Apple iPod shuffle 1 GB White (1st Generation) OLD MODEL
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Customer Review: SHUFFLE ROCKS
Summary: 5 Stars
Finally, an MP3 player that fits the "pocket". The iPOD Shuffle weighs only 20 grams, costs only 149.00 USD (1 GB), plays great music and doubles up as a USB (2.0) storage device.
Controls - Intuitive:
Front:
A circular control handles the Volume Up, Volume Down, Skip, Repeat. At the center is the Play/Pause button. All accessible at the touch of the thumb.
Back:
A sleek slider control for power off, play shuffle mode and play continuous mode, ensures that you don't accidentally switch the player on/off. Also at the back is the battery status button.
Uploading Music - A breeze:
Uploading songs to your iPOD Shuffle is a breeze with the bundled iTUNES, an award-winning digital-jukebox software.
iTUNES:
- Library, a great music organizer. Add songs individually or by the folder.
- Drag and Drop the songs from your iTUNES Library into your iPOD Shuffle - that simple.
- Search songs in Browse mode by Genre, Artist and Album. The quick search filters the song list as you type which is very fast and effective.
- Import/Convert Audio CD into pristine-quality AAC file format.
- Burn custom playlists to CDs and MP3 CDs.
- Party Shuffle, which keeps a queue of songs at the ready that you can rearrange.
- Radio, more than 250 free Internet radio stations.
- Also nifty playlists being "My Top Rated", "Recently Added", "Recently Played", "Top 25 Most Played".
Charging and Battery Life:
Plug it into the computer USB port or alternatively via the iPOD Shuffle Battery back (sold separately) and you are ready for up to 12 hours of pure music.
Headphones:
The signature white earbud headphones deliver a sharp sound quality.
I was looking for a simple yet sleek, light, inexpensive mp3 player that plays good music and the iPOD Shuffle delivers just that. Not having an LCD screen on the iPOD Shuffle does not bother me a zilch. I have been using the iPOD Shuffle every single day since my purchase (well almost) and not once has it jumped a song.
Simple is beautiful and Apple proved it once again.
Customer Review: I Now Know What That Pocket Is For
Summary: 5 Stars
Have you ever owned a pair of jeans with the little pocket inside your right pocket. That pocket is for holding YOUR AMAZINGLY SMALL iPOD SHUFFLE. This iPod is by far my favorite. I have had the first generation iPod and the first generation mini. I have broken both of them. I do alot of bicycle commuting to work. A twenty mile ride round trip. The other ipods never lasted. After about two months the hard drives broke because of all the skips and stuff. The iPod Shuffle uses flash memory which has no moving parts in it. While the ipod is a mini hard drive and if you hit that right bump the small needle like device that reads the data from the plate can put a scrath in the hard disk. This can sometimes be deadly for the iPod. So alot of sports and activitys should be preformed with a Shuffle. Now for the qucik pros and cons
Pros:
1)Its smaller than most flash based players, about the size of a pack of juciy fruit
2)Comes with a cool lanyard
3)Hold switch is pressing the Play/Pause button for 3 seconds, no annoying switch to slide
4)You can either shuffle or play your music in a playlist
5)Great sound quality with the included earbuds. It sounds better than my friends mini and my old mini
6)Replaced my ugly keychain Lexar Jump Drives
Cons:
1)No Screen is a con for most people, not me. I got used to not having a screen within the first hour of play. Its nice to not be attached to a screen and constantly looking at your ipod. It looks tacky to always be reading this device.
2)No Charger Inditcator to tell me when it almost full. You have a light on the back of the ipod that tells you if your charge is good, getting low, or really bad. But I wish when I plugged it into my computer it would tell me if it was just almost full so I dont walk away right when it finishes charging.
3)No dock, it should come with the extra dock because when I plug it in it hogs the space of two USB ports but only uses one. Small deal i know. You might benifit from buying a powered USB hub made for the shuffle. These normally have a port on top for a jump drive or shuffle. Great deal.
I would definatly buy another shuffle if this one broke tomorrow. But I think I would get the 1GB modle next time.
Customer Review: Brilliant little piece of technology
Summary: 5 Stars
I got my iPod Shuffle for my 18th birthday last year, and since then, it hasn't let me down once. I've read about people complaining that it breaks after awhile or the batteries die fast, but I've had no problems and certainly no complains to make.
Everybody know the specs of the shuffle, you've read all about it, so I won't bother to talk about that. I'll just give my opinion on the features of the shuffle.
I love the size - when I'm walking, I can put it in my pocket without a worry - when it is on shuffle mode, I hardly need to take it out at all. When I choose my playlists in iTunes (that comes on a CD-ROM packaged with the shuffle - brilliant programme <3), I have all the songs I need and love, so there's no need to be changing songs all the time. I love the fact that it doesn't skip or jump like discmans do, and it's very portable and easy to use. With the earphones wrapped around it, this thing is tiny and easy to pop in your pocket.
One negative thing, of course, is there is no screen. But I reckon that's the whole point of the shuffle - to have random songs and not know what's coming up next. Another bad thing, is the largest size it comes in 1 gig. I have over 3.5 gigs of music on my computer and choosing only 250 songs out of almost 1000 library is very hard. So it ends up being my 250 favourite songs of the time, then I just change them when I get bored.
The battery life is phenomonal on these iPods - 12 hours of non stop playback. I don't use my iPod THAT much, so the long battery life lasts me ages, I don't need to charge it up often. That brings me to another point - it charges up through the computer, which is convienent for me as I always have my computer on anyway. And I don't know what people are on about when they say the shuffle breaks easily - I've dropped mine numerous times (sometimes on concrete!) and it hasn't broken. I don't like the white colour though, I want to buy some covers but they're expensive. The white gets dirty easily, especially when the shuffle is just sitting in my bag or my pocket.
But apart from the small negative points, this iPod is durable, portable and good for people who don't want to lug around a large music player. 5 stars!
Customer Review: Depends on What You Want It To Do
Summary: 4 Stars
Whether the shuffle is right for you or not depends on how you interact with music.
If you want to have an extensive collection with you all the time and always select the specific CD or songs you listen to, one of the regular, HDD based iPods is better. If you want a device to provide background music while concentrating on other activities, the Shuffle is perfect. I fall into the latter category since I use the Shuffle to provide background while working out or on airplanes much like I use satellite radio when driving or the radio streams of Rhapsody while at the computer. (Some reviewers here who have slammed it don't seem to understand that different people have different uses for a device).
In addition, if you are away from a computer for a long period of time, the Shuffle might not be the best since a computer is needed to refresh the songs on the Shuffle and is the easiest way to recharge it. I seldom am so this is not an issue for me.
As noted by others, it is extremely small, easy to use, and inexpensive. The sound quality is good. I have about 1000 jazz cuts on my computer and let iTunes randomly select 150 or so to fill the Shuffle every few weeks.
Some reviewers criticize the Shuffle for not including a voice recorder and FM receiver. I guess this is valid, but irrelevant for me: I have two digitial voice recorders, plus my Blackberry, wireless phone, and PDA have that capability. I didn't need a sixth one. And I seldom listen to FM anyway. If I did want FM away from my home or car, I'd get a better quality receiver than the small one on a flash MP3 or AAC player.
I haven't had the Shuffle long enought comment on durability. (I have seen this comment that it can only be charged 144 times then the battery has to be replaced, but have found other sources which say this is simply an urban myth). While I expect it to hold up because of the absence of moving parts, I have some concerns about iPod quality: my daughter's iPod mini is going back to the shop for the third time in six months.
So, the shuffle isn't right for everyone. But it is great for those looking for a great player of background music.
Customer Review: Gum-stick sized shuffle way ahead of the curve
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought the ipod Shuffle after being frustrated with different brand mini MP3 player (that had a small memory size) and have never looked back. I just love this little thing. I'm obsessed with midget-sized items. I travel often, and always with electronics and between the books, laptops, paperwork, phones and other things to carry, I don't want to load myself down with yet another item. But, having my music on these boring trips is essential, and the Shuffle is the ultimate solution.
The great thing about the Shuffle is that its virtually weightless, and fits just about in any pocket, It it can hold 1GB worth of songs, without burning a hole in your pocket. Granted, it has limitations to what you can do with it: you either play songs in order or in shuffle/random format. You have the option of blasting it loudly in your ears or playing it at a more decent level, and you can skip through songs (forward and back), but that's it. You don't get to choose your favorite song or artist as with the other ipods.
However, these limitations are greatly compensated for by the fact that I manage to squeeze some 270 songs on the gum-stick sized item, and that the battery lasts up to 12 hours (longer than the ipod!). I never, ever get bored listening to the songs on all my journeys because it takes so long to get through them all. And if you do finally run out of battery power, you just stick it in a USB slot of your (hopefully midget-sized) laptop or PC/Mac. And it won't burn out to be replaced like the ipod battery.
I use the Shuffle with my i-tunes and find it very easy. You stick it in the USB, and select "refill" to load it up with a bunch of new songs. Though I find that sometimes I have to erase everything on it first. You can choose it to fill up with more of your favorite songs, or you can just dump whatever you want on there (in case you aren't too keen on your partner's favorites as in my case). I don't know how it would work if you don't have a mac with i-tunes, so that could be a drawback.
The shuffle is my savior for all those boring, long trips, delays, study time, etc. I would no more choose to do without it than the books I read for pleasure.