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Apple iPod Shuffle 1st Generation 512MB Flash MP3 Player

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• Reviewed by: donnadilmoore

  Updated: 12-29-06

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:15 Days

  Strengths: none

  Weaknesses: It does not work. It has a counterfit serial number.

  Overall Evaluation: I purchased an ipod shuffle for my 7 year old daughter. It's about all she wanted for Christmas. When we contacted apple to ask why the music wouldn't download, they informed us that the serial number was counterfit. In other words it is a fake ipod shuffle. I am in the process of contacting vtshotdeals, however there is no phone number. Only e-mail. Convenient, isn't it? Well, we are hoping for the best, but right now we are not very happy.

• Reviewed by: poisonapple

  Updated: 11-27-06

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:10 Months

  Strengths: size

  Weaknesses: durability, warranty, ease of use

  Overall Evaluation: I purchased the shuffle for my son last Christmas. He loved it, except he couldn't see the titles of the songs (they were from my library, so he didn't always know what he was listening to). We also had a hard time figuring out how to load it manually, so he couldn't make sure his favorite songs were included. A couple months ago he complained that it wouldn't work. We tried several things, including charging the battery and restoring the settings but nothing worked. We called for a repair, as it was still under warranty, but in order to have it fixed we had to pay $31.00 "shipping and handling." This "shipping" charge amounted to a third of the purchase price for an item that could fit in a legal envelope. He has asked for a nano this year, but Apple will not get any more of my money. I'm going back to buying cds. At least I own them and can play them on anything I want.

• Reviewed by: sweetrattle

  Updated: 08-24-06

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:30 Days

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  Overall Evaluation: I bought this for my 9 year old, its been awesome! He's even gotten it wet this week, and its fine. Now he's just like mom.

• Reviewed by: Sweetashoney

  Updated: 08-16-06

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:4 Months

  Strengths: its as loud as all the other ipods soo small fits in your pocket and battery lasts soo long and can drop it and it wont break easily

  Weaknesses: unless you out the songs in certin order you have to keep searching f0r a song also sometimes shuts off by itself

  Overall Evaluation: i love dis thing i had a regualr ipod and i dropped it twice by accident and it didnt work so i bought dis the headfones stay in so when it falls the ipod stays conneted i love dis thing!!!

• Reviewed by: julz53

  Updated: 04-19-06

  Overall Rating: 2 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: small, light

  Weaknesses: non existent tech support

  Overall Evaluation: I received the shuffle for Christmas and enjoyed it for the month that I could use it. It's April and my ipod is still sitting in a warehouse somewhere. I call religiously on the days they tell me to, but still no ipod. They are apparently waiting for a part. Customer service is unable to offer anything except a bunch of case numbers and random "expected" delivery dates. If you get the flashing amber and green light, you'd have better luck letting it sit in your own closet.

• Reviewed by: notredamefan9

  Updated: 04-07-06

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:5 Days

  Strengths: Good battrienice sizenice volume can carry it around ur neck

  Weaknesses: can't repeat songscan't choise what song u want to listen to with out searching it

  Overall Evaluation: I love my Ipod shuffle. I think it is much better than the Ipod, because with the ipod shuffle u can carry it around Ur neck. When I go pratice for softball I can run around with out having to worry about carrying around the Cd player and I don't have to worry about it skipping!! ( i hate that)

• Reviewed by: dwoo619

  Updated: 03-20-06

  Overall Rating: 2 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:15 Days

  Strengths: sleek design

  Weaknesses: poor compatiblity (itunes), poor default settings on itunes, no lcd, earplugs fall out

  Overall Evaluation: i have been a dedicated pc user for years, but was purchased an ipod shuffle and decided to see what all this buzz was about. i have to say that the shuffle has a sleek design and the circular dial is ergonomically great. but i it leaves alot to desire. first, itunes (required for song upload) is not backward compatible to windows 2000 sp2, even though this platform is great and still widely used. second, once i got onto itunes, i could not download my mp3's on cd directly into the ipod. i had to load them into my hard drive first. third, the default settings of itunes automatically upload new songs into the ipod UPON placement into the usb slot, wiping out all your previous songs. i wonder if the genuises at apple had thought that i might just want to use the usb to CHARGE the ipod, since this is the only way to do so. fourth, the transfer rate of usb 1.1 is painfully slow for a 512 mb stick, good thing i didnt get the 1gb.fifth, i was bombarded by advertisements and promotional material trying to get me to buy itunes songs for .99 a pop, which btw, i have heard are not the same quality as audio converted files. it seems that apple is bent on promoting its proprietary software and website. sixth, the sponge earpads fall off...cmon apple, i know you guys get these devices for less than $10 in china, a little bit of quality wouldnt hurt.overall, i find the shuffle to be an average device and itunes to be a major disappointment. i am reminded again why apple lags so far behind pc in compatibility and quality issues, and why it is used mainly by artists and faddists. itll be a while before i buy another rotten apple. i would recommend the sandisk or iriver, which are far better devices and software for a lower price point.

• Reviewed by: bonsuz1972

  Updated: 03-15-06

  Overall Rating: 3 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

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  Overall Evaluation: Overall, I like the shuffle, but there are a few things that I dislike. The switch to turn it on and choose either shuffle or "in-order" play is VERY hard to manipulate. The earphones do not fit tightly in the ear, the left one falls out repeatedly during my workouts, and the sound quality is not that good. It was at first, but after a couple of uses, it got scratchy. I have friends who have said that theirs are scratchy too, so maybe it's the norm. It's an OK product, but I would not buy it again.

• Reviewed by: sfsagr

  Updated: 01-19-06

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:26 Days

  Strengths: its easy to use and download music to

  Weaknesses: cant find free sites to download music to it

  Overall Evaluation: my husband was very happy to get this for xmas and uses it daily.he said it is very easy to use and download music to and is small with a great sound almost like listening to a cd from a good stereo.

• Reviewed by: linzago

  Updated: 01-17-06

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: small, convenient, and practical

  Weaknesses: doesn't come with a standard charger. charger is sold separately as an "accessory" in Apple store, but can get one from Radioshack for cheaper.

  Overall Evaluation: the ipod shuffle is very convenient. it stays charged for much longer than i expected and has all the basic functions i need for an mp3 player. it's perfect for someone who doesn't wanna spend a lot of money and doesn't care for all the unnecessary perks the other ipods have to offer.one downside is that it doesn't come with a standard charger, so u have to hook it up to your computer's usb in order to charge it. which means you'd have to leave your computer on for a few hours. but if the shuffle's usb doesn't fit on your computer then you'll have to buy a 2.0 usb extention cord for $25 or an Apple charger for $30. i was able to get a really good knockoff charger from Radioshack for $20.

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