Apple’s new 4GB iPod Shuffle too small for big fingers

Posted by ketyung on Thu, Mar 12th, 09 at 5:16 am

Apple has rolled out a double capacity iPod Shuffle which is so tiny that will likely be swallowed up when held in a hand with fat fingers. The new iPod Shuffle comes with a 4GB storage capacity.

Due to the overly tiny size, the new iPod Shuffle comes with no volume control button. You can only find the volume control on the earphones cable, which also means that you can’t afford to lose the Apple’s original cable. If you lost it, you’d end up of being unable to control the volume. But I believe you should be able to get a replacement easily from Apple store.

The new iPod Shuffle also comes with talking features which allow it to speak with the user. The entire iPod Shuffle has only the shuffle mode button on its case. It doesn’t have a display either, but as mentioned it speaks with the user, so it relies on the VoiceOver feature to announce the title, artist of the track it’s playing and also the playlist on demand in about 14 different languages. The 4GB iPod Shuffle is priced at about $80, has a battery life of 10 hours only and available in black or silver.