“I was testing the aptly named iPod shuffle
, the latest gem from Apple Computer’s mushrooming iPod family. Shuffle earns its moniker from the ‘shuffle’ setting on larger iPods and other music devices. Songs that are culled from your entire music library or from specific playlists are played in random order. It’s the way I often listen with a regular iPod,” Edward C. Baig reports for USA Today.
“Shuffle is the first of the hugely popular iPod devices — more than 10 million are in circulation, 8 million of which were sold last year alone — to crack the two-digit price barrier. It costs $99 for a 512-megabyte ‘flash memory’ version and $149 for a 1-gigabyte model. Those prices undercut — and, I bet, send shivers through — the companies that make competing flash players,” Baig reports.
“I can imagine the budget iPod shuffle becoming a big gift item. And I wouldn’t be surprised to see current iPod users buying iPod shuffle as a second gizmo, dedicated to, say, their workouts. After all, it’s slim not just in price but also in size: It weighs under an ounce and is smaller than a pack of Trident. But it delivers big-time sound,” Baig reports.
Full article here.
Just another in a massive group of great things to be written about iPod shuffle. The comment about shuffle becoming a “2nd” or “additional” iPod is probably very true… would be interesting to see a state on that. I’ll be getting one just for the gym … I can leave my HD based iPod in the car.
Son- 1G iPod
Me – 3G iPod
Daughter- iPod mini
Just bought 2 1gig Shuffles
El firsto Posto
I gotta get a shuffle Man. I haven’t even seen one in the flesh yet!
Oops – El Thirdo Posto
AND it can be used as a thumb drive!
Totally getting one for the gym. No more lugging the 3G 40GB around anymore.
Hey Bill same here.
I just came to the conclusion today that I want to leave my 30GB in the car (Honda Element) and get a shuffle for the gym, beach and whever I get out the car. I hate taking the 30gb in the house, because I sometimes forget it at home. It’s Shuffle Time!!!!
Hey Bill, dont leave your iPod in your car, some iPod-rights activist might break in and take it out when you leave it alone, accusing you of misstreating your iPod.
Damn environmentalist iPod-huggers!
I dont see what the big deal is Apple cant meet damands for the shuffle. I ordered mine the day it was announce and I got a partial shippment with only the dock. I have an estimated ship date on or before the 22 of Feb. and a estimated ship date of 22 March on the sport case. Yippie.
And don’t leave your ipod in the car if you live in a northern climate.
I had to reformat and reload after leaving mine in the car on a -15ºC night!
Anyone see the PC mini?
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you can get it now without the wait, but it does not run OS X…
The Mocha is a P4 while the cappuccino is a P3.
It runs Linux, FreeBSD, as well as Windows…
Joe,
Come back into the house and stop playing with those Mac users. You know they’re too smart for you!
Stupid spammer.
“I wouldn’t be surprised to see current iPod users buying iPod shuffle as a second gizmo”
I also see first time shuffle buyers later adding a second upgrade iPod down the road. And then later. . . a mac?
If their first mp3 player is a competitors, then it is less likely they will buy an iPod down the road. You have to get them on board, that’s what windows did more than 10 years ago.
Dearest Joe,
Mocha P4 7043 Junior – Barebone system¹ $419
¹ The barebone system does not include CPU, memory, hard disk and CD drive, It includes the casing, motherboard, CPU heatsink and blower, AC/DC Power supply, driver disk and manual.
Enjoy…
Magic word is “herself” HAHAHAHAHA
My shuffle just arrived earlier today – been playing it ever since. It arrived charged so it was plug-and-play (I upgraded iTunes earlier this month). It’s so light, I hardly notice it around my neck. It’s really cool. I highly recommend it. My 3G iPod is now for home and work, while my shuffle is for “on-the-go”.
I purchased two shuffles. One I kept for myself. I love it. The other I sent as a gift to the 13 year old daughter of my best friend. They have an eMac. And now I learn from Appleinsider that the shuffle won’t connect to the USB port of an eMac. Comon Apple, couldn’t you at least have told us about this problem? Didn’t you try the Shuffle with eMacs? Just how dumb are you?
http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=848
Magic word is run as in with it.
Jack A
I like your sense of humor
The Shuffle will attach to an eMac with the addition of an extender USB cable. (But, I get the feeling David is just looking for something to criticize.)
Additional to Joe:
Also this lowly system only has ONE memory slot and maxes out at 256MB. Sheese…you know this thing won’t be able to run Long(wait)horn. Check the video card…whoops, no video card, it’s on-board video with shared memory. Wonder how many of these crippled systems they sell!!
Joe,
all PC Troll flaming comments aside, thanks for the link. Not only did it show what a great computer the mac mini really is, it had a great link for a 7″ VGA LCD screen. I’ve been looking for one for a while now.
RePlay,
Umm.. doesn’t the mini have one memory slot and on-board video?
–Rob
Rob,
Yes, the mini has one memory slot that will take 1 gig, 4x more than the lattePC. Also, the on board video in the mini is a real ATI 9200 with its own memory. It doesn’t share (steal) memory and CPU cycles from the system like integrated video.
So, in this case one memory slot and on board video are NOT created equal
Re: the CappuccinoPC, I had fun configuring it to match the low-end Mac mini and it came to over $1,000 (remember XP Pro is also extra)!
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