The Geekothon: The New Ipod Shuffle is Button-less

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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The New Ipod Shuffle is Button-less

The new Ipod Shuffle has moved its button controls to its earbuds. Yup the Ipod for the budget-conscious has absolutely no buttons but there is still the token hold switch on top. If you are a doubter and says: " I have an old shuffle why the heck would I buy this?", you might try and think twice because the new shuffle has one kick ass feature that solves the problems of a missing lcd screen. What is it? It has a text to speech feature called "Voice Over" which basically tells who is performing what song and tells the songs on your playlist. Another new Ipod is not that bad a news but this would be a good buy for techies on a budget. (Tech Specs after the break)

from APPLE

Technical Specifications

Size and Weight

Height:
1.8 inches (45.2 mm)
Width:
0.7 inch (17.5 mm)
Depth:
0.3 inch (7.8 mm)
Weight:
0.38 ounce (10.7 grams)
True volume:
0.26 cu inches / 4,326 cu mm

Audio

* Skip-free playback
* Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Capacity

* 4GB flash drive1
* Up to 1,000 songs in 128-Kbps
* AAC format

Battery

* Rechargeable lithium polymer battery
* Playback time: Up to 10 hours when fully charged

Input and Output

* 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack