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[Ogrady.blogspot.com] JDOG's Weblog: iPod Shuffle Rivals: I own an ipod photo and a $99 insurance policy (shuffle) made alot of sense when I didn't need long battery life or as much music on hand. The standard ipod photo is good for trips, the car, move files back and fourth to work and presintaions (convert them to jpegs). The shuffle is great for listing to music short term - shopping, working out, even a quick trip in the car when you don't want to deal with a large ipod. I have found that if your machine goes to sleep at night while you charge your shuffle when you go to workout in the morning it won't be charged.

[Ogrady.blogspot.com] JDOG's Weblog: While the iPod Shuffle is great (I will be buying one soon) I think that Apple should have made it with an LCD display since other flash players have them. One good example is the Teac MP 200 which is available in the EU (not sure about the US). This Teac player has a beautiful "full graphic Organic LED / Panel 128 x 64 dots Featuring 4 line / 2 color OLED display" in a (almost)similar compact design and it looks great.

[Generationmp3.com] GenerationMP3: le blog des baladeurs MP3: De la voip et des informations routières que partageraient les conducteurs entre eux (du A2A automobilistes 2 automobilistes). L'arrivée prochaine de technologie comme Wimax pourrait bien rendre ce genre de chose bien réelle et surtout bien pratique. Un pc, un micro et une connection sans fil et c'est tout ! Des bornes wifi placé sur les autoroutes pourraient permettre une synchronisation des ordinateurs de bords avec les dernières informations routières.

[Techdigest.tv] Tech Digest: PodGear's Shuffle Station was probably the first of its kind designed for Apple's smallest player, which had previously been overlooked in comparison to the huge variety of speaker sets available for its larger counterparts. The Shuffle Station closely mimics the distinctive iPod design and can be powered  either from the wall or by using 4 x AAA batteries. Like most of its rivals it even folds up for greater portability. When plugged into the mains it also recharges the iPod Shuffle, so the price tag seems quite reasonable when you consider it only costs £15 more than an Apple mains charger.

[Engadget.com] First case for the iPod shuffle - Engadget - www.engadget.com: Hell, if you were holding it in your hand and dropped it the shuffle should be light enough to hang off the headphone cable without pulling off and hitting the ground and otherwise it'll probably be in a pocket. I think this is just a case of companies riding the wave of iPod accessories past their limits banking on suckers the same way Apple rode the success of the iPod to the shuffle but I won't even get into why I think the shuffle is a stupid idea in the first place, but I will say that I'd rather have an MPIO FL300 which is both tiny and has an OLED screen. I also gotta go with Joel from gizmodo (*gasp*) on this one, the shuffle looks like a pregnancy test. And don't jump on my ass just yet apple fanboys, I have an iPod myself and love the thing, it's just the shuffle that I can't get down with.

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