Apple iPod shuffle 1 GB Silver (2nd Generation) OLD MODEL
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Customer Review: Apple's philosophy: If it works, "fix" it so it doesn't.
Summary: 5 Stars
Apple produced a mighty mite with this Shuffle 2nd generation, so why did they mess with it and, in the process, provoke much vocal dissatisfaction from buyers of the Shuffle 3. The come-on with the new one, of course, is more memory in less space, and leave behind the old "square" for a phallic-shaped (but pencil thin!) rocking little number. And of course fix it so the customer has to purchase a replacement cable from you know whom--and don't overestimate the intelligence of the consumer: who among us would have any idea about what's on our iPods were it not for an audio announcement before each track?
This 1GB iPod is a gem and is, moreover, highly utilitarian. It'll hold over 200 jazz tracks, and I can put it in a pajama pocket with the ear-buds underneath my pillow. And you don't have to drape it around your neck or depend on a pocket--just clip it anywhere, and it stays. I've just realized that despite all of the possibilities available to me on my iPod Touch (those thousands of apps!), I rarely use it--and then only for listening to music. I would have been smarter to have picked up 7-8 of these at the same price.
As for the sound quality, it's brilliant and clear with the included Apple ear buds, and if I plug it into the audio jack of my stereo the sonic spectrum is as replete, the volume levels as full, as any sound-reproducing mechanism in my repertory. And best of all it'll run 10-12 hours before the next charge. (Wish I could say the same about my Macbook and Mac Air, both of which are giving me barely over an hour on a single charge.)
Customer Review: Itty-bitty
Summary: 4 Stars
I find the iPod Shuffle is perfect for the gym where it clips easily on a shirt - no carrying case required. It's tiny but holds more songs than I've ever needed to put on it at any one time. For people like my friend who keeps his entire music collection on his iPod, the little Shuffle just won't do. But I only change my playlist occasionally, or sometimes listen to an audio book or a podcast, and I can keep everything on the original CDs or my computer and change it as often as I want. Creating playlists and uploading music using the computer interface is quick and easy. It has only 2 modes - either play the tracks straight or shuffle them, and the buttons are easy to use even without looking. A single charge seems to last nearly a month for me - but I'm mainly using it at the gym.
The tiny size is nice, but it has it's drawbacks. My kids have an adapter that plugs it into my wife's car, and when it's separated from the headphones it's so small that I've lost it around the house several times. The kids have left theirs in jeans' pockets, and they don't survive a trip through the washing machine. The little earphones produce great quality sound, but they're not particularly long-lived (my first pair blew a speaker after only a couple of months but the iPod store in the mall gave me a new pair for free - otherwise replacements are $30).
But overall, I love it. It makes that half-hour on the eliptical go a lot faster. It's amazing to compare it to the Walkman with cassette I had in the early 80s - a huge improvement.
Customer Review: When You Purchase Any Apple Ipod You Are In Sync With The Preferred Media Of The 21rst Century
Summary: 5 Stars
April 2, 2008
As a music critic and undeniable lover of music, several Ipods of varying capacities that I own including the Apple iPod shuffle 1GB are of the utmost importance professionally and pleasurably as a purveyor of outstanding music of every genre imaginable. When Apple introduced the iPod initially it was not simply a player to me but a conceptual innovation comprising the most technologically expedient ways to organize and listen to entries situated on iTunes. Ipods offer the listener the most expansive and versatile genres and lists of songs anywhere on this planet Earth through their Store. The Shuffle is noted for absolute affordability, the ability to autofill (see the Apple specs for more information), fill with almost three hundred songs and it is lighter than a cereal flake on your plate. The sheer portability of the Shuffle considering its tiny mass is actually to me, its biggest selling feature. On another note, Apple is truly a customer oriented company. This is a conglomerate that could easily stand on its laurels having provided the public with the essense of excellence in portable media that although destined to evolve and change is nevertheless here to stay,and is determined to afford each and every Apple buyer the courteous and unmaginably helpful assistance with their iPod line of products. Whether it is my iPod shuffle 1GB or my 8GB Nano, my general disposition smacks of my New York City upbringing when I say "Where else can you go"?
Jay Adler, Music Critic
Customer Review: iPod Shuffle - Great for the gym or working in the yard
Summary: 5 Stars
I come from an Apple household. We have found that the user experience that Apple has created for each of its products can't be beat. My wife and I each have an iPod Classic, but found they are too bulky to comfortably have at the gym or working in the yard. We tried the armbands for attachment, but the setup is less than ideal. We now primarily use the Classics in our cars or at home in a docking station.
The Shuffle is the perfect size and form for those with an active lifestyle. 2GB of memory is ample storage space for carrying around your favorite songs. I think I have about 300 on my Shuffle at the moment, definitely enough variety for me to get thru whatever I am up to without hearing repeats. Warning...If you want to carry your entire music library, this is not the product for you.
I would recommend replacing the stock earbuds with something else. I recommend an in-ear design, as they will provide partial noise canceling which provides many benefits such as: being able to hear your music over the lawnmower; hearing your music and not the conversations of those around you; listening at a lower volume level, but actually hearing the music better.
Finally, synching your music with iTunes is about as easy as it gets. Anyone who has had a different brand of MP3 player knows that getting music on and off the device is functional, but definitely not simple for everyone to understand.
Thanks Apple, you make my life easy!
Customer Review: useless
Summary: 1 Stars
So I got this as a Christmas gift and nobody really knows how much I hate the thing. Why anybody would want one of these is beyond me. You have exactly 2 choices. Option number one is click forward or reverse until you find the song that you want to hear, on a 1GB mp3 player that holds somewheres around 256 songs, you could be clicking up to 128 times (if the given song you want to hear is at the furthest point from where you currently are and if I am really good at math). Your other option is shuffle. Hence the genius name iPod shuffle. "iPod shuffle" does sound better than "iPod press forward a hundred times". The other thing that really sucks is the difficulty involved in just adding a song. Its not like a normal mp3 player, where you just open the folder after you plug it in a click and drag songs in. No, you have to use iTunes and have an iLibrary and stuff. What a hassle, I just wanted to add a couple songs before I went out. Whats with all this work involved, "No I don't want to update iTunes now I have a job to go to." Sometimes I just want to add a song or change something around real quick but its impossible. This whole process is nearly as time consuming as going to the DMV. On the plus side the iPod shuffle comes in a variety of different colors to match the sweater vest you probably put on your dog.