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But my 1st generation shuffle is still going strong - and it's at least a year older! It's handled knocks, drops, splashes, sweat and varied temperatures. I also prefer the way it charges without needing a dock.

So nevermind about the 2nd gen shuffle.]]>Aug 7th 2008 3:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 8th 2006 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 7th 2006 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
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1) The enclosed literature/manual/etc needs to be big enough to read, and
2) If the box got any smaller than that, shoplifting would be a big problem.]]>Nov 1st 2006 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
http://www.bollingfamily.com/dan/shuffle2/

Enjoy!]]>Nov 1st 2006 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 3rd 2006 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
Gotta check out those artistic stuff right now.]]>Nov 1st 2006 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
And I say this as neither an Apple fanboy or hater, but as someone relatively biased towards Apple (if there were a spectrum from 1-10, with 1 being pro-PC and 10 being pro-Apple, I'd consider myself about a 7). The sad truth of the matter is that Apple designs its iPods to fail, and it's a pretty manipulative/shady business practice.

Imagine if laptop computers conked out beyond resuscitation after 6 months to a year. What an outrage that would cause! (Sony battery fiascos notwithstanding)]]>Nov 1st 2006 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/

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What are you talking about? Seriously, that's a silly assertion. ]]>Nov 1st 2006 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/I just bought a 2G 2 Gig Nano. Personally I think it's worth an extra 75 bucks to have a display, EQ settings, more memory; and the Nano is plenty small enough.
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And in case anyone doesn't believe the "Apple designs iPods to fail" theory: just ask the millions of users out there who are now on iPod 2, 3, or 4 after having the first several die of battery failure after less than a year's time.

There are plenty of articles and documentation on this subject, and I'll be the first to admit that I'm too lazy to go rummaging around and linking all of them here. But regardless, the fact remains: Apple is running a razor-and-blades business model with its iPod line, and it's not cool.

To put it another way: do you think Apple's stock shot through the roof based on sales of one-iPod-per-person-per-generation? Now who's being naive? :P]]>Nov 1st 2006 2:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 2nd 2006 1:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
I guess this is a way to get rid of their old stock on their economy iPod line. We'll probably see the new headphones included just after the christmas stock.

That being said, if you have any problems with your headphones within the warranty period you can call AppleCare and they'll send you a brand new set without sending in your old ones. Depending on your conscience, you can still get a new set later on. ]]>Nov 1st 2006 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 2:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
Put in naked chicks.

I've spoken.]]>Nov 1st 2006 3:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
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For workout/running purposes. When you're working out or running/jogging outside, generally speaking, you don't want a bulky, overly involved DAP to deal with. The iPod Shuffle is the perfect workout music player.]]>Nov 1st 2006 3:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
Also remember these are very tiny little things, and in many cases have small moving parts. Things do go wrong. None of my five iPods have had a single issue, and are each still going strong. The main reason to get a new one is new features, form factors, and increased battery life. That doesn't mean your old one is no longer any good.]]>Nov 1st 2006 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
Apple encourages people to recycle their useless iPods (when buying a new one). You get 10% off your new iPod if you give them your old dead one.]]>Nov 1st 2006 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 6:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
That doesn't let Apple off the hook, though. The fact that so many iPods crash 'n burn as quickly and as frequently as they do is alarming. It may not happen to every iPod, or even the majority of iPods. But it happens to enough iPods to surpass any natural statistical expectation.]]>Nov 1st 2006 8:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 1st 2006 10:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
why do these people have to rant about their imagined version of Apple's recycle policies, secret business practices that design ipods to break and other such nonsense? I guess its the 21st century version of mythology, but its a poor substitute.

These things are popular because they are good. Those who feel the need to hate so much and in such an irrational way should do it privately rather than expose themselves here. It's rather embarrassing.

waddo
http://www.waddo.net/]]>Nov 1st 2006 11:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 2nd 2006 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/

I am, by the way, being totally sarcastic.]]>Nov 2nd 2006 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
my wife has a first generation ipod. the battery was getting weak after all these years. she took it back to the shop. 59 dollars later the ipod was ready to rock and roll.

now what exactly is the problem here? you can even order DIY kits to replace the battery if 59 US seems too much. ]]>Nov 2nd 2006 12:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/
http://blog.williamli.org/2006/11/04/ipod-shuffle-2nd-gen/]]>Nov 4th 2006 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/01/apples-2g-ipod-shuffle-unboxed-and-in-the-buff/Nov 7th 2006 9:15AM