Apple today announced that the iPod shuffle will soon be available with double the storage capacity of the current unit. The new shuffle will sell for $69, alongside the 1GB model which has been reduced to $49. All other specifications are exactly the same and the new shuffle will also be available in the (PRODUCT) RED edition.
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I must say, you were bang on with that new release each week theory. Was that your own original theory?
Thank you! And yes, it was.
I take pride in what is perhaps the only prediction I've ever gotten right (so far). :)
The 2-gig model merely accentuates the problem with the Shuffle. Yet more music, podcasts or whatever will be lost in a still-larger sea of files.
The Shuffle doesn't need a screen, but it does need folders where users in iTunes could sort out their music and podcasts, one for lively music, one for something more sedate, another for podcasts.
Here's how they could do it. A past-on position for the power switch would move between folders that'd announce their names (generated by iTunes) in the earphones. A few seconds after that announcement, if the switch wasn't activated again, that folder would begin to play. Simple but effective
It'd add only a few cents to the cost and beat the socks off any competition in this price range.
You do realise that you can add playlists to the 2G shuffle right? I think you hit Forward button thrice to switch playlists or something.