Testseek.co.uk have collected 103 expert reviews of the Apple iPod Shuffle 3G 2GB / 4GB and the average rating is 65%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple iPod Shuffle 3G 2GB / 4GB.
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The editors liked
Design
Comically small proportions
Easiest interface ever
Crisp audio
Supports multiple playlists
Can navigate thanks to VoiceOver controls
Supports Apple Lossless files
Higher-capacity
Good sound and volume.
Very small and light
Great for exercise
Minuscule proportions. Clever "talking" interface
Good build quality
Increased storage
Produces an expertly balanced
Evenhanded sound
Blessed with detail and refinement
Quirky control system
It’s the small ones you have to watch out for. Napoleon
Stalin
That one from the Krankies
Each of them famous for a rampant superiority complex that is clearly reflected in Apple’s new Shuffle. Not only does this minute player speak 14 lang...
VoiceOver feature
Introduction of playlists
Beautiful design
Light as a feather
Small as a paper clip
Synthesised voice feature tells you what you're listening to
Improved support for podcasts and audiobooks
Small
Good looking
Can hold more than one playlist
The editors didn't like
Apple earphones compulsory
Sound quality
No userfriendly controls
No display
Voice control only works with iTunes
Cant use third party headphones yet
Slightly toy-like feel
No controls on iPod
Navigation more difficult than in the past thanks to headphone-based controls
Battery charge poorer than in the past
Tiny switch on top of iPod difficult to manage with adult fingers
Must pay for adapter or compatible headphones if...
Lousy headphones
Awkward controls
Average sound. Poor
Nowirreplaceable
Headphones
Fiddly controls
Requires proprietary earphones
Cant control the player without compatible headphones or an adaptor
Earpieces are prone to popping out
Steve Jobs should have thrown in a nose-guard with this iPod – those of us blessed with generous nasal openings risk inhaling the microscopic Shuffle in all our excitement. There is a more serious drawback though. Because the Shuffle’s new &ls...
Cant use standard earbuds
Pill-sized remote control on the headphones is the only operation method
Abstract: One impact of Apple’s announcement of version 3.0 of the iPhone OS on the 17th was that it keeps the device from becoming obsolete. Based upon the announcement it’s clear that every new functionality in version 3.0 will work with the iPhone 3G...
Abstract: The past two weeks have been relatively productive for Apple; this week they announced over 100 new features for the upcoming iPhone firmware update, and last week they unveiled the latest revision to their economically friendly iPod line with the thir...
Abstract: Video Review: Apples newest iPod redesign makes the Shuffle the smallest music player in the world at 0.3" thick with controls mounted on the headphones and a voice feature that tells you what youre listening to. But is $79 the right price for 1,000 ...
Supports multiple playlists; can navigate thanks to VoiceOver controls; supports Apple Lossless files; higher-capacity; good sound and volume.
No controls on iPod; navigation more difficult than in the past thanks to headphone-based controls; battery charge poorer than in the past; tiny switch on top of iPod difficult to manage with adult fingers; must pay for adapter or compatible headphones if...
And what do these questions and answers tell us? Apple needed to release something it could call an iPod shuffle and that iPod shuffle has its strengths and weaknesses. Its strengths are greater capacity and a means for navigating the device. Weakness...
Abstract: Last week Apple introduced its third-generation iPod Shuffle, the first significant update since the remote-control-sized aluminum Shuffle we reviewed in November 2006. Like all previous Shuffles, the new one lacks any display — but this one takes ...
Abstract: Click to enlarge Apple’s newest iPod was announced this week with almost no forewarning and immediately sparked some controversy. The 4GB iPod shuffle, the third generation of the product, removes even more from a device that people have typically seen...
Abstract: The latest iPod Shuffle to come out of Cupertino has a big hill to climb and, so far, things aren’t looking great. Any which way you look at it, this is a dud, but a magnificent one all the same. For starters, the price to storage ratio is skewed in t...
Apple’s smallest, lightest iPod yet, and first iPod shuffle with remote control functionality. Offers modestly better transfer speeds and audio quality than prior shuffle, replaces prior dock with simpler USB sync and charge cable. Adds VoiceOver fe...
Needlessly and seriously complicates controls by switching to a buttonless body, which cannot be controlled without Apple headphones or not-yet-manufactured third-party proprietary remote control solutions; presently next to useless with car or home s
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Thumb drive sized. Can double as a tie clip. Battery life lasts for 12 freaking hours. Short USB sync cord is teh sexiness. Yes, well admit, its another beautifully designed piece of hardware from Apple.
Proprietary headphones are required. Control set awkward and hard to use. The thing could be easily mistaken for a thumb drive or a tie clip for that matter.
