The newest generation of the Apple iPod Shuffle is dumb. Click here to view this stupidity at Apple's website. Apparently the prior generation's wheel controls was too complicated for the average shuffle user - so the controls have been simplified to one button, which have been integrated into the headphones.
Click the top end to increase the volume. Click the bottom end to decease the volume. Press the button to play, press it again to pause. Then there's a whole lot of combination, click holds, double clicks, etc for scrolling the playlist, selecting, forwarding/rewinding a particular song.
What happens if the headphones break? What if you don't like the fit or sound quality of the OEM headphones? What if you would like to plug your Shuffle into the car stereo's AUX?
It reminds me of a parody from The Onion. Embedded below.
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard
Saturday, March 14, 2009
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Go 1st generation iShuffle! Proud user for many years (mostly because I didn't have to pay for it)! Although I do wish I had a clippy thing like the 2nd and 3rd generations.
First Gen Users Unite!
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