Shuffle price drop

I'm a few days late on the "announcement"... wondering what speculation there is with colors of the 2GB shuffles?

I am soooo angry... I just bought a shuffle at the Apple Retail Store. It is unopened, so could i get my $30 back if i bring it unopened to them with the receipt?

The mini iPod Shuffle is perhaps the best little gadget ever ... and one of the best examples of minimalist design that still easily performs it's function

The mini iPod Shuffle is perhaps the best little gadget ever ... and one of the best examples of minimalist design that still easily performs it's function

Also, the aluminum, refurbished iMacs got a significant price cut.

See: http://www.MacintoshOS.com

I love this excitement that Apple is creating around itself. New announcements every Tuesday must be driving people to apple.com (although I don't know how many of those people wouldn't be checking anyway). But as an Apple owner, it's pretty fun to get at least mildly excited to see what Apple's going to do next.

Consider this: €79 is roughly Equal to $116 right now. So Europeans are paying $116 for something that costs Americans $69. That's a difference of $47. Shipping from US to Germany costs just $23 and takes about 5 days. Altogether it would still be a savings of €16, assuming you could get someone to ship it there and declare the value and contents correctly so as not to get hit with the VAT charge.

As a second iPod, the shuffle is great. Working out and jogging are what its great for. Obviously if its going to be your only DMP then maybe you'll want a screen, and some of those other extras. But as an iTunes user and and owner of an iPod Touch, I don't want to have to switch between media programs to sync my music to my two players. And I have to think a lot of iPod Shuffles out there are second players, used for working out so you don't have to lug around an iPod Classic or Touch or iPhone.

Too little, too late.

Apple should have reduced the price of the Shuffle BEFORE Xmas and they should have reduced the price to $39. which is more reasonable considering the cost of flash memory these days. They could have sold a few million more if they'd done that.

At this point they should have released an entirely new product perhaps one with a minimal screen at least showing song names and artist. Even at $49 the shuffle is over.

My $79 Shuffle goes back today. I purchased it 13 days ago and Apple has a 14 day return policy. Lucky I checked apple news this morning.