2gb ipod shuffle coming

[sanity1082]

Havent seen it posted yet so here it is

1gb shuffle for $49

2gb for $69 coming soon

http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle/

 

[anmoldagreat]

yeh just saw this too
good deal. might pick up a 2gb for kicks.

 

[Dimitri]

It's about time they drop the price of the 1gb player, it's been overpriced for some time now.

 

[Bruki]

I hope they don't drop the UK price I just bought my girlfriend a Product Red Shuffle Yesterday!

 

[MacService]

Just picked up a few 1GB as presents.

 

[the8thark]

Actually they have dropped the price of the 1 GB player. Well on the Aussie site anyways from $99 to $65. I wonder why they did this.

 

[Dimitri]

Because it was way overpriced?

 

[Derek McNelly]

Grr...Just bought a purple shuffle like, two weeks ago.

Meh, so goes technology.

 

[fleurya]

Meh, I have no use for that much memory on such a device. I have never used the full capacity of my current Shuffle. The reason is that there isn't that much music that I would want to listen to on shuffle-mode anyway. I have a pretty large library, but if I'm listening on shuffle, I want to at least keep it in a certain range of music that would never be so big as to take up 2GB of space. And navigation through that much music without playlists is impossible.

I know it would negate the name of the device, but what would be really great is if they enabled playlists on the Shuffle. You wouldn't need a screen, or even any extra buttons. Just double click the back/forward buttons to move up and down your playlists. I don't know, just an idea I think would really make the Shuffle more usable and put all that memory to better use.

 

[boneheadz]

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I know it would negate the name of the device, but what would be really great is if they enabled playlists on the Shuffle. You wouldn't need a screen, or even any extra buttons. Just double click the back/forward buttons to move up and down your playlists. I don't know, just an idea I think would really make the Shuffle more usable and put all that memory to better use.

that is an interesting idea. I can think of dozens of uses for the shuffle but playlists or an auditory navigation would add to it greatly.

 

[Dimitri]

I know it would negate the name of the device, but what would be really great is if they enabled playlists on the Shuffle. You wouldn't need a screen, or even any extra buttons. Just double click the back/forward buttons to move up and down your playlists. I don't know, just an idea I think would really make the Shuffle more usable and put all that memory to better use.

I would like a feature like that. They put a shuffle on/off toggle on there, so why not let us non-shufflers have easier control? After all, I think the Shuffle name was mostly marketing to negate the lack of screen.

 

[mynameis]

I miss the 1st gen design, I would pick one of those up in 2GB for $70, no question.