Apple iPod shuffle 1 GB White (1st Generation) OLD MODEL |  | Brand: Apple
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Buy New: $179.95
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Rating:  290 reviews
Sales Rank: 19138
Color: White
Media: Electronics
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Batteries Included: Yes
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Battery: 1 Integrated rechargeable
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0
Dimensions (in): 3.2 x 0.8 x 3.2
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: M9725LL/A
Model: M9725LL/A
UPC: 718908849750
EAN: 0718908849750
ASIN: B0002ZAIM8
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| • | 1 GB model holds up to 240 songs; supports MP3, MP3 VBR, AAC, Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store, M4A, M4B, M4P), and WAV | | • | Up to 12 hours of battery life, with approximately 4 hour charge time | | • | USB 1.1 and 2.0 compatibility through integrated USB connector | | • | Compatible with Mac OS X v10.2.8 or later (Mac OS X 10.3.4 or later recommended for use with low-power USB ports) and Windows 2000 with SP 4 or Windows XP Home or Professional with SP 2 | | • | Lanyard, USB cap, and black, red, clear plastic covering |
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Product Description
Includes: iTunes for Mac & Windows, white earbud headphones, & lanyard. Apple 1GB iPod Shuffle - About the size of a pack of bubble gum, the iPod Shuffle gives you 1GB of storage space that can be used for both music and data. The storage is flash-based, which means there's no moving parts, making it a great choice for listening to music during your workout. Transferring your music, or data files, is extremely easy and convenient. Requiring no extra cable, you simply pop off the cap on the end of the iPod Shuffle to reveal the built-in USB 2.0 connector. Then you simply plug the iPod Shuffle directly into your computer! While connected, it can also sync with iTunes and recharge the battery! Built-in Battery Indicator Stereo Minijack With iTunes you can set exactly how much of your storage space is used for music and data. With iTunes you can use the Autofill feature, letting iTunes automatically fill your device (depending on how much music space you gave it) with random music Audio Support - (MP3 / MP3 VBR / AAC) 8 to 320 Kbps / Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store, M4A, M4B, & M4P) / Audible 2, 3, & 4 / WAV Unit Dimensions - 3.3 x 0.98 x 0.33 Unit Weight - 0.78 ounces
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 GUIDE TO IPOD SHUFFLE AS A SECOND IPOD June 19, 2005
Ricardo Carreon Quinones (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
Breaking news: The price on this recently dropped from $149 to $129. It is now very compelling to buy this 1GB model given the small delta to the 512MB.
This review is for current regular iPod owners that are attracted to buy an iPod shuffle as a second player. I own both a 40GB iPod Photo and one 1GB iPod Shuffle.
Initial reactions out of the box:
Out of the box it is as simple as any other iPod and its documentation is simple yet effective. Loading the songs (on a USB 2.0 PC) is slower than the regular iPod charge, which is blazingly fast. It takes several minutes to load the 240 songs on the 1GB model (mine took more than 10 mins on the initial load). The autofill menu is simple and lets you choose from your library or from one of your playlists, either in sequential order or at random. I'd personally would have liked more flexibility (e.g. to load several playlists into it).
When loading it is useful to select the option to reduce high-resolution MP3 into lower rates. The Shuffle only supports AAC and MP3 files up to 320 kbps, which is much more than what most people use (it also supports MP3 VBR files). However, if you do use higher resolutions, there is an option to load everything on 128Kbps AAC.
Sound quality:
Once I have loaded it fully, I have tried it with several types of speakers and earphones. I first tried it with the standard white iPod ear buds which are very convenient, but come across flat, similar to any iPod. I then tried it with a pair of BOSE Acoustic Noise Canceling headphones. The results with the BOSE headset are pretty good; you can not tell a difference from a regular iPod. The music comes across well defined and bass comes across rich and full. This is at the same level as regular iPod, but I somehow expected a less full sound. Finally, I tried it on a set JBL Portable OnTour speakers and again the iPod shuffle stand up really well related to its 40GB iPod Photo sister.
I used the shuffle for a while and I can tell you, the sound quality is pretty good. Apple has done a great job reproducing the same high quality sound as in any iPod, which is much better than many low cost MP3 players out there.
Synchronizing both players:
Then I focused on Synchronization with iTunes, synchronizing both my regular 40GB iPod and my shuffle intermittently. I didn't notice any interoperability issues. You can own both and synchronize both and run into any issues. Remember that iTunes does not allow you to synchronize two regular iPods into one iTunes library (I guess to provide some protection to the music), unless you buy one of the 3rd-party software programs out there. In this case (iPod and Shuffle both on one iTunes) both players can synch with the same library.
Usage models that best fit each player:
iPod Shuffle:
- Exercise at the gym. It's so light and convenient you won't go back to a regular iPod.
- Trekking and walking.
- Short flights. Even with just how easy is to operate a regular iPod you still have to go through a little procedure to get it out, select your music, put on your headphones, and look for where to put it (challenging if you are in coach). You can easily board a plane with your lanyard and turn it on as soon as you can.
- Reading books in the park, your house. Why bother carrying the big iPod if you are basically going to use if for background?
Regular iPod:
- Long trips (e.g. transcontinental) - you are likely to listen to different types of music within the trip.
- Parties (you do want the flexibility or changing your playlist if the mood of the party changes!).
- Listening to specific songs or albums not in a list. Don't even try on the shuffle - the lack of a screen will definitively frustrate you.
- Car trips.
Use Smart playlists to make shuffling a more pleasant experience.
Use Smart playlists. You can easily organize your library by genre, personal rating, time of publication and many other parameters (or several of them at once). If you have a large music library you can easily build smart playlists for "Top rated Rock", "My top rated Songs", "60's Latin" (Bossa Nova lovers) or "90's Soundtracks". Then when you autofill your iPod shuffle simple pick the music that suits your mood and you are on. Changed your mind in the middle of your flight? Simply use your laptop to reload from a different list.
Definitively a winner as a very convenient second player. If you like shuffling on a regular iPod, don't even think about it and get it as a second player for those times where being light is worth the loss of flexibility.
this little thing rocks my world February 27, 2005
R. Lee (Philadelphia, PA)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
I bought my iPod Shuffle after spending a week debating between it and an iPod mini. I'm an Mac-user, and I used iTunes long before I thought about buying the Shuffle, so there was no doubt in my mind that I wanted to buy an iPod of some type, because I feel from my experience that Apple products are very high quality. Luckily I had two friends: One with a iPod Mini and one with an iPod Shuffle, both of whom were very satisfied with their respective products. I didn't buy the iPod mini because I felt the Shuffle was exactly what I was looking for and the iPod mini was a bit too much for what I wanted, but the Mini's are very cool. However, I have not for one second regretted buying my Shuffle.
For a simple, cool little Mp3 player, the value of a Shuffle can't be beat. First of all, the value of using it as a flash drive is almost alone worth the price. 1GB is a huge amount of storage for something this small. It weighs next to nothing, and if you don't watch, you'll leave it in your jacket pocket and lose it. However, good things come in small packages and the sound quality is just plain awesome.
With their "Life is Random" slogon, it is amazing that Apple has launched such a great advertising campaign based upon what many see as a flaw: the lack of a screen. I feel that this actually benefits from the lack of a screen. It wouldn't be as light and the battery life wouldn't be as long if it had a back-lit LCD screen, and in my opinion the screen on most flash Mp3 players (telling you only the name of the song that is playing) is kind of useless and pointless. I've had my Shuffle for a month, and I've never felt that I once desired a screen. Sometimes I let the iTunes software fill it up with autofill and it's cool to listen to it on shuffle mode and get surprised with what comes up. iTunes will also let you set up a playlist in order which you can play straight through.
Other flash players in this price range do not have this much storage. I'd honestly take the extra space over a un-necessary screen anyday. All of my friends with non-Shuffle flash-based Mp3 players are jealous of my Shuffle.
Some people sometimes complain that the only way to charge the Shuffle is through a USB port unless you buy an adaptor from Apple. To be honest, there are computers everywhere today, and almost any one around will be able to charge the Shuffle. The battery life is really 12 hours like they say it is. The fact that the USB port is right on the Shuffle is much nicer than a real iPod if you want to use it as a flash drive. If you want to use a real iPod to transfer data, you need to carry a USB cable with you. The shuffle is much more convenient because it plugs right in. The connection may or may not be as fast as firewire, but if you've got USB 2.0 ports on your computer, it's plenty fast enough.
The only downside to any iPod is that while the earphones sound great, they're not the most comfortable earphones. Some people I know complain that they always fall out. I don't have this problem, but I find that they feel uncomfortable after a couple hours of being in my ears. It's not enough to make me buy a different set, but it's sometimes a bit annoying. Still, if you factor in an extra $20 for the cost of different set of earphones, it's still well-worth the price.
This is a great Mp3 player if you want something to run with, fit in your pocket at work, listen to on the subway, or use also as a quality flash drive to store data on. This is NOT for people who want to put all of their music on it with 70 different playlists to choose from and keep a calendar and everyone's addresses on it. Get a real iPod if that's what you want. If you want an ultra-portible, great-sounding, good-value-for-your-money music player that is easy to use, doubles as a convenient flash drive, has good software, and has good battery life, by all means go for the Shuffle and you'll love it.
An Excellent Player. February 12, 2005
A user. (Toronto, Canada)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
This is an excellent product that I would recommend to anyone wanting a hassle-free way to take music on the go. I'm not going to write a full account of how the thing works. You will find all you need to know in the product blurb above.
But there are a few issues that need to be addressed.
The first issue I would like to address is the lack of a screen. Many people have criticised the iPod Shuffle for lacking a screen. In my experience this is not such a big deal. The displays on players of this size tend to be as useful as those on portable CD players: that is to say not very useful at all. Apple has decided to make the Shuffle as simple as possible: load it up with music and go - that's it. No fiddling about with playlists and selections, just go. While you can play songs in a predetermined order, in practice the Shuffle feature is actually a lot more fun. It is essentially like a radio station tuned to your own taste and without the annoying DJs or advertising. The controls are the simplest and most efficient of any player of similar capacity.
Other companies decided to make a digital version of the Walkman/Discman with similar interface conventions and expectations. Apple did not. In my view Apple understands that the rules have changed for digital music and that this means a whole new kind of portable player, not some smaller version of a discman. Apple has realized that, for a player that will transport only a fraction of your music library with you, the management aspects are best offloaded to the software you use to transfer the music to the player. That is where you really need the organizing features, not in the player itself. As I'll point out in a minute, in this aspect of use Apple is currently unbeaten.
The sound quality is surprisingly good for a portable device - in fact that's faint praise - it's great. Note that it is worth encoding from your CDs in the iTunes (default) AAC format rather than mp3 as AAC files just sound a whole lot better. If you don't know what this means, don't worry. iTunes is already set to do this when you first install it. However, you can change it any time you like.
The supplied earbuds are very very good, but like most portables you can obviously get better sound quality if you upgrade to a more expensive set of headphones.
The build quality is robust, although you might wish to buy one of the sport cases or skins to protect it from scratches. The thing looks pretty cool too. I have had people stop me in the street to ask what it is.
The price is excellent for what you get, which is both surprising and pleasing given that it is sold by Apple.
But now for the most important feature: it's the software, stupid.
A digital music player is next to useless unless the software that organizes and transfers the music to your player is simple to use and actually works. Other companies have produced fine players, but their worth is marred by the fact that the software they supply for music management is outrageously bad, and in many cases simply too difficult for ordinary users to operate and troubleshoot. I know many people who have bought or been given digital music players who have simply put them in a draw because they could not get the software to work (Sony is the worst offender in this regard).
Apple's iTunes is still the best music management app available for the regular user. As its fans are so fond of pointing out, it just works. Filling the IPod Shuffle from iTunes works exactly as advertised, and iTunes is simple and easy to learn in a few minutes. The best strategy for the Shuffle is to use the "Smart Playlists" feature to automatically select music in various groups that you might like (e.g. dance for "Workout"; mellow for "Walk in the park"; and Pink Floyd for "Quiet Desperation on the Subway"). You can make five or six smart playlists like this in a couple of minutes. Then plug the Shuffle in, select the particular list you want and press "Autofill". In a few minutes it is done and you can leave.
If you are thinking about trying the iPod Shuffle, you can download iTunes for free from Apple to see if you like it. Technophiles sometimes complain that iTunes lacks some features that they (and only they) want, but is irrelevant to the ordinary user: iTunes is simple, anyone can use it, and it works. End of story.
If you want a simple solution to carry a reasonable subset of your music with you during any activity, it is hard to beat the iPod Shuffle. I'm really enjoying mine.
Shuffle Still A Great Choice November 20, 2005
JGD (California, USA)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
When the Shuffle came out early in 2005, it had its day as the newest and coolest in the iPod lineup. I was an early adopter. Since then, the Nano and the video iPod have arrived. So how tempting is the Shuffle almost a year after its introduction?
I remain a Shuffle fan. I would buy it again even given the choice of the newer models. It's not just that it costs less -- I prefer it even without factoring in the price.
The Shuffle is a real workhorse and a tough unit -- there's no need to worry about scratches. I've used mine without a case, keeping it in pockets and bags with keys, pens and other sharp objects, and have never obsessed about keeping it pristine. Despite this, it still looks good. A case for a Shuffle is completely unnecessary. With a Nano, by contrast, a case is, by all accounts, a necessity if you want to avoid scratches that spoil the look and, moreover, reduce the functionality of the tiny screen (which is a pity because a case hides the Nano's good looks and adds to its size).
I use the Shuffle for audiobooks and podcasts as well as for music. It is an excellent device for these purposes. And the sound quality is just as good as on a bigger iPod.
Battery life has been good. I get the rated 12 hours, if not more. (I did buy Apple's AAA battery adapter for use on long journeys, but have never actually had to use it. That said, the fact that you can use AAA batteries is a plus over the other iPods.)
I also I like the fact that one can plug the unit directly into a computer without wires. Wires, like cases, complicate the iPod experience - more "stuff" means more mess and more not to have with you when you need it.
The absence of a screen does not bother me. I regard iTunes on my computer as my way of looking inside the Shuffle -- there, I can decide what to manually place on the Shuffle and in what order. There is no need to have iTunes randomly fill the device with the "autofill" feature, although that can be fun when you are in the mood. Likewise, there is no need to have the Shuffle play what is on it in a random order -- if you prefer, you can play it in the order you established using iTunes.
The 1GB capacity is plenty for the way in which I use the device. I keep my library on my laptop and, using iTunes, simply decide what I want to have on the Shuffle at any given time. I don't see the need to keep everything on an iPod at once so long as it is on a computer to which the Pod connects.
In short, the Shuffle's simplicity and elegance define its appeal. To complain about the features it lacks is to miss the point. It's like complaining that the Mini is a small car. Simplicity is the Shuffle's whole point. In a world of clutter, the Shuffle is a tidy device that works. The fact that it is the least expensive iPod is a bonus.
Best MP3 Player. Period. February 16, 2005
05eksbee (Southern California, USA)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I was a bit skeptical about the shuffle at first, but I decided to go buy the 1GB version and just try it out. I immediately fell in love with how small it is, which is a huge selling point for me because I only use it for when I'm walking around campus or when I'm at the gym. The iPod MINI is still too heavy for me-- I don't want it weighing down my pants (I'd put it in my pocket) when I'm at the gym, and I just don't want to deal with the belt-clips. The Shuffle doesn't weigh anything-- you could even just let it hang from the headphones if you wanted.
I don't need to listen to every single song that I have, so the 1GB gives me more than enough room for my favorite 130+ songs. I've had it for just over two weeks and I'm still not tired of the songs on it. You could also use the random-sync mode in iTunes to add songs at random to the player so that you get a surprise you turn it on.
Also, what's really incredible is that other than transferring the music to the device initially (it got a slight charge on the first day), the battery light still reads as "green." It's supposed to go "green, amber, red" to let you know how the battery is holding up. This thing has an incredible battery life, since I have been using it every day since I bought it for several hours a day. The specs say 12 hours (I think) until the battery goes dead, but I'm sure I've been listening to it for way more than that. My best friend bought one the same day (also the 1GB) and his battery has lasted a long time too. We love the shuffle.
The only complaint that I have is that you have to use iTunes to get the music onto the device. I'm not sure if there is any 3rd party software out there that will let you get around this, but I hate iTunes and so that's my only complaint. The way I see it though, I'm only going to sync it every once in a while, and it's something that I'm happy to put up with in order to use this awesome MP3 player.
My other complaint is about the white iPod headphones that come with the Shuffle. How can I put it nicely-- THEY SUCK. They have absolutely NO bass response and they flatten out the tone of almost every song. At first I was disappointed with the sound quality of the MP3s through the shuffle, but I switched to my good Sony headphones and there was a tremendous difference. The songs sound so much better, and I felt relieved that it wasn't something wrong with the player itself (because there is no equalizer on the shuffle, but it's not needed). Despite the fact that the iPod earphones look good and they have a short cord that doesn't get all tangled up all the time, I think that they are uncomfortable and don't sound good at all.
I've been looking for a great MP3 player for years, and this one definitely wins me over. If you are in the market for an MP3 player, and you want something for the gym or something active, or if you just want to be discreet and not have some clunky player attached to your waist, this is definitely the way to go!
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