New 4gb Apple Shuffle

[LingeringSoul]

It's a good thing that the Second Generation iPod Shuffle is still available on Apple's online store (and probably in their physical stores as well). My second gen shuffle died recently (a combination of too many drops and extreme temperatures), and for a second, I thought I would have to settle for this sad attempt at a music player when I'm at the gym.

I love the second gen shuffle so much that I bought two (the first one ended up in the washing machine). I would have been perfectly happy with an identical unit with more storage capacity, but instead they decided to give us this garbage. Holding down a button to move through your tracks? Seriously?

[Guest]

Sorry if I may be out of place in this topic with this ipod-related question. Can anyone tell me if Ipods read AAC 320? Since AAC is ABR some songs get a little bit over 320 kbps,something like 322,323 and I wanted to know if they get reconverted or transferred onto the ipod with no problem. Thank you in advance

[.Neo]

The iPod supports AAC 320 just fine. You can see for yourself on the tech specs page of whatever iPod model:

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

http://www.apple.com/ipodtouch/specs.html

[Max Veteran]

This new shuffle looks like Apple has perfected the design on the old model and then some time later got a bunch of guys to sit in a room all day, forcing them to come up with a new shuffle design.

The old one was perfect. They just needed to maybe add a bit of battery life and possibly make the device smaller but *without* losing the buttons. They just needed to wait for the tech to come along to make it possible.

[suspiria]

Apple's obsession with thinness and minimalism has bit them in the butt this time.