A newer, better, smaller, and cheaper shuffle is set to hit stores this Thursday. The third-generation Shuffle, an aluminum rectangle less than 2 inches long, is half the size of the second-generation Shuffle. Its appearance is smaller, but it doubles in music storage space at 4 gigabytes (1,000 songs.) Apple had to remove most of the buttons from the body and build them into the headphone cord to make up for its small size.
It also has a new feature called VoiceOver, which at the push of a button, can speak the song and artist name that the owner has loaded onto the device. "Here's how it works: As you synchronize a new Shuffle using an updated version of iTunes, your PC or Mac looks at each track and playlist and creates a small file of a computerized voice speaking the title, artist or playlist name. If a song is in Spanish or Chinese, say, the software figures this out and speaks in the appropriate language. Apple says the device can handle 14 languages."
It comes in silver or black aluminum with a shiny stainless steel clip and is retailing for only $79.
No comments:
Post a Comment