For those of you who poke fun at Apple’s design philosophy, you have some new joke material. Not to be outdone by the single button concept on the iPhone, Apple has created a device with ZERO buttons. The new iPod Shuffle concept might just fool you for an Onion story: no buttons, proprietary headphones, and next you’re going to tell me it talks to me too, right?
Worried about your brand new iPod Shuffle getting scratched up? Have no fear, iLuv has just announced their new iPod shuffle cases for protecting that absurdly small aluminum piece of fun. The best part is that the iLuv Shuffle cases come in different colors, so if you found the silver or black color a little boring, you can dress up that iPod in white, pink, blue or black from the four pack of silicone cases. Also available are clear and tinted black cases in the two pack.
These days, the Carl Zeiss name tends to be more associated with Nokia cellphone camera lenses than anything else, but the famed optics company has a few other irons in the consumer electronics fire. Latest is the Carl Zeiss Cinemizer Plus video headset which, when it launches in May, will be the first video eyewear to bear the “Works with iPhone” logo.
If all this time you’ve thought the one thing missing from your iPod is a small and convenient microphone, you’re in luck. The ThumbTack Mic from SwitchEasy is small, useable and affordable. And those are three things we here at SlashGear can get behind.
While many people are still arguing over Apple’s decision to go with complicated headphones for the new iPod shuffle 3G, others are bemoaning the obvious lack of color in Apple’s life. Silver and black are all well and good, but the iPod shuffle 3G certainly benefits from a blast of new paint; that’s what Computer Choppers think, anyway, and so they’re offering the rainbow of shuffles you see here.
So far the most prevalent iPod shuffle 3G accessories we’ve seen have been headphones with in-line controls. However Dexim are addressing another part of the iPod shuffle experience: syncing across your music. Their bizarrely named Shu-Lip adapter lets you connect your shuffle up via USB without needing to carry a long cable.
As the old saying goes, give them an opportunity to sell accessories and they will come. Apple’s new iPod shuffle 4GB has only been on sale since yesterday, and already Scosche has a trio of compatible headphones with that all-important in-line remote.
As expected, Apple have unveiled a new iPod Shuffle 4GB, throwing out the control wheel in the process and introducing VoiceOver, a new feature which reads out tracklistings at a touch of the in-line button on the headphones. Apple describe the new iPod Shuffle 4GB as being the world’s smallest music player, measuring 45.2 x 17.5 x 7.8mm.
Just over a week since the last major update, and the Apple Store is once again down for “updating”. According to the rumors, when it returns we’ll see a new, 4GB iPod Shuffle available in black and silver.
Hot on the heals of the Sony CMT-Z100iR comes another iPod dock with the same slot-loading CD drive and slightly-relaxed-obelisk styling. The Sony CMT-LX30-iR is a more compact speaker dock, but still offers USB playback, MP3 CD support, an FM/AM tuner, line-in and quick CD to USB sync.
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