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Smaller iPod shuffle?
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It's all about what you want. There are many people out there, who only have 100 songs, and don't care which order they hear them in. - The Shuffle was meant for people like this. Usually these are also the people that use the Shuffle while Jogging/Exercising, when it is not possible to look at a screen.amacgenius said:I still don't see the full point of the iPod shuffle right now as it is, it has NO SCREEN, although that could just be a pet peeve of mine or something, but smaller isn't always better Apple.
A screen of any size of shape would ruin the iPod Shuffle. If you are someone that needs to have a screen, then don't buy the iPod Shuffle - as it was not made for you.
It would be even more "off" to have buttons on the top and bottom of the front, to switch whichever button ended up on bottom you would have to use two hands.thejakill said:
Why is everyone so opposed to a small LED screen that would show the current song being played?? Nothing like the Nano screen, just a small monochrome 1 line screen. It wouldn't de-shufflize the Shuffle and would attract soooo many more sales.
Does anyone know of any current flash mp3 players that function as viable USB keys (i.e., the USB connecter is part of the player, no need for wires)???? If Apple won't release this not-so-unrealistic mp3 player, someone else simply has to. It can't be that illogical of an idea...
Does anyone know of any current flash mp3 players that function as viable USB keys (i.e., the USB connecter is part of the player, no need for wires)???? If Apple won't release this not-so-unrealistic mp3 player, someone else simply has to. It can't be that illogical of an idea...
amacgenius said:I still don't see the full point of the iPod shuffle right now as it is, it has NO SCREEN, although that could just be a pet peeve of mine or something, but smaller isn't always better Apple
I just put all my good songs on there. Then I don't care-- they're always good.
Plus I stopped wanting to deal with my songs. Just play something, and play it fast! That's why I like my Shuffle.
thejakill said:
I agree with EricNau. I like the one-handed operation that goes with the Shuffle.
There are also tons of people like myself, with thousands of songs, but always listens in a "shuffle everything" mode. A shuffle is just fine for someone like me - autofill it with a random assortment of songs and have the device shuffle its contents for playback.EricNau said:
I do this right now with a mini (using some smart playlists to approximate the behavior of autofill). While the display is sometimes useful when a song comes up that I don't recognize, most of the time, it's superfluous.
(Now, the dock connector is different. I like that. I have an iHome radio in my office. I like being able to dock my mini with it. You can interface a shuffle with the iHome, but it won't recharge a shuffle's battery.)
I don't know about ruin, but it would raise the price. If the price approaches that of a nano, people will just buy nanos.EricNau said:
Yes. The shuffle. Use iTunes to enable disk use. See page 18 of the iPod shuffle user guide.ArkabaS said:
A small LCD (not LED) would be okay, but it would be even more clever to skip the LCD in favor of voice synthesis on iTunes that digitizes the names of the song, artist, and album and attaches them as 'thumbnails' to all the songs transferred to the shuffle. Now press and hold Play for 2 seconds and the shuffle just speaks out the song, artist, and album names.ArkabaS said:
Steamboatwillie said:
That would be the PowerShuffle. It has 1.1 GB of flash memory, 10% faster USB 2 transfers, and costs $249.
ksz said:
That's neat, but not as usable. Say you want to find a particular song. On a display you can keep forwarding until the right song is shown. If you had to use voice playback it would take much longer.
I think the main reason people want a display is for navigating, not for finding out the song that is playing.
It would also be more expensive than a display.
EricNau said:
Yeah, but if they add a small screen then it will be for everybody.
By now, they can improve the Shuffle incrementally without increasing the price (such as what happened with the iPod.) Colors alone won't cut it.
EricNau said:
No, they shouldn't. But the Shuffle is Apple's only low-priced mp3 player. If Apple wants to increase Shuffle sales (which are generally regarded as not great but probably solid), then adding a small single-line display would help.
It's not like it would ruin functionality-
madmaxmedia said:
Screens get yucky when you run with them. They take up space, get sweat covering them so it is hard to read the words, and often times, doesn't even get used.
The Shuffle should not have a screen. It is meant so that you don't need to micromanage your music, like it feels like you do with the other iPods.
I feel that the shuffle looks and feels a bit 'cheap'.
I would buy one tomorrow if it came all metal, i.e. like the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium or something.
I would buy one tomorrow if it came all metal, i.e. like the SanDisk Cruzer Titanium or something.
Mechcozmo said:I just put all my good songs on there. Then I don't care-- they're always good.
Plus I stopped wanting to deal with my songs. Just play something, and play it fast! That's why I like my Shuffle.
I agree with EricNau. I like the one-handed operation that goes with the Shuffle.
you could have the switch on the front and still use it with one hand. what bothers me is the sliding switch allows sweat to get inside, so if you have the shuffle stuck next to your skin under your biking jersey or running shorts waistband, it gets all sweaty. you can buy a case, but that is bulky and harder to keep in one place. and i don't like the lanyard for biking.
I never considered navigation to be important in the shuffle. You cannot navigate a radio station, but you can see what is playing if the station broadcasts RDS data.madmaxmedia said:
Adding a display would be more expensive than keeping the shuffle as-is while adding voice-synthesized 'thumbnails' via iTunes.