New Apple Ipod Shuffle has buttons

[MJinZ]

Excellent!

http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/

Now for world peace. Apple, I know you can do it!

 

[Aharami]

so does my sansa clip. and mine has a small screen too!

 

[Capt Caveman]

Wrong forum

 

[OCGuy]

Quick, fork over your currency!

 

[MJinZ]

Wrong forum

You're right, this should be front page material on Anandtech!

Call the presses, we got buttons yo!!!

 

[Leros]

Its revolutionary!

 

[MJinZ]

Its revolutionary!

It reinvents from the butt. Now you got it on!

 

[preslove]

Its revolutionary!

iTS MAGICAL!

 

[jalaram]

This changes everything. Back.

 

[ComputerWizKid]

iPods are the evil

 

[mmntech]

It's funny because they basically just brought back the second generation. The third gen really did suck and Apple knows it.

 

[PricklyPete]

It didn't have buttons before? How the hell did you use it?

 

[TheStu]

It didn't have buttons before? How the hell did you use it?

It had buttons on the headphones, and I think it also use voice control. It certainly had voiceover that would tell you what was playing.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

It had buttons on the headphones, and I think it also use voice control. It certainly had voiceover that would tell you what was playing.

LOLApple.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

Think of the people who would buy an iPod Shuffle. People that listen randomly to music. All you would need is controls to go to the next song, pause, and volume controls. That's it.

 

[jpeyton]

Think of the people who would buy an iPod Shuffle. People that listen randomly to music. All you would need is controls to go to the next song, pause, and volume controls. That's it.

The Shuffle already had buttons two generations ago. Then some idiot at Apple decided to remove the buttons on the last generation Shuffle.

Now the magical, revolutionary buttons are back.

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

They had to make it different. Please Steve Jobs has always been kinda biased against buttons.

 

[amdhunter]

Think of the people who would buy an iPod Shuffle. People that listen randomly to music. All you would need is controls to go to the next song, pause, and volume controls. That's it.

Actually this is perfect for me. All I want is an mp3 player I don't need to look at so I can change songs in my car through the Aux input. I always hated my iPhone because it always required me to look at my player to change songs. Also my Sansa clip was annoying in that I had to flip through menu's to choose from random playback to straight.

Also, the intervals between charges is much better because of a lack of display. (Even though I have a charger in my car.) My clip needed charging every other day with only a few hours of use.

I'll definitely be purchasing one of these.

 

[MJinZ]

Actually this is perfect for me. All I want is an mp3 player I don't need to look at so I can change songs in my car through the Aux input. I always hated my iPhone because it always required me to look at my player to change songs. Also my Sansa clip was annoying in that I had to flip through menu's to choose from random playback to straight.

Also, the intervals between charges is much better because of a lack of display. (Even though I have a charger in my car.) My clip needed charging every other day with only a few hours of use.

I'll definitely be purchasing one of these.

The iPod shuffle was a good device when it debuted and still is.

This post is intended for comical interaction with the marketing department.

 

[TheStu]

The iPod shuffle was a good device when it debuted and still is.

This post is intended for comical interaction with the marketing department.

Personally, I think the Shuffle 2nd gen was where it really hit its stride. The 3rd gen was terrible, but now that the 4th gen is back to the 2nd gen style, life is good again.

I am just so annoyed with the new Nano. The all aluminum colored body with clickwheel!!!! designed that they did with gen 2 and carried through gen 5 was the best. Thin, light, good battery life, nicer and nicer screens, and hot colors.