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."

Comments

Re:Sept the article misses a few things

[yeremein]

Nano's are fragile. VERY fragile

The Nano might not be as fragile as you think.

shuffle sound quality #1

[slashkitty]

If you don't need a screen, why have one? It just adds weight, size, complexity and cost. The main reason to keep the suffle is sound quality. It has the best amp of any portable mp3 player. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1777890,00.as p

Re:On a semi-related note...

[AKAImBatman]

Dude, seriously. Do you listen much? AT ALL?

I've told you twice now that the touch sensors for the DISPLAY can be overlayed above the plastic. What is so hard to understand about that? Here, I'll even draw you a little ASCII diagram:

TOP
 
-------- <-- Touch sensors
======== <-- Thick plastic
******** <-- Screen
%%%%%%%% <-- Battery and rear plastic
 
BOTTOM
 
^ This way up

There's nothing magical in the LCD that makes the touch sensors work. Just in case that's not percolating, there's nothing magical in the LCD that makes the touch sensors work. The sensors that make a touch screen work are overlayed on top of the screen or whatever protection it uses to protect the screen. There are even touch keypads that allow you to punch in numbers through thick glass. (This is used in some security systems to prevent access to the keypad itself, while still allowing the owner to punch in his code by just tapping at the glass.)

Now go stand in the corner and read how touch screens work.