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Wednesday, January 26, 2005
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Who Needs a Screen? "It is, in fact, the only micro-size digital music player worth a damn, because in place of a tiny and unreadable screen, Apple has installed a full-size and comfortable set of buttons in the familiar iPod wheel arrangement. Operating other players its size is a lot like trying to set the time on a $5 digital watch." [Apple Hot News] I got yesterday my 1 GB iPod shuffle, and have loaded 1/4 of it with music and half of with files (presentations, books, reports etc.). The sound quality is nice even at 128 kbit/s AAC, and even though I don't have usb 2.0 on my iBook and PowerBook, the files do transfer fast enough. I'm carrying the new iPod around my neck. Now I can have both my music and my files on the go. And I agree with the usability assessment: this thing is one of the easiest things to set up and use I have ever tried, including the 20 GB iPod I have at home.
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