arstechnica.com— Ars reviews Apple's 2nd generation iPod shuffle. The review includes many pictures and a complete dis-assembly of the product.
Nov 13, 2006View in Crawl 4
Come on, I think it makes sense when you consider what they are doing market wise. Its not like all their players are screenless. If it wasn't popular, they wouldn't sell and Apple would just sell nanos and minis and whatever. If you want small, 1 or 2 Gigs, with a screen, pay a little bit more and get a nano. If you don't have the money, you can go screenless and TINY for 70 bucks. Not everyone is a super music fanatic, many people buy one album and listen to it for a month, or just shuffle what songs they have. Hell, I have a 30G and I have it on shuffle 90% of the time (when do I use it the most? the gym? driving? no real need for a screen there. I know what song Im listening to.)Just because you don't need it or want it doesn't mean others might not.
Very good review, I wish I could give more digg points to this one!I only think it's a bit strange to call one report of a bendable shuffle "reports", that is one 's' to many.
irelandNov 14, 2006
"A display would be nice"Yeah I agree, the Nano's are nice!
kirakunNov 14, 2006
dude, read what you just wrote: It got ran over by a frickin' car!! And you're surprise why it broke?
happyscrappyNov 14, 2006
Satellite radio doesn't work indoors. You need an outside antenna. Not sure what good a portable satellite radio would be.
maswellNov 14, 2006
Come on, I think it makes sense when you consider what they are doing market wise. Its not like all their players are screenless. If it wasn't popular, they wouldn't sell and Apple would just sell nanos and minis and whatever. If you want small, 1 or 2 Gigs, with a screen, pay a little bit more and get a nano. If you don't have the money, you can go screenless and TINY for 70 bucks. Not everyone is a super music fanatic, many people buy one album and listen to it for a month, or just shuffle what songs they have. Hell, I have a 30G and I have it on shuffle 90% of the time (when do I use it the most? the gym? driving? no real need for a screen there. I know what song Im listening to.)Just because you don't need it or want it doesn't mean others might not.
mrblackthorneNov 14, 2006
Ya know, after a girl dropped her cell phone in my beer, killing it instantly, I always look out for that test. Good call.
sewesoNov 15, 2006
Very good review, I wish I could give more digg points to this one!I only think it's a bit strange to call one report of a bendable shuffle "reports", that is one 's' to many.