The iPod shuffle is my favourite iPod. It is perfect for doing sports like running or using in the gym. The built in clip makes it perfect to attach to your sports wear, and its so light and small it adds no extra weight. With its 1GB memory, the iPod shuffle can hold enough songs for a really good work out.

I have one of these in blue, also available in pink for the girls or silver for everyone.

Combined with a car kit, or listened to on the train this is the perfect portable music player.

I love the iPod Shuffle! Ideal for sports people.

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Product Description

The world's smallest digital music player, the 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge of musical devotion. You know what they say about good things and small

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22503 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Model: MA949
• Released on: 2006-08-20
• Dimensions: 11.02" h x 16.54" w x 4.33" l, .4 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

Put some colour on

In five brilliant colours, the 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs1 on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge of musical devotion.

One size fits all

You know what they say about good things and small packages. But when something 4.1cm long  and just over 1cm deep holds up to 240 songs, “good” and “small” don’t cut it. Especially when you can listen to your music for up to 12 continuous hours.2 In fact, iPod shuffle just may be the biggest thing in small.

Ready to wear

Clip it to your coin pocket. Clip it to your bag. No matter where you clip your skip-free iPod shuffle, you’ll have instant access to music. In silver, pink, green, blue, and orange, iPod shuffle goes with everything. Put it on, turn it up, and turn some heads.

Remix and match

The first step to wearing 240 songs is downloading iTunes — free. Then drop your iPod shuffle into the included dock, plug the dock into your Mac or PC’s USB port, and sync in minutes. Got more than 240 songs? No problem. Let iTunes autofill your iPod shuffle and get a new musical experience every time

1. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. Song capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; actual capacity varies by content.
2. Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings.

Controls

iPod shuffle pays due respect to its bigger siblings with a thumb-friendly, circular control pad that puts the “go” in ergonomic. Click the center button to play and pause. Click the outer buttons to move back, skip forward, and adjust volume.

Headphone jack

iPod shuffle’s headphone jack does double-duty as a dock connector. Flip iPod shuffle upside-down and drop it into the included dock. Then connect the dock to your Mac or Windows PC via USB for a quick sync and charge. And if you’re away from your computer, you can charge on the go with an optional USB adapter.

Clip

Thanks to a sturdy, built-in clip, iPod shuffle goes with anything. Clip it to your sleeve, your lapel, your coin pocket, your backpack. No matter where you wear it, iPod shuffle speaks volumes about your style.

Battery indicator

Green means go, amber means you’re low, and red means you’ve almost hit zero. But with up to 12 hours of battery life,1 iPod shuffle may keep rocking even longer than you do.

Shuffle switch

Embrace your inner rebel: Flip the shuffle switch to mix up iPod shuffle’s contents. Then flip the switch again to play your hand-picked playlists and albums in the order you synced them from iTunes.

1. Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings.

 

What's on your iPod shuffle?

Something new every sync. With iTunes, listening to iPod shuffle is never the same experience twice. Connect iPod shuffle to your Mac or PC and see what musical adventures await.

Stop, dock, and sync

iPod shuffle comes with its very own dock that you connect to your Mac or PC via USB. Then, whenever you feel the need for a quick sync, just drop iPod shuffle into the dock and iTunes goes to work.

 

More in store

With up to 1GB of storage space, iPod shuffle happily stores files along with your music. Use iTunes to tell iPod shuffle how much space to leave free for files and how much to fill with music.

 

World’s smallest DJ

For the ultimate exercise in uncertainty, let iTunes randomly autofill your iPod shuffle. iTunes creates a playlist that fits your style — and your iPod shuffle’s capacity. For finer control over your portable music collection, set Autofill to sync from specific playlists or add higher-rated songs first. Or turn Autofill off and manually select the songs you want to tote on your iPod shuffle.

Fill ’er up fast

iPod shuffle transfers the contents of an entire CD in a flash, so even if you completely refill iPod shuffle, you won’t be waiting very long at all. Of course, total time varies depending on how much music you want to add or replace.

 

Box Contents

iPod shuffle

Earphones

Dock

Quick Start guide

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Customer Reviews

Outstanding and what a wonderful colour too!
If you are a runner, then this HAS to be on your shorts somewhere. Steve Jobs has freed up the lone-runner experience over the past few years. Only 4 or 5 years ago my right hand had a Sony Waterproof Cassette Walkman velcro'ed to it (if the Walkman was clipped to your waist it jumped and warbled too much) which also meant to carry a water bottle tied up both your hands.

The first generation iPod Shuffle was a revalation, not only could you carry more music than you needed even for a marathon but it fitted into the key pocket on most running shorts. (but your house key was relegated to being tied on to your laces)

Now with the new version, you can clip it to your shorts and feel no bulk or weight atall whilst running along to all your best running and motivational tunes. And your keys can go back into the thoughtfully placed pocket on your shorts.

The included headphones, like for all iPods are pretty awful and do not stay in your ears when running but other than that the new Shuffle has to be the best workout kit (and bargain) of the year.

As of this week in the US Apple have released the Shuffle in a number of different (bright and terrific) colours. They are outstanding.....

Great for running
I ummed and arred for ages between this and a nano. I wanted to get an mp3 player to keep me motivated when running and my old mp3 player had no clip with it and I was fed up of sticking it in my bra. With then nanos you can get an armband to strap them onto your arm but I've heard tales of them constantly falling down so went for a shuffle.

The shuffle has a great clip so that you can attach it to your t-shirt or trousers. Its so small and lightweight you don't notice its there which is ideal. The earphones do occasionaly come loose but not too often and I'm not going to bother changing them.

I've got about 100 songs on it and believe it will fit around double that on. The controls are very user friendly and you can easily skip tracks or adjust volumne without having to look at which button you're pressing. The battery lasts for over 12 hours and then charges up again by connecting it to your computer. The lead for this is included. However you can't listen to your ipod while its charging. There is no screen so you can't see which track is playing or search for a track other than just skipping through till you find the one you want. If that would be a problem for you then you'd be better off getting a nano.

Fun
At a shade under fifty pounds the player is one of the least expensive on the market, but unlike many of it's competitors, Apple have not made a product which looks or feels "cheap." The controls are well laid-out and the interface, even without a screen, is completely intuitive and essentially foolproof, and can be operated one-handed without looking, and therefore seems squarely aimed at the runner / gym-goer / mountain biker market, and it is perfectly suited to this role - the relatively low cost, simple, tough construction and low weight make the Shuffle attractive to the sort who might be afraid of smashing the much larger and more expensive iPod Video to bits - the Shuffle's integrated clip keeps it firmly attatched to your jacket whilst bouncing over rocks on your bike, and unlike its larger sibling, the shuffle won't slowly work its way out of your pocket during an energetic run, so you'll be spared the tragedy of becoming suddenly acquinted with your iPod's innards, and worse, being obliged to gather them up from all over the pavement...

The software allows the player to fill itself with randomly selected songs from your iTunes library, but also has a command to choose higher rated tracks, mixing personal favourites with tracks you probably don't listen to as much, which is an interesting way of being introduced to the many hundreds of tracks we all have stored on our computers which we've unfairly overlooked. Furthermore, the software can automatically convert higher bit-rate mp3s and AACs from your library into 160 kbps files for storage on the Shuffle without affecting the original files. This saves a surprising amount of space on the player, particularly if you, like me, are a little fadddy when it comes to sound quality, and use larger 256 kbps files or larger wherever possible - the higher quality will mean nothing at all blasting out of the tinny, almost entirely bass-free earphones Apple supplies with its players, so quantity rather than quality will be of higher importance.

The earphones are probably the first thing to be replaced whenever a new player is bought - although apples signature white earphones are nice enough to look at, they are brash, bright, have no bass at all, and are catastrophically leaky. Don't be tempted, though, to buy Apples own sound isolating earphones, opt instead for Shure E2c or E3c earphones, which are availible from Amazon.co.uk.

But importantly, the shuffle is fun. It's inexpensive, it doesn't take itself seriously - it's a great little player which seems to make weirldy artistic choices about the order in which it plays your songs. Just don't leave it clipped to your jeans when you wash them.