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2GB and 4GB iPod Shuffles? (Unlikely)

I'd love a bigger shuffle.

The extra space would be great for just flash drive use and the rest for music. I don't know what all of these people are talking about, I use shuffle on my mini all the time and just roll with that & it's 4 gigs. Doesn't mean I ever look at the screen.

If you want one with a screen get a mini or a photo.
 
I am interested in trying a 1gb Shuffle, but I can't see the need for more space then that for a flash drive. 2 to 4 GB is allot of data to get lost / stolen.

But if they make them I am sure people will buy plenty of them. The only issue would be cost, how much would people want to pay for a shuffle before jumping to a mini. Unless they make a 2 and 4 gb flash Mini ipod, then it might be more marketable!
 
Loge said:
Well probably some of use like to choose what we listen to. ;)

I find the shuffle is great for the gym; but I don't use it anywhere else, because I usually want to choose a particular album or playlist to listen to, and have it played in the proper order.
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I completely agree. That's why my wife decided on a 4GB mini. She wanted the screen so she could choose her music. Apple decided shuffles didn't need elaborate navigation. So there shouldn't be a complaint about navigating a shuffle, it's not made for choosing specific tracks*.

I think Apple took the popularity of the iPod at the right time, and finally made a screenless player with which people could finally say, "Maybe I don't need a screen to enjoy my music". It was a bold attempt at a previously failed concept that resulted in a lot of raised eyebrows and in the end a successful and useful product. Which more and more companies are trying to emulate.

*A properly loaded playlist, played in 'Play in Order' mode works great. Load up ~20 albums sequentially and I can skip to the song/album I want with no problem. Load my songs in alphabetical order and I always know where to go if I need a certain song. Easy as a screen, no. Timely, sometimes. But, those are rare moments and not why I bought a shuffle.
 
2GB and 4GB iPod Shuffles? (Unlikely)

I'd much rather have a 50 dollar 512mb ipod shuffle. That would be an amazing price, but I'm sure the profit is too small to do that. If it did happen, I'd buy it in a second.
 
skwoytek said:
I completely agree. That's why my wife decided on a 4GB mini. She wanted the screen so she could choose her music. Apple decided shuffles didn't need elaborate navigation. So there shouldn't be a complaint about navigating a shuffle, it's not made for choosing specific tracks*.

I think Apple took the popularity of the iPod at the right time, and finally made a screenless player with which people could finally say, "Maybe I don't need a screen to enjoy my music". It was a bold attempt at a previously failed concept that resulted in a lot of raised eyebrows and in the end a successful and useful product. Which more and more companies are trying to emulate.

*A properly loaded playlist, played in 'Play in Order' mode works great. Load up ~20 albums sequentially and I can skip to the song/album I want with no problem. Load my songs in alphabetical order and I always know where to go if I need a certain song. Easy as a screen, no. Timely, sometimes. But, those are rare moments and not why I bought a shuffle.
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skwoytek, me and you are right on the same page
 
Why not just sync to a playlist that caps your song capacity at 4/6GB? Autofill either picks from your library and/or a specified playlist anyway...

Either way, prices are going to plunge and Apple will have to do something with the new capacity as other MP3 makers scramble to take desparate moves to outbid the shuffle...

shamino said:
Personally, if Apple would update iTunes to allow me to AutoFill a mini, like you can a shuffle, I'd go for it in a heartbeat. My music collection is approaching 40G, so I either need an iPod that can hold it all (the 60G model) or something with AutoFill (one of the shuffles).
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i agree with most people that 2GB is the realistically usable limit on a iPod shuffle, unless everyone moves to higher quality files.

i think that eventually though it will make more sense for the iPod Mini to become a flash based device.

the cost of flash based media seems to be dropping faster than the capacity of a mini drive is increasing.

4gb mini is 250 now and a 4b SanDisk is around 350...... i figure within a year or so, it will almost make enough sense to use flash for the mini..... the increasing digital camera market is pushing flash media costs farther and farther down.

SanDisk has an 8GB card already for ~$655 (at newegg).... that cost should drop significantly in a year.


using flash in the mini allows you to dramatically increase battery performance and make the Mini thinner and much lighter. no moving parts would make it more reliable......

i reckon they could make it .33"x2"x3" (thinner and shorter but same width as the .5"x2"x3.6" current mini)
 
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