This is my very fist MP3 player. It is adorable looking. The pink color is very, very atractive. The little clip on the back is very handy and the buttons are easy to use. I like it for its size, looks, solid build and sound, but I have a few complaints and would never buy another Apple product again, this being my very first and last. (Even though I have used Macs from time to time when there was no choice,I have always felt much more comfortable with a PC.) I did, however, switch the earbuds to Jbuds J2, which sound a lot better than the OEM set.
It does not hold enough. Well, obviously!!!! LOL... It is only 1 gig. Duh! It was also only $40 and was an experiment, to see if I would enjoy owning one...which I do. I have since ordered an 8 gig Zune, in addition, and eagerly await its arrival. Hopefully that will be enough storage for me.
It really does "shuffle" even when set in continuous play mode. I entered entire CDs, but they wound up scattered all over the place and because there is no display, I had no idea what was coming up next.
Origionaly I filled it with Broadway shows, but saw that was a huge mistake and will reserve my shows and my Jazz collection for my 8 gig Zune, which will play things in the order that they were entered in from beginning to end and has a display to tell me what is coming up next.
I find iTunes just awful. It is confusing as anything to use. I am very tech savvy, but it required talking to two people at Apple. Finally I found a second tier lady who was very helpful and spent about an hour with me, helping me to undo what I had done and then showing me how to add what I wanted instead. I downloaded a PDF. instruction file first, but it was useless and did not seem to match up with the switches etc. on this iPod although it was the right model. The tiny pamphlet that came with it, gives you next to no help at all.
I suppose that despite all of the above mentioned short comings, I will still give it a 4...as it does have good sound and is fun to use once you have filled it with random selections...but it is not for albums that you want to be able to listen to, uninterupted, from beginning to end.
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If this is going to be your main mp3 player then you might be disappointed. If this is your supplemental mp3 player (like me) then it's pretty much perfect. I use this for short home/work projects. Vacuuming, doing dishes, cleaning the house, when I'm having an argument with my wife... just kidding. I don't EVER do dishes! The 1 GB is just the right size to hold just the right number of songs for simple projects. The buttons are small but easy to learn, it works with pretty much every iPod external system, and in your car if you have the right equipment and I love the sound.
There are a couple things that I do have slight problems with. I've had to format it 3 times since I got it. It does get crazy after a while and skips and acts a little erratic. Also, and this could be just me, I don't see an easy way to create a play list just for the iShuffle and then add every song in there to the player. It's a simple enough device and because of such Apple chose not to include a decent instructions manual. All in all this is a really good mp3 player and worth the very inexpensive price.
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