It looks like there is a lock button in this pic. Or is that a play button? Or an illusion?

 

I still have a 6gb mini but the battery is unreliable, sometimes after full charge it'll last like it should, other times I'm lucky to get 20 minutes.

 

the button is for

a) shuffle songs

or

b) play songs in order

 

c) off

 

d) on/off?

 

No because when you set it to shuffle or regular play it automatically turns on.

It's a 3-way switch

 

yea, i saw it on engadget.

Shuffle, repeat, and off

 

I'm not eating it up nor am I buying it. I have no use for wires anymore, especially at the gym where they get in the way.

Fact is, that it wouldn't matter who made this particular design the results would have been the same. A small no button player is a small no button player regardless of who slaps there name on it.

But go ahead and play the fanboy card, its all you whiners ever do.

 

I'm tired of having to carry tons of CDs in my car!

 

my thoughts exactly...

but with THAT said... I recently bought a Shuffle (the gen before this one) off CL's and am loving it (cheap too)... I don't get all caught up with having to have 20,000 songs with me everywhere I go... My Nano died on my a couple months ago, and I was gettin' ready to run out and buy another one when I realized that the only time I listen to music with earphones is when I'm working out... and when I'm working out... it's only ONE kind of music... METAL (ol school and new), I don't need 20,000 songs, I don't need 2,000... I don't even need 200... I have like 50 (if that)... which is enough for my 2 hour workouts.... I clip it to my hat, the cord NEVER gets in my way... the battery life is excellent (though, I don't think I get 24 hours, as they claim, but it's enough).

I'll probably pick one of these new ones up, because it has the option to have different playlist (yes... I'll still need different playlists... "80's metal", "90's metal" etc... etc...)

 

no volume control means it's worthless to me.

what do you guys think about the Creative Zen mp3?

 

Exactly. I keep my old nano in the car, and I'll be looking to get one of these soon for working out/riding. I like the idea of this cause it's small, when I'd ride with my nano in my pocket it always felt like it was going to fall out and smash on the ground. this is perfect, but as Sarlacc said cordless would be even better.

 

there's volume control.

 

yeah, it's on the cable... but Sarlacc said there'll be and adapter or some sort of... so you can use whatever head/earphones you want.

 

this ipod is only good for when you work out

 

The shuffle has always pretty much been a gym only ipod.

 

I am keeping my 30G till it breaks.

 

so is anyone planning on getting one of these?

 

sure, id love to shuffle through 4 GB of songs!

shuffles are only good for the gym. however, if youre like me, you are VERY selective over which song you want before you hop on a machine. the whole idea of bringing the shuffle to the gym is pretty counter-intuitive.

 

I love my current second gen shuffle. I wouldn't want one with no buttons though.

 

as has been said, the volume control is on the earbids



Will these headphones work with the iPhone? Kind of annoying listening to my phone on BART and having to constantly change the volume.

 

the volume buttons probably dont work with the iphone. The in-ear buds did not.

 

I'll probably get one for the gym so my phone won't be so sweaty anymore

 

^ ya thats what im thinking, id get the 2nd gen but id like to have the option for playlists

 

pass...

 

It may fit up my ass

 

youd like that wouldnt you

 

 

what I'm working with is my snowboard helmet, which has a short female cable jack, then a 3' male to male cable to connect the device.

 

So it's a Asian midget MMF 3-way? :ghey:

 

I guess it kind of is.

 

I think this is pretty cool. I just recently upgraded from my iPod Photo to an iPod Classis 120GB or something like that and I also got a free 4GB Nano from my job, that was pretty cool. I would get one of these if it had easier controls

 

I <3 my 16GB nano. Battery life is awesome, sequential songs are blended together which makes for a smoother transition, and sound quality is noticeably improved over my 1G nano. I inactivated the "shake" feature though, that was annoying when i would have the nano in my pocket and sit down from standing and it would switch songs.

 

so engadget has some photos of it

http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/12/n...irst-hands-on/


man that thing is tiny as hell, and i little USB nub is pretty damn funny

 

at kanye live as in "i live in a house" live

 

i dont get why people are complaining about the 3-clicks to go back 1 song, its been like that on the iphone.

 

cool

 

 

I'm going to try and check one out at the apple store tomorow, hopefully they have them already.