New ipod shuffle is laughable

[Sedako]

First of all, here's what it looks like:

.. and for $80, you get such great features as:

- 4 measly GBs of space.
- No buttons on the actual unit. Instead, you're limited to only headphones that have click features built-in.
- Silly voice-over function for when you absolutely have to know the artist and name of a song because there's no screen to view it on, but only works if you use itunes.

Honestly, I have no idea why people would have any interest in this crap, considering the much hailed 4GB Sansa Clip can be had for almost half the price with far more features. Sure, it's about twice as big, but it's still small enough to be easily portable:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/11/apples-ipod-shuffle-hits-4gb/

 

[sixteenth]

I love how the voice over is different according to if you use a Mac or PC, and how they wanted to make that apparent in the introduction video.

Of course my point being that the PC voice over sounds like shit and uses that Microsoft text to speech voice that's been around for ages..

 

[lefty]

I don't get the point of the long earphone cord at this point... why not put the main body around the place where the controls are and let it end there.

 

[Viperidae]

Ahahahaahahahaha.

Macs.

Ergonomic.

 

[Lucid]

So it's basically a flash drive with a headphone jack?
:|

 

[Viperidae]

I'll buy anything shiny and made by Apple.

 

[swan_song1973]

wow, apple failed. wtf.

 

[Barney Fife]

According to subliminal polling surveyed by The Societies Against Subliminal Adds (SASA): 90% of those surveyed believe "Only a Douche, or an actor would buy Apple Stuff." when 9% believe "With the exception of iPod." And 1% undecided as usual.

The reason why that iPod looks like that? Because you are an idiot and you will buy it. :cheese:

*link removed*

Oh My link is removed. Oh! the inhumanity. Oh! its hopeless, the despair I feel is unbearable, there is no God. But wait a minute, I still got "Douche" up there... Whew! I thought of total lost. But my link! Damn YOU MR. Moderator!!!! :ShakingFist:

 

[Unfocused]

But it's from Apple and it looks neat, dude. It's the mother****ing iPod, rite.

 

[Viperidae]

This makes the Macbook Wheel look serious in comparison.

 

[Reginald]

I love my iPod and reckon Apple have done a good job of winning people over in the last 2 or 3 years. But this is bollocks. I've always through the Shuffle was a waste of time, and this just takes the biscuit.

Also, with the ease that iPod headphones seem to break, and their expense to replace, I like having my buttons firmly attached to my player. On the headphone cable itself, it's just gonna be balllls.

 

[Sheepo]

Shuffles are shit.

 

[bam23]

ipod shuffles were always the dumbest ipods you could buy.

 

[Vegeta897]

Wait... I can't use my own headphones?

wat

 

[DEATHMASTER]

surprised that shit even has an on button.

 

[xcellerate]

ipod shuffles were always the dumbest ipods you could buy.

unless you're a runner. Then I can run the ear bud cord down my shirt and clip the shuffle onto my boxers. I have the last generation shuffle and I love it.

Tell what I need to do that I can't already do with this while I'm running.

 

[Viperidae]

Tell me what song is playing.

Tell me how much battery is left.

 

[Barney Fife]

Tell me what song is playing.

Tell me how much battery is left.

Well, the concept of iPod shuffle is for joggers, cyclists, skaters and fast-walkers with tight asses, your everyday normal metro-sexuals, so they can carry shuffle around their beautiful biceps. Unlike iPod classic, which are suitable for travelers.
That's why, whenever I see them shuffles I can't figure out whether to load music to them or make love: They're cute.

 

[Warped]

shuffles are horrible, I talk people out of them all the time at work. I try to sell them the Sansa's or the Philips MP3 players that hold like 4 times the data for $10 cheaper AND They have an FM reciever

 

[Viperidae]

Funny thing is, Apple could have just made its capacity 20 megs, so you could only upload 3-5 songs, and have it run in shuffle mode permanently. iTunes could lie and tell you it's got 100 songs/1 gig. When you play and only get the 3-5 songs, Apple could just claim it's entirely random, if not a little unlikely, that you keep getting the same 3 songs.

I think I should work for them.

 

[Sheepo]

*snip*

Holding onto the thing or using an arm band really isn't all that hard, the headphones are the only really annoying thing to get to work well while running. I actually prefer clutching my nano in my hand, just kinda feels right.

 

[xcellerate]

Tell me what song is playing.

Tell me how much battery is left.

I'm currently listening to ELO - Mr blue sky. wow! I'm a ****ing magician! How did I do that without a screen! Oh wait a minute..I have head phones on, I know every song that's playing because I put them there.

I haven't charged it since the last time I ran, which was last semester...it sat on my desk all winter, and I just started running again this month and it hasn't died yet. So...I'm not too terribly concerned with how much battery life it has, since it's never died on me before.

 

[Viperidae]

So I download a new album and throw it on the Shuffle.

There's this song, I think it's the third in the album, that I really like. But I have no idea what it's called. Too bad, I don't have access to a computer because I'm running! I also have a ton of ambient music that takes a really long time to start, but I can't tell what track it is because it's just silence for the first 20 seconds!

Alright, it's not crucial, but it's still ****ing stupid not to have a display.

Apparently it was bad enough that enough people complained and Apple implemented it in the new version, so even among Shuffle users you're in the minority.

 

[Warped]

So I download a new album and throw it on the Shuffle.

There's this song, I think it's the third in the album, that I really like. But I have no idea what it's called. Too bad, I don't have access to a computer because I'm running! I also have a ton of ambient music that takes a really long time to start, but I can't tell what track it is because it's just silence for the first 20 seconds!

Alright, it's not crucial, but it's still ****ing stupid not to have a display.

Apparently it was bad enough that enough people complained and Apple implemented it in the new version, so even among Shuffle users you're in the minority.

in the future, couldn't the shuffle just say the name of the song in a Microsoft Sam type voice and then you'd be happy??

 

[xcellerate]

Apparently it was bad enough that enough people complained and Apple implemented it in the new version

So by your logic, every new feature that gets implemented is because people complained about it?

I mean, it's not like people complained to Rolls Royce that their last generation of phantoms weren't luxurious enough, so Rolls Royce made a more luxurious version. Companies have to IMPROVE on designs when they release a new one.

This was just one improvement they did. They might have thought about it originally but couldn't do it because this level of connectivity between itunes and ipods wasn't implemented yet.

There's this song, I think it's the third in the album, that I really like. But I have no idea what it's called.

As for your example...I said for you to tell ME and I can't do with MY shuffle...but since you're talking about yourself then heaven forbid I guess you'll have to wait a few minutes until you get back to your computer to learn the title of the song.

I for one won't have that problem because I listen to songs I already KNOW I will like to run to. No mystery shuffling to distract me.

 

[Vegeta897]

In the future, everyone will listen to only one song.

 

[xcellerate]

please god let it be miley cyrus - see you again.

 

[Barney Fife]

So by your logic, every new feature that gets implemented is because people complained about it?

I mean, it's not like people complained to Rolls Royce that their last generation of phantoms weren't luxurious enough, so Rolls Royce made a more luxurious version.

I Mean Duh! Just ask Jeremy Clarkson.
If I had the money to buy a freaking Phantom, and once driven my ass doesn't feel good about itself? Hell yeah, I'll ask for damn improvements. Why else would I buy a freaking Phantom?

 

[Viperidae]

in the future, couldn't the shuffle just say the name of the song in a Microsoft Sam type voice and then you'd be happy??

Uh, no. Where did I say that? Displays, people.

 

[Pesmerga]

**** displays. I want my shuffle to know what songs I like.

Neural implants, baby.

 

[bam23]

unless you're a runner. Then I can run the ear bud cord down my shirt and clip the shuffle onto my boxers. I have the last generation shuffle and I love it.

Tell what I need to do that I can't already do with this while I'm running.

*shuffle pic*

yea, but you'd still be better off with one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=sansa+clip&x=0&y=0

also has a clip, cheap, and you have the option of actually choosing what you want to listen to.

 

[Krynn72]

Considering that I swallow all my mp3 players and run the headphone cord up my throat and out my nasal cavity to my ear, I think this is a great product! The lack of a screen or any buttons isnt a huge factor in my case either, so its really all in all the perfect mp3 player for me. The only thing I dont like on it is how loosely the headphone plug connects to the mp3 player. When I inevitably defecate and the shuffle comes out and just dangles from my rectum, but I can't just pull it back up using the headphone cable, because the anal cavity is somewhat tight and the cord just pulls right out. Because of this I have to regurgitate the cord through my nostrils, plug it back in, and re-swallow the thing that just emerged from my anus.

But other than that I love it!

 

[Barney Fife]

Considering that I swallow all my mp3 players and run the headphone cord up my throat and out my nasal cavity to my ear, I think this is a great product! The lack of a screen or any buttons isnt a huge factor in my case either, so its really all in all the perfect mp3 player for me. The only thing I dont like on it is how loosely the headphone plug connects to the mp3 player. When I inevitably defecate and the shuffle comes out and just dangles from my rectum, but I can't just pull it back up using the headphone cable, because the anal cavity is somewhat tight and the cord just pulls right out. Because of this I have to regurgitate the cord through my nostrils, plug it back in, and re-swallow the thing that just emerged from my anus.

But other than that I love it!

Which reminds me, I haven't downloaded porn last couple of days.

 

[Insano]

I got a Sansa Clip 8GB for €40, which means twice the capacity, an FM tuner, a screen to select songs, great quality, etc.

 

[xcellerate]

yea, but you'd still be better off with one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=sansa+clip&x=0&y=0

also has a clip, cheap, and you have the option of actually choosing what you want to listen to.

I can already choose what I want to listen to (by loading only music I want to listen to + pressing the 'next' and 'previous' buttons), but I rarely need to, because I only put songs on their I like to run to. It's not like I'm running along and then Enya or Barry White comes on.

I already have an iphone, if I want to listen to music while I'm in the library or on the bus I use that, but the shuffle is perfect for running. Why would I buy something that's larger and has features I wouldn't use (screen)?

I wouldn't, and that's my point, there are people who the shuffle is perfect for. So calling it stupid, just because you wouldn't use it, is...stupid. It would be much better to say something like, "the shuffle isn't for me because I need a screen" or "I don't use apple products because I'm afraid people will stereotype me, like I stereotype others with apple products."

And I know you didn't say it was stupid, but others did.

 

[Sedako]

I wouldn't, and that's my point, there are people who the shuffle is perfect for. So calling it stupid, just because you wouldn't use it, is...stupid. It would be much better to say something like, "the shuffle isn't for me because I need a screen" or "I don't use apple products because I'm afraid people will stereotype me, like I stereotype others with apple products."

The fact of the matter is that there are other MP3 players that can be used for the same activities that the new shuffle can. Most are cheaper, have more features for when you do want to use them, and don't force you to use Apple's shitty earbuds. If people still want to overpay and severely limit themselves, then I guess said people can't be be helped. The new shuffle is 100% a dumb design when considering the amount of money you're paying for it, and I will stand by that opinion.

 

[xcellerate]

Most are cheaper, have more features for when you do want to use them, and don't force you to use Apple's shitty earbuds.

More features almost always means larger size. My #1 concern was a small size. Show me an mp3 player that's smaller, has more features, is cheaper AND was made 3 years ago (when I bought my shuffle), and then I'll be interested.

And I can use my shuffle with my sony headphones, it's just a standard headphone jack...they aren't forcing me to use their earbuds...

 

[Sedako]

More features almost always means larger size. My #1 concern was a small size. Show me an mp3 player that's smaller, has more features, is cheaper AND was made 3 years ago (when I bought my shuffle), and then I'll be interested.

And I can use my shuffle with my sony headphones, it's just a standard headphone jack...they aren't forcing me to use their earbuds...

I'm just talking about the new shuffle, which I say is a step down from the old shuffle.

 

[xcellerate]

Fair enough. I was mainly talking to people who say things like:

"Shuffles are shit. "
"ipod shuffles were always the dumbest ipods you could buy. "

I don't like the new shuffle, and neither do mac websites.

If you ask me, the war on buttons has gone too far. The new iPod shuffle takes a step back in both the usability and compatibility departments.

 

[Shamrock]

I've always liked the second generation iPod shuffle. I actually had one that I won from one of those Stacker gaming machines, but I lost it somewhere cause it's so damn small. Anyway, I used it for running all the time. It was definitely good for what it was intended for.

This new generation one is just... stupid. I need to get an adapter to use my actual good quality running earphones! Awesome! Thanks Apple! There's more to complain about, but I just don't feel like finishing my thoughts in this post.

So I'll tell you a story. I went back in time in me dream, back to a diner. Me friend gave me a $1.10 to buy 5 people food. I was like no way! It's not going to be enough...

IT WAS ENOUGH! Hot dogs, fries, milkshakes for everyone! It was nuts!