Here come the new iPod shuffle accessories

To a certain extent, the previous shuffle was good for what it did. This is just ridiculous though. I love my Ipod touch and love all the things it does. For the shuffle, I think only minor changes in design to designate change while increasing memory and battery life. Maybe even adding a small pager like screen on it while keeping it pack of gum size.

There are lots of things to do. But this stinks to a large degree since Apple is charging all 3rd party designs for a licensing fee. All that does is make a $80 mp3 player go up to $120+ when all is said and done.

Hmmm... I see a flame pot brewing... Ok, fair enough, let's assume the new Shuffle is a real piece of crap and no one in their right minds would buy it in its standard form. If these accessories aren't what you're looking for, what are?

I'd be much more interested to hear about what people want to see rather than criticizing each other.

I do agree to some extent that moving the controls from the devise was a bad move, I mean, how frekin' small does it have to be

Is there any saving the Shuffle?

Wow, four posts in a 20 post thread. you're right, you're not a fanboy wanker AT ALL. See if you can resist: The new shuffle blows, it's a triumph of "Apple design" over actual utility. It's an F'ing USB stick. Only a fool would buy it.

See you at post 5 :)

uh, you're the one that's posted three times to this thread, defending this POS.

Simon Arch: I won't. But you seem awful eager to defend the Mother Church from heretics who point out the obvious: this one's a stinker. But aren't your efforts unnecessary? Won't all the doubters burn in hell for their sacrilege?

Did you guys read the article? $49 to $99 for a control adapter in order to use your own headphones? That's pretty much the cost of the iPod itself ($79) - ridiculous. A *free* adapter should be bundled by Apple. Period. The controls argument still stands until there's an alternative that doesn't cost as much as the original device.

The Scosche stuff looks nice.

"deliriously dumb" - wow, that's constructive criticism.

I'm tired of reading about how "stupid" it is that Apple separated the controls from the device. Last I checked, ALL music players have to have earphones connected to listen to music (built-in speakers, and Bluetooth headsets, excepted). So, if you're already going to have headphones connected, why not place the controls where they are more convenient to use?

Complain about the quality of the headphones (which are NOT that bad; the In-Ear versions are actually quite good) if you want, but even that complaint is negated once other manufacturers start making compatible versions. Users will be able to choose their preferred manufacturer, and not only gain the ability of using those headphones with the new shuffle, but also with ALL models in Apple's latest iPod lineup.

Never did understand accessories for a shuffle. Many cost almost as much as the player itself! Imagine $99 for a $79 iPod! But I suppose it has more to do with usability than price.

I am curious if the new headphones will work with the iPhone/iPod Touch? I think the new Apple headphones have a remote built into them, I just don't see spending $80 for a pair of headphones; especially since they are from Apple (they don't sound as good as say Sony).