reviewer
zeichner
Minneapolis, MN

Apple has made a great product even better

5 star rating

music lover, musical, very happy with this product, always with my iPod
Pros

    tiny, Its very convenient, intuitive to use, itunes integration

Cons
    Charging a problem at times

NOV
17
2007
First of all, I love the iPod Shuffle because of its simplicity. You simply load it up with music and it shuffles through the songs. This makes it the perfect personal music device to use when I am exercising.

I love to walk for exercise - and it really helps if I can walk to the beat of some of my favorite music. By creating a playlist in iTunes with only songs at walking tempo, I can load up my iPod Shuffle and never have to worry about getting tired of exercising to the same old music.

The iPod Shuffle (1GB) holds over 16 hours of music - that's a lot of exercise sessions!

There is much about the second-generation iPod Shuffle that is improved over the previous version. The on-off & shuffle controls are much easier to use, since they are now slightly raised & the functions are split into two buttons (on-off & shuffle-loop) - that 3-position switch that was flush to the back of the old Shuffle used to drive me crazy. The spring clip is very handy, since I can clip it where it's easy to reach, but also out of the way. It charges right through the headphone jack, so there is no USB plug cover to lose (like on the old Shuffle). The recharging dock is a nice touch - the Shuffle fits hand-in-glove onto the weighted dock. The dock even has a no-skid rubber base.

When I first unpacked it, I had some trouble getting it to connect correctly to my computer. It kept wanting to reset, so it wasn't loading songs or recharging. Then I realized that it had to be plugged into a USB port directly on my computer - not the port on my monitor, which was connected to my computer by a cable. Must have something to do with the strength of the signal.

I'm very pleased with my new 1GB iPod Shuffle. It is half the size of my original 512MB iPod Shuffle, holds twice the amount of music - and it cost about the same. What a deal!



I_thumb_up Apple - iPod Shuffle Second Gen. (1 GB) MP3 Player is recommended by zeichner

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