First iPod Shuffle review I could find

January 13th, 2005 · No Comments

iPod Shuffle Box

Engadget has just written a review on the iPod Shuffle. As it doesn’t have much functionality, the review isn’t that long. Their conclusion:

Now that it’s all charged up and we’ve had a chance to use it, here’s a few initial impressions:

We love Autofill. It makes the shuffle even more random since you never even know what will wind up on your Shuffle. Sure, you can narrow it down to music from a playlist, or do it all manually, but where’s the fun inthat?

We’re spoiled by Firewire. The USB 2.0 moved the songs onto the iPod Shuffle pretty quickly, but it’s not the song per second speed of the regular iPod over Firewire.

Apple claims 120 songs probably fit on the 512 MB version. We managed to fit 110, but we have lots of 160 and 192 kbps mp3 files.

This thing is tiny - and light. You’ll never feel it around your neck or in your pocket. It’s like a stick of gum, not a pack. Just be sure not to leave it in your jeans when you wash them.

The controls take a second or two to get used to, then you never think about them again.

The sound is great. It’s easily as loud and seems to be more clear with better bass response than our 3G iPod.