Comments on: The New iPod Shuffle: I’m Sorry, but What’s the Point?

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:51:53 +0000

I think the point is, it’s so small you lose it and have to buy another one.

By: gah

gah — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 06:56:20 +0000

firstly i have to agree with you that i think this design is pretty nonsense, cos it really is nothing. you look at it and it doesn’t tell you anything. The previous generations of shuffles communicate the functional idea of a clip, the wheel to me always represents music medium (cd,tape,turntable etc). However i suggest not making too critical comments until u try it. Normally apple’s product are really logical stuff.
anyway i have a 60gb ipod and i hardly look at the screen, it’s always on shuffle mode. so for 4gb that’s not an issue.

By: DT

DT — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:02:39 +0000

@estelle: Thanks for dropping by and sharing your thoughts. You are not the only one wondering why there is no Bluetooth!

@joseph: Thanks for the thoughtful comment and taking the time to write it. I have to say also that access to the blind was something that also crossed my mind and I like to give Apple the benefit of the doubt but the cynic in me does not really think that was the intention. I could be wrong.

@Khaled: Thanks for sharing your thoughts with the Sansa. It could be Apple looking to solidifying their position and locking the Sansa out of the market space.

By: Khaled

Khaled — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:54:54 +0000

I have to disagree the smaller in size the better as far as Im concerned its less bouncing around when you are on the running machine. Also by eliminating the controls its less to go wrong especially if the player gets a little wet during the workout, the screen/controls are usually one of the first things that goes when I have to replace a mp3 player.

I think Apple are trying to capture the sansa clip market who have a very good mp3 player very similar in size and with a good storage capability. I also like the idea of the controls on the headphones, not having to unclip the player and fiddle with it to get the track you want will be a big plus and selling point for me. It will be interesting to see how the two compare sansa clip v new ipod shuffle.

By: joseph

joseph — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:16:55 +0000

There is a lot of hype about the sleek new design of the iPod Shuffle. People are eating up the re-design, paying much respect to the size with little regard to the true benefits that have been incorporated with the new speaking feature.

The iPod Shuffle is being drooled over for all of the wrong reasons. The ADA-friendly music device has bridged the gap between the visually impaired and the audio aficionado. Never mind how the speaking feature can be used for the blind, say design blog authors, look how small it is!

Bloggers and gadget geeks are abuzz because the Shuffle tells you what you’re listening to in a cool robot voice. But, have you heard that if you use a PC to load music, you get the lesser of cool robot voices (think Marge Simpson