Product Description

The 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240(1) songs on yoursleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Available in your choice ofremixed colors. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge ofmusical devotion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22781 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Model: MB227ZO/A
• Released on: 2007-09-11
• Dimensions: .4 pounds

Manufacturer's Description

The 1GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 240 songs on your sleeve. Or your lapel. Or your belt. Available in your choice of remixed colours. Clip on iPod shuffle and wear it as a badge of musical devotion.

Controls

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

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.

Clip

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

Shuffle switch

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

Headphone jack

The headphone jack does double-duty as a dock connector. Flip iPod shuffle upside-down and drop it into the included dock. Connect the dock to your Mac or PC for a quick sync and charge. Away from your computer? Charge on the go with the optional Apple USB power adapter.

Customer Reviews

Great, love the shade of blue!
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.

Software is very similar to the previous Shuffle, the only difference I find is that your played data is now downloaded to iTunes when you synch it, with my original old-style shuffle this did not happen. This is useful if you have a bunch of comilation CD's (Ministry etc) on your shuffle and want to know what you have just done 10 miles to, you can now look on iTunes afterwards and see what the hell you were listening to!

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.

The latest range of Shuffle colours are not as vibrant as the first range, although, as an owner of this one, I have to say it looks fantastic clipped to your running gear!

Fantastic and unbeatable value for money
Why some people choose to dismiss this player or moan about it's lack of features is beyond me! It's simply brilliant! I use mine purely for the gym, so where else could you expect to get 250 tunes on an mp3 player which is lightweight can clip on your pocket and not even know it's there and not have to worry about breaking it? I used to take my 30gig ipod with me to the gym and after it falling off the equipment so many times and bearing in mind it usually fell onto something made of cast metal, not ideal really when you have a screen to break! So the fact that it doesn't have a screen is a bonus for me cos it's less to worry about and why are you ever likely to want more than 100 let alone 250 tunes on it when you can simply change them anytime you like on itunes. I just load them on press play finish my session at the gym turn it off and next time I turn it on it starts where I left off and you can choose the order you want them to play in itunes or press the shuffle feature if you fancy a random playlist for a change. As for those who question the sound quality, well I load less tunes on mine but at 320kbps which is cd quality and mine sounds superb, so if you are going to put tunes on it which are 128kbps or less you can only expect some deteriation in sound quality! Yes the headphones aren't exactly B&O but I don't really need to listen to 5.1 surround sound when i'm at the gym so for me they are more than adequate. I ask you where else can you get all those ingenious features for £32? Fantastic bit of kit for the right application!

Better than expected
I have always been against apple and the ipod, and gone with creative zen micro and stone. However, i decided to buy one of these purely because of the clip! I use it for the gym so this feature really really helps!
The pictures here do not do it justice at all, it is so tiny!! The colour is really nice as well, was a bit unsure about that when buying it but i am really pleased.
The only thing i will say is that with this ipod, you can only sync to one set of itunes. For instance, any music i have on my work pc cannot be added as i have already added music from my home pc. This is a pain as i then have to use a pen drive to copy the tracks i want, take them home, then sync them.
I'm so pleased with it though, i've just brought my mum one as well - she didn't realise how tiny it actually was and needed one as soon as she saw mine!