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iPod Shuffle On The Way Out Already?
An anonymous reader writes "A CNN Money article, of all things, talks about the reasons Apple might have for getting rid of the iPod shuffle." From the article: "The shuffle may not be long for this world. The tiny MP3 player, a favorite of gym-goers, is cheap at $129, but lacks a screen. It may soon be replaced by a 1-gigabyte version of the iPod nano, according to UBS analyst Ben Reitzes. Currently, the smallest nano has 2 gigabytes of storage, enough for about 500 songs, and costs $199."
On the way out my arse! It's tiny, leightweight, unobtrusive, and works well... only losers need a screen and/or video.
Micro isn't smaller than nano. Perhaps you meant pico?
We recently had heard in the office over one of the Yellow Machine that's made by Anthology Solutions.
" talks about the reasons Apple might have for getting rid of the Shuffle."
The real reason is Apple wants to phase it out before some dumbass sues them for hearing loss because they don't know how to turn the volume down.
That many batteries in a house? Must be a toddler nearby.
;)
Or one very lonely woman.
That's nice. I don't think the article mentions the fact that the shuffle becomes a personal floatation device in the event of a water related disaster.
Understood, but I did clarify that in the reply to his first reply:
:-)
You can put as much thick, clear plastic between the screen and the user as the optics will reasonably allow. It simply doesn't matter to the interface.
Perhaps he misread that part, but I did clarify.
In an odd twist of events, it looks like he's friended me. *shrug*
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If they made a 2GB version and sold it for, say, $160, I'd be all over it. 1.5GB for songs, 512MB for misc files, and no freakin' cables? More Kool-Aid, please!
I've got some crow to eat, too - when it first came out, I knocked them for not having a screen. Now, though, I'm attempting to minimize the amount of crap I haul around in my pockets, and the utility has become clear to me.
Lest you think me female/gay/metro, let me please restate that iTunes sucks. Thank you.
hang brain.
itunes decided to move the entire tree to a different location.
Of course it did. iTunes behaves in a completely non-deterministic way. After all, it's not like it's a piece of software or anything.
I'm sure it never presented you with the confirmation box for whether iTunes should manage your library for you. No, it couldn't have done that, because you would have read it like an intelligent person, and opted for that not to happen. Nope, iTunes must have singled you out for personal abuse.
I have a bunch of pairs of pants in which that pocket is almost as deep as the pocket it lives in. If I put change in it, I wouldn't be able to get it out without a pickle grabber, except by standing on my head.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"