get podcasts to sync to it.
The main reason I bought the Shuffle was to
listen to podcasts while working.
The other issue that I am having trouble with
is it won’t sync a playlist as I have set it up. It
automatically shuffles the playlist when syncing.
There is a major difference between the sync being
shuffled and me selecting the shuffle mode once
I have synced the playlist.
I love the Shuffle but am very dissappointed with
these two issues. And I may be doing something
wrong, but I tried numerous things to get this to
not happen.
It appears that some songs in the iTunes store that were added to the store since the end of November will not play on 1st generation shuffles. They transfer to the shuffle fine but will not play. These same songs transfer to other iPods and play just fine. Many people are having these problems (see the Apple discussion boards). The only known solution is to burn the tracks to a cd and re-import them into your library (a royal pain in the butt).
If you have this problem, PLEASE contact apple either by the following link:
http://www.apple.com/support/itunes/musicstore/ipod/
OR by calling the support number:
1-800-275-2273
Hopefully, with enough complaints, Apple will be forced to correct the problem. It seems to me (and quite a few other people) that something changed on the encryption/the way they are encoding new music in the store that has made the music incompatible with our shuffles.