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It talks to you

Apple's new iPod shuffle is capacious, small, and clever. The new voiceover might made navigating what is a huge library of data more manageble than the frustrating experience produced by the current incarnation. As nice as it is, I do have some regret with their decision to move the controls from the device itself to the headphone. We use ours for the kids - putting different libraries of music on our iPod Shuffles and playing them through the car stereo and the kids in room speakers. That won't be possible with this iteration.

Apple - iPod shuffle - The first mp3 player that talks to you

Living on the other side of the international date line means we are always a bit late with reportage on the latest new gadget coming out of Cupertino. By the time we wake up in the morning a thousand other publications have moved passed the announcement phase and are publishing detailed analysis on the minutiae of the device.

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