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[DarienA]

And if that's not how you want to listen to music, Apple has a full range of iPods with displays available for you

Not at my f'n price range they don't.

 

[SteveMeister]

Not at my f'n price range they don't.

I'm guessing you're probably an iPod mini candidate, and I agree that they should be at least $50 cheaper ($199).

 

[kikonawa]

I saw the ipod mini here in a shoping centre (belgium)
damn, 99EURO for a 512 mp3 player? that's ALOT , double that of a creativ labs muvo

 

[Lemurnator]

http://www.iriveramerica.com/images/prod/ultra/n10/N10-105/N10-105-angle.jpg

 

[Lemurnator]

I'm guessing you're probably an iPod mini candidate, and I agree that they should be at least $50 cheaper ($199).

 

[Winged Creature]

If that was 20 or 40 gigs that would be a winner

 

[Matlock]

I was reading up on a couple of reviews, and it makes a point that you need a powered usb port.

What the heck's an unpowered one?

Would it just charge fine and dandy in my laptop's usb2 ports?

 

[keiichi]

I was reading up on a couple of reviews, and it makes a point that you need a powered usb port.

What the heck's an unpowered one?

Would it just charge fine and dandy in my laptop's usb2 ports?

No idea what a 'powerer' usb port is... possibly one that is currently drawing power, ie: the computer is plugged in.
oh, make sure that there is enough room for the shuffle to fit in the port. I have to get a usb extension because my port was on the back of the laptop and was horizontal. So when I tried to plug it in it kept hitting the plastic.

 

[Argyle]

I was reading up on a couple of reviews, and it makes a point that you need a powered usb port.

What the heck's an unpowered one?

Would it just charge fine and dandy in my laptop's usb2 ports?

Probably, but no guarantees - I have an external HDD that is USB powered, and it won't start up if I hook it up to my notebook (have to use a powered USB hub instead)...

I don't think the Shuffle uses as much juice as my external HDD but I wouldn't guarantee it to work - maybe someone here has one and a notebook who can tell you...

 

[wandering goat]

Matlock: Yeah, your laptop ports will work just fine. Examples of non-powered USB ports are things like the USB ports on keyboards which accept devices but don't send any power through to them.

 

[pj]

This custom case is sexy. I normally just put the shuffle in my pocket as opposed to wearing it so this would keep it from getting scratched up

Hot damn. But does it come with a leather case so that pretty metal doesn't get all scratched up?

 

[sc0la]

I was reading up on a couple of reviews, and it makes a point that you need a powered usb port.

What the heck's an unpowered one?

Would it just charge fine and dandy in my laptop's usb2 ports?

It will charge perfectly fine on your laptops port. A non powered USB are things such as hubs etc, (keybord with slot etc.) that don't provide enough juice to operate the device. a lot of hubs are powered now anyway.

The only problem I have run into on my laptop was that the USB ports were to close together to have the shuffle and my mouse in at the same time, I bought a 6 dollar usb 2.0 swivle at radio shack. solved.

edit: I see karushima ansewred this well before I did.

 

[mrklaw]

its pretty cheap in the UK, for once. £69 for the 512, £99 for the 1GB. Thats pretty much the cheapest flash player on the market. I know you don't get a screen, but how much use is a one/two line display in practice when you have 1000 songs?

The only thing its missing IMO is an album skip button/mode. like DVD players usually have.

 

[Timbuktu]

I'm loving my shuffle so far. I'm not a very heavy user, but I've been able to go through a week without needing to recharge the Shuffle. I have some problems with the interface though. I'm sure Apple has thought about this, but I don't understand why the Shuffle's on/off interface can't be the same as other iPods i.e. hold the 'play' button to switch it off and have the 'hold' switch on the back. At the moment, sometimes I tuck my Shuffle inside a shirt or a jacket or something and I would like to be able to turn it off without having to take it out, since I can do everything else (skip songs, change volume) with the player still tucked underneath a piece of clothing.

Although I doubt that it will happen, I hope that we'll be able to change the interface of the shuffle with a firmware update, the design is perfectly fine, I'd just like to change change some button functions and maybe have add more (like skipping albums) with button combinations.

 

[WHOAguitarninja]

Does the shuffle come with an armband? I'm thinking about getting a 512 one for gym use, but only want one if it was an arm band. If not I'll go with an Iriver flash player.

 

[Macam]

Does the shuffle come with an armband? I'm thinking about getting a 512 one for gym use, but only want one if it was an arm band. If not I'll go with an Iriver flash player.

No. It does come with a lanyard however; you can buy armbands for it most anywhere they sell iPod accessories. I don't know if the iRivers come with an armband either.

 

[Matlock]

Thanks, guys. And the space for a USB port won't be that much of a trouble--I have one free one on one side that I can hook it into.

 

[mrklaw]

does the ipod shuffle work with windows media player? Just want to drop files to it easily. Don't use iTunes

 

[Alcibiades]

my best buy, circuit city, and target were sold out (circuity city did have the 1 gig version though)...

I really want one, and since I've waited this long I guess it's not a big deal to wait for Apple to ship...

does their online store or online education stores (the ones they do w/ colleges) charge sales tax?

if they don't I'll probalby just order straight from Apple, if not I'll probably wait for a local store to get some...