Starting right from the release of iPod shuffle, many people had doubts regarding the merits of this ipod series. The original iPod featured many other functions like displaying contacts, calendars, and notes; the ability to play games and to record voice notes through an external microphone and store pictures with the use of a media card reader. All such possibilities attracted the high and middle end users of portable audio players. If you consider the iPod shuffle in more details, you’ll understand that it is the lower end market this shuffle was created for.
The iPod shuffle is Apple’s smallest, easiest and most affordable audio player of the ipod series. It is not only its size, price and design this player is remarkable for. The player has storage capacities of 512 MB and 1 GB. It also significantly differs from the rest of the ipod family because of no LCD display. It is this quality that makes consumers think twice before buying an iPod shuffle.
You may not believe me that there are people who find the iPod shuffle fitting right in their lifestyle. Some customers just concentrate on their music keeping low about their players. Those consumers are the primary targets of the iPod shuffle. So absence of the display is also one advantage for the device.
Having no accessories and extra functions, the iPod shuffle is just a simple music player. How bare is it? Aside from the lack of LCD display; iPod shuffle only has three simple toggle switches on the back for the power switch, continuous play and shuffle mode. You can see what position the player’s switch is on by the green stripe below.
Apple’s iPod shuffle signals to the user by two LEDs under the plastic housing out front of the player. If you don’t know what that blinking yellow light means, there with iPod shuffle is supplied the “cheat card” that explains the meaning of different blinks and LEDs.
It is quite easy to understand some blinks. The iPod shuffle shows a steady green LED when it is fully charged. But there are times when some lights are better without it on the iPod shuffle. For example, to find out whether the unit is activated is to plug it in. If you don’t turn the iPod shuffle off when not using it, you’ll soon encounter that the battery is drained after being accidentally activated by pressing through a pocket, purse, or backpack. There are dangers to over charged batteries too.
Now it’s not an iPod without the kind of click-wheel controller, and the iPod shuffle gives that to ipod fans as well. Because there is no navigation provided for in the iPod shuffle, the spinning wheel controller or even a Menu button is not needed for it. Instead, the device offer a round controller with a Play/Pause button in the middle and the four-way click ring on the outside for volume control, Fast Forward/Next, and Rewind/Back.
For connecting the iPod shuffle with the computer, there is a USB connector on the tip of the iPod shuffle. The player can also link to an optional third-party power supply. Implementation of the connector in the iPod shuffle cut both ways. Of course, it is convenient not to bring along a cable to download music on the computer and move it to your iPod shuffle. But at the same time, the unit is charged with the computer.
Another problem is the size of the iPod shuffle. Due to bigger size as compared to the usual key drives, it won’t fit some computers like the Apple iMacs. But such iPod shuffle’s limitations can be overcome with accessories especially made for this purposes: the iPod USB Power Adapter, the External Battery Pack and the iPod shuffle Dock. Another great feature is the ability to allocate storage space on the device for music and data.
The iPod shuffle is no worse than any of the iPod series. Thanks to the small size, almost like a pack of gum, you can walk along the streets having it hidden under the shirt. Unfortunately, the its weight is not so optimistic, and the lanyard makes iPod look even more heavier because of its inadequacy.
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