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2G iPod Shuffle In Stores On Friday

Snowy_River said:
They do have extra power packs for the various iPods. While they aren't out for the new Shuffle yet, I have little doubt that they will be coming. Also, I wouldn't be too surprised to find that it wasn't too difficult to rig something up on your own, if you're at least a little bit tech savvy.
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The add-on battery pack or charger would be bigger than the shuffle! :D I foresee another altoids tin solution... :)
 
ozontheroad said:
4 years ago I hiked the Camino de Santiago, an old pilgrimage route that goes across Spain (850 km)

I had a diskman at the time and used for about 5 minutes during the walk.

I found that it ruined the whole experience.

sometimes the best music is absolute silence
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For hiking, I agree.
As for running, I gotta have my tunes...
 
ozontheroad said:
4 years ago I hiked the Camino de Santiago, an old pilgrimage route that goes across Spain (850 km)

I had a diskman at the time and used for about 5 minutes during the walk.

I found that it ruined the whole experience.

sometimes the best music is absolute silence
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So very true...
 
Macrumors said:
Note: 2G = Second Generation. Second generation iPod Shuffles have a capacity of 1 Gigabytes.
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Wouldn't it have been common sense to just spell out 1 Gigabyte Second Generation instead of devoting a whole other sentence at the end of the article about what 2G means?
 
Not meaning to be a pain, but is the capacity 1,000,000,000 bytes/10^9 bytes/1 GB, or is it 1,073,741,824 bytes/2^30 bytes/1 GiB? Ignoring file formatting issues, of course.
 
Ahhhh.

I'm tempted to buy one just because of it's design/uniqueness and relatively low price.

"Music to my Ears" would be a good engraving, but I don't think I'd get an engraving just in case I wanted to sell it?
 
MarkCollette said:
Not meaning to be a pain, but is the capacity 1,000,000,000 bytes/10^9 bytes/1 GB, or is it 1,073,741,824 bytes/2^30 bytes/1 GiB? Ignoring file formatting issues, of course.
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Yes, because the hardware manufactured decided to use "GB" for Gibibyte instead of gigabyte. But since all memory (hardrives, ram) are in base 2, 2^30 = 1GB is correct.
 
Chimera said:
Appleinsider called this correctly then, I wonder if this will be the top selling iPod model this Christmas.
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I wondered the same thing. They will need to sell quite a few more to make up for the numbers on the other models.

I am waiting for that elusive new video iPod.:D
 
schatten said:
Yeah, the whole 2G = 2nd Generation thing is getting old. Most people with any sense can discern 2G from 2GB, but that's assuming that most people have any sense, which sadly isn't the case.
(I don't get it; when people say they have a 120 Gigabyte Hard Drive in their computer, they always say "120GB," not "120G." So why get confused at "2G iPod?" It's simply confounding!)

Even with clarification, people still foul it up. I concur with recommending to referring to it as the G2 Shuffle, or even "new iPod shuffle" as Apple refers to it on their site.

I'd recommend naming it "clippy" but well... that would just start a whole new debacle!
:eek:

Anyway, even though I already have a 5G iPod (err... that's 5th Generation, or G5, or iPod Video) I might pick up one of these clippy ones. I could take it places where I fear to carry my larger & more expensive iPod. It would also make a great gift!
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The iPods have always been referred to as 1st generation, 2nd generation, 3rd generation, hence 1g, 2g, 3g...and so on.

If you want to call the iPod by its "name" then the:
5G/5th generation would be called the "iPod with video capability."
4G/4th gen iPod would be called the iPod with clickwheel
3G/3rd gen iPod would be called the iPod with dock connector
2G/2nd gen iPod would be called the iPod with touch wheel (correct me if I'm wrong)
1G/1st gen iPod would be called the iPod with scroll wheel

In other words, the iPods are named by their number, than the word "generation"

Folks...please undertand that if it has GB it is an abbreviation for gigabyte, MB is for megabyte, KB is kilobyte, and G is generation

THANK YOU
 
Squonk said:
The 2gen form factor does not lend itself to a direction connection via USB due to the shape of it. The 1gen shuffle had problems with this too which prompted the 1gen dock. I recall that the 1gen could not fit into the USB ports on the eMac.

And for that matter, it looks to me that the 2gen shuffle is so thin that it could not accommodate the USB connector anyway.

Yes, a non-dock cable for the 2gen shuffle to USB would be the ticket. Heck, this is what Apple should have included with it instead of the itty-bitty docklet.

I agree - I'd want the shuffle for it's thumb drive ability in addition to music player. And for that reason, a 2GB size would be very nice indeed!
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I wonder about the possibility of a wireless Shuffle for that reason. I'm not sure if wireless technology would have to improve for that to be feasible, though. That would get around the dock situation altogether.

Obviously it can't get any bigger, since people would complain.
 
YoNeX said:
Yes, because the hardware manufactured decided to use "GB" for Gibibyte instead of gigabyte. But since all memory (hardrives, ram) are in base 2, 2^30 = 1GB is correct.
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Sorry, that's wrong. From Apple's website:

1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. Song capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding; actual capacity varies by content.
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The "actual formatted capacity less" bit there is because computers read memory in 2^x formats, as you mentioned Gibibytes (GiB), Mebibytes (MiB), Kibibytes (KiB), etc., whereas manufactures spec memory (with the exception of RAM, I believe) in 10^x formats, or Gigabytes (GB), Megabytes (MB), Kilobytes (KB), etc. So, 1 GB=0.93 GiB. However, of course, most of the public doesn't understand GiB, so computers just report this as GB. So, finally, the "formatted" capacity of the 1 GB Shuffle, if you ask the Finder, is 0.931 GB, or 953.7 MB.
 
Yeah got my hands on one today, pretty cool little guy. We can't sell them till Friday though. We have about 150 in stock in our warehouse. They are smaller then I originally thought.
 
Mechcozmo said:
Seriously thinking about picking one of these up. That clip makes it all worthwhile.
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Are there anybody want to buy a shuffle and use it as a clip for stationery?????
it must be very cool!!! or, apple, please release a souvenir in shuffle's form factor! i want one to be use in office!!!
 
wow, everybody is fanatic, obsessed, crazy anything about Apple. me, too. I still hesitate to buy new shuffle or not. maybe my 2G nano will be pissed.
 
Oh dear! I'm going to the London store on Friday. It'll be packed! :eek:
 
i'm in the UK (North Wales), Ordered mine just under a week ago, it should be here in 2-3 hrs according to UPS' website, can't wait!! it's engraved too, so am very suprised i'm getting it this soon.

Was expecting my mac pro yesterday, but cancelled the order due to news of upcoming 8-core, so unfortunately the first thing my shuffle will have contact with is a Windows iTunes installation (7.0.2 installing as i speak).. like driving a brand new car through some dirty back road, rather than a smooth coastal highway.

iTunes installed, needs windows to restart, WTF.. stupid windows. :p
 
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