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Making room for the iPod air. So random, you won't even know when you will start listening to music.

Features:
No ports
Remote disc

The shuffle had a pretty steep price tag compared to the competition so this is very welcome. Maybe I will buy a new one to replace the one i accidental ran in the washer last summer.

***** THE RIAA!

with an article that deep, i can see why you didn't link straight to the source
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/A ...

Well 2gb shuffle released for 79, should see it on the homepage soon i imagine.

And?

Yup. They're making room for the 2GB version (says so on the Apple site)

I have the original shuffle at 1gig, I use it for the gym, beach and airplanes. It works fine, I see no reason to upgrade until it dies. I don't need other features, I just want to hit play and work out.

Woah, no point in buying apple headphones.
Step 1.Buy the shuffle and get headphones for the same price as headphones on their own!
Step 2.Sell shuffle
Step 3.Profit!!!

My wife and I just joined a gym and my iPod video is just too big and heavy so I looked at getting us both a couple of shuffles. There was no way I was going to spend $79 each for one of those so I ended up getting us both 2 Gb Sandisk Sansa Clips which were cheaper plus I don't have to bother with stinking iTunes.

i'm still trying to fix my first generation shuffle, all it needs is a battery, i wish they would just make the damn batteries replaceable on all their ipods.

I feel like Apple rarely releasing a new product with making a big ordeal out of it. This seemed to be a rather quite release. I wonder why.

As an owner of an iPhone and a 30GB iPod video, both are far too heavy to use reasonably at the gym.

At this cheap price I might have to pick one just for the sake of working out.

They are trying to compete with creative. I still use my old creative zen, at least you can replace the drive with a larger one. The only thing that went wrong is Vista will destroy your old creative. Now I run a dual boot with xp for it. I also own a shuffle just because I was on vacation and needed something small and needed it immediately

Some obscure component manufacturer somewhere in the Pacific Rim must have announced a major order for some bleeding-edge piece of technology that could conceivably become part of an expensive, digital-lifestyle-enhancing nerd toy.

I hope the prices go down everywhere .. not just the States.

You know what sucks though...
US Price $49
UK Price £49 (around $100)

I keep on thinking about picking up one of these for when I'm mowing the lawn or doing other work outside. Guess the time is now!

Sorry but the SanDisk Sansa Clip dominates the shuffle and its $35 1GB and $55 2GB. What is the point of an MP3 player without a screen? Just stating the obvious.

Did you read the Apple Product Cycle article....?

I really hope they bring back the design of the first gen shuffle. I still have mine and it still works perfectly, but I would love to be able to get one now with a gig or two since mine only has 512mb. The first gen shuffle is one of the best mp3 players ive ever owned. Its super durable, which is rare for an ipod product, so light it just dangles from the headphone jack if u drop it, and I love mp3 players with built in usb. Its so convenient to be able to fill it up with friends music or to be able to charge it almost anywhere without having to remember any stupid sync cables.

Anyone who would pay more than $50 for an MP3 player with no screen is an idiot anyway.

So the shuffle is 49$ and replacement headphones are 29$... the headphones are worth more than the player?

£32 in UK now you retards.

ugh i just bought one of these last week for $79. go figure.

Deals like this are probably why Apple's forced to lower the price: http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=60 ...
Before the price break it was $40 cheaper, 1 gig larger (with an expansion slot), and has a screen, FM tuner, and voice recorder. Not a bad Shuffle competitor.

With the price and feature list of the Nano, you couldn't possibly charge any more than $80 for a Shuffle. They have to lower the price on the smaller one to sell the 2Gig version. A $50 model actually makes the shuffle viable again, in my opinion.

It's quite simple: the iPod shuffle may not have been overpriced at $79 two years ago, but it is now.

You can get a gigabyte MP3 player from Sandisk for $10 on Woot if the winds are blowing the right direction.

2 gb shuffle? so if one wants to listen to a particular song, they might have to hit next 500 times to hear it?

I just sold my used one for $40. awesome

The refurbished iPods are now listed at the same price as the new ones. I was really hoping I could snap one up for a good $30.