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: #24263 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Apple
• Model: MB518ZO/A
• Released on: 2008-03-08
• Dimensions: .0" h x .0" w x .0" l, .4 pounds

Features

• MP3 Flash Player with 2 GB Digital Audio Capacity
• Compatible with iTunes
• Features: Lightweight, USB Ready for High Speed Data Transfer, Anodized Aluminum Body, PC-Chargeable Battery, Compact
• Stores Approximately 500 Songs
• Battery Lasts Up to 12.0 Hr
• Reads AAC, WMA, MP3
• Modes: Shuffle Songs, On/Off/Pause/Play
• Includes Belt Clip, Quick Start Guide, Earphones
• 1 Year Limited Warranty, 90 Day Single Incident Phone Support
• 1.62 x 1.07 x 0.41

Manufacturer's Description

500 songs. Remixed Colours

The 2GB iPod shuffle lets you wear up to 500 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 center button to play and pause. Click the outer buttons to move back, skip forward, and adjust volume.

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.

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

Excellent
I bought this to replace a Creative Zen Nano 1GB MP3 Player (which has developed an annoying habit of switching itself off for no reason). The sound quality is not quite as good as the Creative (which has a built in graphic equalizer function for listening to different styles) but having said that it is excellent for such a tiny compact, convenient device. The clip is extremely useful to me as I listen to music while working out in the gym and it clips easily onto shirt/shorts.
The reason I don't give it 5 stars is that the headphones supplied by Apple are awful - they blast out at high volume but it's like listening through wet cotton wool. I use a pair of Sennheiser CX300 Ear Canal phones which are immensely superior to the Apple ones. They take a bit of fiddling with to get the right size and then to form a seal around the ear canal but once they're in they sound great with the ipod shuffle.

Great Gadget
This is my first Pod. Its a fantastic little gadget. I use it walking to and from work and at lunchtime. Its extremely light and clips onto a shirt, tie, belt or jacket. Its easy to use and you get a good 12 hours from a very quick charge up [2-3 hours]. Quality is good and better than some MP3's i've tried and I like the headphones. They are comfortable and good enough quality. Maybe a bit light on the bass.

The only criticism is the fact that you can't select the music you want to listen to and after a while its something I miss. You can listen to whats installed in order or shuffled up. My advice is to fill it up with music at the start.

I only gave it 4 stars because of its limitations. I now realise I should have got a Nano. This is however perfect for the gym or jogging.

Quality - You get what you pay for
OK, why the five stars? No graphic display, limited functionality when compared to more larger, more expensive items, but let's take a closer look.

Having owned a number of MP3 players, including the oft maligned ipod 80gb, this gadget is really very smart. It is exactly what it was meant to be and for a little over £40.00 represents excellent value over its competitors. Apple have got the right idea, storing over 500 songs, it is small enough to clip on a t-shirt, but stores sufficient music or podcasts for me to travel to New York and back and still barely scratch the surface of what I had stored on it. What else is small? Well not the battery life, that's for sure and whilst the headphones are poor, it was not so long ago that I paid this amount for a player which was powered by an A3 alkaline, with earphones that were so poor they defied belief.

In regards to the lack of graphic display. Let's get real, whilst I have loaded this up to the brim, for a fifty something, I find that 10 albums is enough and them change the playlist. But for a budget conscious young (or not so young) person, this item represents good value if you fill it up to the brim.

Get one.