| On the eleventh day of January 2005, the iPod shuffle | | | | you can have a virtual jukebox in your home, office or |
| was released in the market. The iPod shuffle is the | | | | car. That's the beauty of the iPod, you can have your |
| latest addition to the thoroughbred stable of the iPod | | | | music wherever you are. Now imagine, you, your car |
| lineup. This digital audio player is made by Apple | | | | and the long road. Hooking up your ride with an iPod |
| Computer. It was released with a tag line "Life is | | | | shuffle would provide you with a great number of |
| random". Unlike other iPods, the shuffle was the first | | | | hours of excellent music fun. |
| one to use flash memory instead of a hard disk and it | | | | Any long drive can be turned into a musical concert |
| only weighs about 22 grams or .78 ounces. A new | | | | with the iPod shuffle. All you need is an iPod shuffle |
| innovation that made the iPod more versatile and | | | | hookup to connect it with your cars stereo system. |
| affordable. | | | | This would include an adapter that plugs into your |
| There are two models available for the iPod shuffle. | | | | iPod's headphone jack and on the other end; there is a |
| You can get the 512 MB and the 1 GB model. It plays | | | | cassette adapter that could be plugged in the cassette |
| all the saved songs in random order, thus the name | | | | slot of your cars stereo system. |
| shuffle. Many users of the iPod were always putting | | | | This and other iPod accessories can make your iPod |
| their iPod to shuffle mode which made Apple decide | | | | shuffle very adaptable to different situations. There |
| to manufacture the iPod shuffle, it is a cost effective | | | | are many car manufacturers who has seen the big |
| fashion that eliminates the need to program the songs | | | | influence the iPod shuffle has and their vast popularity. |
| to be played. It uses the iTunes' Autofill, which plays | | | | Many have manufactured car stereo systems that |
| and select song in random order and It can store up to | | | | have a built in iPod hook ups ready. All you have to do |
| 240 songs. | | | | is plug your iPod in and you're good to go. You'll never |
| The iPod shuffle doesn't feature the usual functions a | | | | see a roadtrip the same way again. |
| regular iPod does, like the display mode, scroll wheel, | | | | The benefits are endless, you have great music on |
| playlist management features, address book, games, | | | | command. You get great quality music and you get it in |
| calendar, and notes capability, it is not made to be used | | | | random succession which means you don't have to |
| with iSync. Another thing to note, it is not capable of | | | | listen to the same songs over and over again and you |
| playing Apple Lossless and AIFF audio files. On the | | | | eliminate the need to look down and mess with the |
| brighter side, iPod shuffle is of better sound quality, with | | | | your iPod while driving. The iPod shuffle gives you |
| the bass more heard, than the bigger iPods. The sad | | | | music in random succession which means you don't |
| thing is it does not have a screen, no equalizer and a | | | | have to look down while driving. You get different |
| slow speed transfer. | | | | music every time you turn your iPod shuffle on. |
| With more than 400 songs in a small audio machine, | | | | |