Comments on: Apple Updates iPod shuffle, Brings Buttons Back

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:18:22 +0000

I actually loved the Gen 2 shuffle for working out, and like the buttons because I could reach down and change while in stride on the road. I acutally ran mine through the washing machine about 6 months ago, and was devastated to find that the new Gen3 had no controls on it, and I wouldn’t be able to use my sony running headset on this new model because it wouldn’t have any controls on it. I opted to purchase a Gen 2 shuffle that was only available on ebay, for about $60 bucks for the 1GB model…that was the cheapest I could find it at the time. What a bummer to find out 4 months later that Apple brought this back…

By: zholy

zholy — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:09:12 +0000

Apple owning up to a mistake. That really is breaking! This is a definite step forward from the last one though.
I plan to go prepaid and pack my ipod with a free iPod video converter for Aneesoft.

By: FreebieJeebies

FreebieJeebies — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:40:47 +0000

New Ipod Touch: I really cant work out why they didn’t style it to tie in with the iPhone 4

New Shuffle: Looks nothing more than a backwards step to me as well, I also loved the previous styling.

New Nano: Probably my favourite out of the three, but it’s certainly not conventional looking. It reminds me of a miniature digital photoframe, or an old school digital watch.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:32:41 +0000

I never owned the third generation, I own a second gen now. It is serving me well and I do use it mainly during workouts. So I agree with your estimation that Apple probably understands that and knows that a touch interface for such situation isn’t ideal. Being able to feel and touch a physical button is more suitable when used during physical activities. So kudos to Apple for realizing this.

By: twistedtech

twistedtech — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:29:08 +0000

I have one of the buttonless ones and I don’t care for it. I almost got the older one instead of it but I wanted the larger capacity 4 gig model (and I have had issues fitting what I want on it). I would never recommend the third gen to anyone who wasn’t technically savvy (my mother for instance). Even I had issues with the whole click versus click and hold versus double click etc. The user interface was terrible and the new/older design is way better from that perspective.

By: Harrison

Harrison — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:07:33 +0000

I do prefer the buttonless third-generation shuffle. It was so ridiculously simple, and it fit on anything I could be wearing. I also liked the discreet styling of the black and silver finishes because it made the shuffle more like carrying a pen in your pocket.

To be honest, I’m a little disappointed they went back to the click wheel. It makes it look so stereotypically like an MP3 player while the third generation was a sleek piece of design. Too bad.