Apple unveiled new, talking iPod Shuffle
If you’ve ever wondered what the name of that new Metallica song is — in Mandarin Chinese– Apple’s new iPod Shuffle can tell you. The company Wednesday unveiled its next-generation iPod Shuffle that has a new feature, VoiceOver, which enables the iPod to speak song titles, artists and playlist names. The shuffle can speak 14 languages, including English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish. The new iPod 4GB also is nearly half the size of the previous model at 1.8 inches tall by 0.3 inches thick. Controls are now located on the earbud cord, which the company said is more convenient, but not so much if you want to switch out headphones.
With 4 GB of storage, the new Shuffle holds up to 1,000 songs. Apple said that song capacity is based on 4 minutes per song. In 256-Kbps AAC format, song capacity is up to 500 songs; actual capacity varies by encoding method and bit rate. The revamped Shuffle also lets users sync multiple playlists for the first time. Additionally, it features a switch with three positions that users can flip to shuffle songs, play them in order or turn off power. Speaking of power, the new Shuffle has a battery life of up to 10 hours. For fashion mavens, the new iPod is a must-have “tech-cessory, a wardrobe essential,” Apple said. The clip is made of stainless steel, while the Shuffle itself is made of anodized aluminum and is available in silver or black. The 4GB retails for $79 and is available immediately.
Source: CRN
Comments(16)
Voiceover will be Shuffle-only I guess?
The 4GB retails for $79 and is available immediately. <—– NICE, cheapest and newest 4gb
so u have to use the bundled earphones? thats sucks bad!
beautiful.
sold.
on my way to the apple store!
niceeeeeee
Man the original ipod shuffle was awesome. Then the second gen was mediocre and this one is just awful. Way to ruin a great product apple. The controls are terrible, you are forced to use the crappy earbuds, the playlist navigations is awful and you have to charge the player through the headphone jack instead of the old usb port or even a normal ipod wire. Lame.
"Controls are now located on the earbud cord." That's the deal breaker for me.
Someone will make some headphone converter thing, where u can just plug any other kind of headphone into it
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yea there headphones = fail in my book.
Why always Swedish and never Danish..??
Because the Danish don't deserve it they have all the bacon!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Sounded like such a good idea, untill i saw you have to use the bundled earphones
Bad marketing, as the ones that come with the iPod suck bad
Maybe, just maybe companies will make specialised headphones so they will work with this iPod
But until then i wont bother
@ Raz0r
the bundled earphones can be purchased for cheap at like chinese store online. Or if you really want to pay for it, get some v-moda vibes duo or vibes II… those will allow you to play your music.
"The company Wednesday unveiled its next-generation iPod Shuffle"
Wednesday? Never heard of that company. I'd presume that Apple would unveil it.
megashares please
LOL at Australisk and gnz