Ipod Shuffle: RUINED.
Let me ask you a question, why ,in the name of all that is holy, would I want to navigate through my various playlists and artist and songs by having it read to me by Steven Hawking?
How could Apple make such a major mistake? Who in their right mind would want to use this increased price shuffle when they can still get the 2nd Generation one? I mean, it has buttons on it for christ sake! It’s ingenious!
That’s what they would say had this new Shuffle was released before the currently one. I do like the design though, its maintained the ever-expanding and socially accepted aluminum finish, and seems to be seamless as well. The one thing that just make one neuron in my brain consider buying this thing is that little clip. I love how it is also aluminum, and quite honestly looks very solid in structure.
The next thing that just honestly sucks is just its size. No, I don’t mean the form factor smallness in comparison with the older generation, i just mean the size reduction, to me, was a joke.
I right now have in my blackberry a 8GB microSD card, and i tell you, they could fit at least 10 of these in one of those new Shuffles. So my question is, why? Why are you only offerening 4GB? What if someone wanted a small Shuffle size portable music play with a larger capacity? Well, as it was just said, this Shuffle could easily hold that storage space. But there is an even greater perplexing aspect to this fact. Why not make it even smaller???
I know this goes against what already complaints about the UIC (user interface controls) for the device, but that just in-itself needs to be mended. Just give it some RF or bluetooth wireless technology to have a small remote in the pocket of the wearer. Or better yet, make it a simple earbud. Now that would be impressive.
My rant has gone long enough. Please apple, you are what surprises me every-so-often-Tuesday, but while not everything can be 100% greatest all the time, this one was definitely in my opinion, idiotic.
Evan Samek is a blogger, web developer / designer, and internet strategist out of Washington DC. For more contact info: evancsamek@gmail.com or @esamek