1GB iPod shuffle Now Pauses when Headphones Yanked!

This is new.  I ordered my iPod shuffle the first day they were announced, as it was my birthday and I thought Steve was sending me a special "Happy Birthday" message. It's the 1GB model and it shipped on the 19th of January and arrived on the 21st.  In my first impressions post about the iPod shuffle on my site, I noted that I was disappointed that the iPod shuffle, unlike my 4G (4th Generation) iPod, didn't pause when the earphones pulled free from the shuffle. One reader replied that his did pause, while another reader who also had the 1GB model noted that his did not pause.  I thought it might have been a defect,
but didn't worry about it.

Anyway, yesterday when I plugged my iPod shuffle into my Powerbook, iTunes told me that there was an update available for it.  I let the updater do its thing and still didn't think much of it.  However, just now, while listening to Prince's 1999, the earphone yanked free from the Shuffle as I dropped it (this happens a lot; I'm accident-prone). While picking up the Shuffle, I was pleasantly surprised to see a green blinking light and the Shuffle had paused!  Cool! 

So if you have a 1GB exhibiting this problem, run the updater to fix it.