http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 12:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
Honestly, why anyone buys an iPod is beyond me.]]>Mar 13th 2009 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
I mean, my God. Over $80 for what's basically a 4GB memory card with a headphone jack?? You could get off way cheaper just buying a nice set of bluetooth headphones & a 4GB micro SD card for your phone so you can listen wirelessly. You always have your phone on your person anyway. So you get off cheaper AND carry one less device.]]>Mar 13th 2009 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
I've got that exact phone setup you're talking about, but I still prefer to use a separate Zune for music.

For one, my phone battery just won't last through the whole day when I'm listening to music on it for hours on end.
Also, I almost never answer my phone, but I do get calls, and it gets really annoying when my music pauses because I'm getting a call that I don't want to answer.
And lastly, I use my phone for lots of communication-oriented things throughout the day like SMS, email, and Twitter.. and it just adds a small bit of annoyance to my day when I have to navigate through my phone's OS and load up the Music Player to be able to switch albums or playlists while I'm trying to do something in one of the other programs.

I totally agree that this new Shuffle (and all previous shuffles, for that matter) is a poorly designed waste of time, but I'm reluctant to write off dedicated players completely because music is a function that is just completely removed from everything else I use my phone for.]]>Mar 13th 2009 3:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
This is SPECIFICALLY for people with active lifestyles that need something so small and light that it's unnoticeable while running or working out. It's specifically designed to be turned on and left alone while it goes about and does it's thing while you do yours, something it does better than any other player, including Apple's other offerings. Didn't you ever wondered why they call it a "Shuffle"?

Placing controls on a device that's meant to be immediately tucked away makes NO SENSE and just takes away from it's durability. Trust me, when you're running 10 miles the last thing you give a shit about is the display or controls on your MP3 player.. And anyone who's brining up "sound quality" in a discussion of devices that play highly compressed audio files is a dumbass.

If you're looking for a sub $100 MP3 player then keep looking, Apple doesn't make your device. If you live an active lifestyle and want a player you can turn on and forget about, go for it.
]]>Mar 13th 2009 4:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/People who are not like us who don't really give a shit about features or sound or anything like that, but care more about looks. Just because you aren't Apples target, doesn't mean they suck. I have to say I use an iPod Nano and have no complaints, as the integration of iTunes and everything else on my Mac is just something you can't replace.]]>Mar 13th 2009 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://vicbishop.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/new-ipod-shuffle.jpg this is what i think alot of us are thinking]]>Mar 13th 2009 5:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/People who are not like us who don't really give a shit about features or sound or anything like that, but care more about looks. Just because you aren't Apples target, doesn't mean they suck. I have to say I use an iPod Nano and have no complaints, as the integration of iTunes and everything else on my Mac is just something you can't replace."

Rip the songs in AIFF, use the dock's line out to by-pass the shitty DAC in the iPod's headphone socket and you actually get decent sound quality from decent low-end headphones (Panasonic HTX7 and Koss KCS75). Amped and through Grado or similar headphones should be good enough for most ears. The poor sound quality comes from the headphone socket and AAC/MP3, not the iPod itself so much.

Can't argue with the Mac integration, which is second to none.]]>Mar 13th 2009 7:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
LOL.

I saw what you did there.]]>Mar 13th 2009 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 4:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 12:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
I think Apple will stop when it has absolutely nothing: a solid block of aluminum.]]>Mar 13th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
I would love to see the iPod Shuffle as a slab of metal, using some sort of wireless-USB and wireless charging.]]>Mar 13th 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 2:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
am I the only one who consistently thinks tiddy bank when seeing TD bank?]]>Mar 13th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 14th 2009 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
Is this just like the G5 Tower " the worlds most powerful home computer", until the ASA (in the UK) banned the ad since it was a complete lie, AMD Athlon64 based PCs were much faster than G5s.

Apple spout so much jizz I'm surprised their fans can actually manage to still swallow it all.]]>Mar 13th 2009 1:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
Searching for "small" or "tiny" on the internet is never a good thing....]]>Mar 13th 2009 1:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2005/ipod-flea-p1.php
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I'm sure that if Apple had included this WITH the shuffle, that would NOT be the word choice. ]]>Mar 13th 2009 1:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 1:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
4th gen Shuffle: Buy a thin strip of aluminum with some nano-circuitry for $80 (also put a video on Apple's site showing the machinery that makes this strip of aluminum). The battery, firmware and controls are soldered on to a dongle. 3rd party adapters will lighten your wallet some more and make the thin strip of aluminum as big as a previous gen aluminum strip. :)

3rd gen shuffle = Steve Job's pee-pee (tiny, limited functionality, need external add-ons to make the most out of it)]]>Mar 13th 2009 2:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
Make an ipod shuffle that double as a lighter, and I'll be the first in the line for one.]]>Mar 13th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 3:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 3:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/Mar 13th 2009 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/
that way, you can get a 16gb corsair shuttle and the mp3 player adaptor for maybe 30 or 40 bucks tops.

that's a good idea. fuck iProprietary ripoffs]]>Mar 13th 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/13/dexims-shu-lip-turns-your-new-ipod-shuffle-into-the-thumb-drive/You gonna use that?

(/runs to patent office)]]>Mar 13th 2009 4:50PM