Apple iPod shuffle 1 GB Silver (2nd Generation) OLD MODEL
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Customer Review: Excellent sound quality, instructions should inform new users about Itunes
Summary: 4 Stars
I've never owned an Ipod before, but I did have a generic mp3 player with limited volume control. So I had a small amount of knowledge about transferring music to an mp3 player. My only problem with this mp3 player is that the instructions do not tell you that you can only use itunes to transfer music. So to inform new users, when I first plugged it into my computer to charge the battery, I got a flashing orange light for about 10 hours. I had been using windows media player to transfer songs, and it was showing that these songs were on the ipod. When I unplugged it and turned it on, none of these songs were actually on the ipod, it would not do anything. After several hours of wasting my time, I did my research and discovered this important piece of information, downloaded itunes, and besides the fact that itunes is much slower than windows media player, I love this ipod. Once synced to itunes, it finally stopped blinking orange, turned to a green light, and started playing music. The sound quality is fantastic. For me, the simplicity is great.Customer Review: Go ahead and THROW YOUR MONEY AWAY!
Summary: 2 Stars
THE GOOD SIDE:
The smallest and lightest mp3 player available.
THE BAD SIDE:
1. Ridiculously expensive.
2. No radio.
3. No screen.
4. No equalizer.
5. No way to select any options on the player.
6. No way to select what song you want to hear.
7. You HAVE TO have iTunes installed in order to use this player at all.
8. Can only be used with one computer at a time.
9. Plug it on a different computer and all your music will be erased.
10. Cheap earphones with no covers that will start to deteriorate months later.
11. Only 2 play modes: continuous or random.
12. Odd docking station that will only work with this player.
13. You can't easily make copy of the music saved on this player without special software.
THE ALTERNATIVE:
Look into Creative Zen Stone Plus. I bought this player for $25 at an electronics store after getting so sick of tired of the lack of features by my shuffle. It has most of the things that iShuffle desperately needs.
Customer Review: Shuffle for Audiobooks
Summary: 4 Stars
I purchased this player strictly for use with audiobooks. It is the first iPod I have owned. It is very easy to use. At first, I used the provided ear buds but find that outside noise during my train commute was too distracting so I purchased over-the-ear Sony headphones and all is well. Tow related complains...I may be wrong about this but it seems that the iPod will only charge through my PC when I also start the iTunes software. However, doing so forces a sync between the player and the shuffle. Sometimes, unpredicably, this syncing looses my bookmark, i.e. the positon where I was in the audio book when I last listened. I never play the audio books through my PC, so the sync-ing shouldn't effect the bookmark. Once a bookmark is lost, finding your way back to your last position can be frustrating, particulary with larger books that are spread across several files. One work-around might be to only load up one file at a time and I may consider doing that. Overall, though, its a great little device at a good price.Customer Review: Apple's greatest iPod for the runner
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm not alone in saying that I like to have music playing while I'm on the treadmill or working out in the gym. And carrying my iPod has always been the best way to take my music with me. The 2nd generation shuffle remains the best iPod for the active iTunes listener. In this case, the iPod generation that follows is not a great improvement over the previous ones. Customers have complained that the controls will short out when sweat drips on it. Additionally, I find it MORE convienient to have a docking station rather than a USB port. Keep in mind that connecting via USB port would also make the unit much bigger.
As for ease of use, if you're an iTunes user, it's extremely easy. You can pick random songs or a specific playlist to fill your shuffle. With up to 2gb of space, it's more than enough to give you a variety of songs.
Just clip this puppy onto your sleeve and turn it on. This is the best workout iPod.
Customer Review: Does anyone remember that this was $59.00 from Apple?
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, I love the iPod shuffle for what it is - compact, almost indestructible, and easy. And I believe that iTunes is the best music player on Mac or PC, and makes it exceptionally easy to manage your music and synch with iPods. But THIS WAS A $59.00 ITEM from Apple. As of this writing, Nov. 18, 2009, you can get them at the Apple Store refurbished, with a full one year warranty, for $39.00. This clown is selling them for $199.99 which is, let me see, almost FOUR TIMES THE ORIGINAL APPLE PRICE. If you are stupid enough to pay that much then PLEASE don't complain that they cost too much. If you don't like the charging dock that comes with it there are several options available on Amazon, starting at about three bucks.
I admit that this is not the best ONLY iPod, but it is certainly an excellent OTHER iPod. Unless you only want an iPod to work out with, in which case this IS the best iPod, and much better than any of its competition.