Apple Store is down, maybe a new shuffle?

The headphones come with the iPod you dolts....

contols on the headphones is a deal breaker for me. Haven't used Apple ear buds in years.

An interesting point from the video tutorial, the voice over sounds different depending on whether or not you sync it with a mac or a pc. The mac voice doesn't sound too shabby but the windows voice is hideous. This must mean that iTunes converts the title to an audio tag when syncing tracks to the shuffle.

No way will I buy an iPod that REQUIRES a PROPRIETARY earbud that houses all the controls! You will be locked into having to purchase Apple Earbuds or wait till 3rd party manufacturer come out with an equivalent. The point is that something thats suppose to be as simple as a shuffle, now your left having to buy "special" earbuds.

New shuffle with VoiceOver confirmed on USA store.

But what if the headphones sound like crap - like the ones that came with my iPhone?

bad move with the controls on the headphones.. bad bad bad.

Yeah it's very... interesting. Sounds to me like Apple wants to corner the market on headphones. You'll need headphones that have controls on them to use the new shuffle. Maybe Apple is trying to force headphone manufacturers to start including this on their products.

New 4 GB shuffle - in black and silver - and it speaks your songs and playlist names to you. Oh yeah - all the controls have been moved to the earphone cable, so the shuffle is basically a rectangular piece of metal with a clip and a hold switch.

Previous generation shuffles are being sold alongside it, too - it's not being retired (yet).

rumors were right...new shuffle is here