Apple restyles iPod Shuffle
Wed, Mar 11th, 2009 |
Apple has quietly revamped the iPod Shuffle - removing all its control in the process.
Well, sort of. The body of the player still has a power switch that also doubles up as the shuffe/sequential play slider. But the main controls are now built into a dongle on the earphone cable.
Like the first Shuffle, the 3G model's tall and thin, its metal shell curving at the sides like the current iPod Nano. Like the 2G Shuffle, the new model has an integrated clothing clip.
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