Newest Generations of the iPod Shuffle and iPod Classic
Last Updated on Sunday, 29 November 2009 10:14 Written by Naota Wednesday, 9 September 2009 10:09
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I have decided to combine these two iPod reviews as not much as happened to them.
The iPod Shuffle
As it currently stands, there has been no major changes to this device. The latest iPod shuffle is being sold with 2GB of 4GB capacities and is priced at $59 and $79 respectively. They have been released with the following latest colors: black, silver, pink, green, and blue. There is also a 4GB special addition of the iPod Shuffle made of polished stainless steel that is being sold for $99.
It suports “VoiceOver”, a feature that announces the name and artist of the song that is playing in 20 different languages. Apple has also moved the shuffle control on the cord and is working with 3rd parties so that they can integrate the shuffle control as well.
Battery Life
The iPod Shuffle can play up to 10 hours of music. It can be 80% charged in 2 hours and fully charged in 3 hours.
Form Factor
The Shuffle is 1.8 inches(45.2mm) in height, 0.7 inch(17.5 mm) in width and 0.3 inch(7.8mm) in depth (including clip.) The Shuffle weighs 0.38 ounce (10.7 grams) or .61 ounch (17.2 grams) if you get the special stainless steel edition.
For more information on the iPod Shuffle visit Apple’s Website.
Now moving on to the iPod Classic
The iPod Classic
The iPod classic will gave its similiar features as before. They now offer it in a 160GB size (versus 120GB in the previous generation) for the same price of $249. The new 160GB size can hold up to 40,000 songs, 200 hours of video, or 25,000 photos.
Battery Life
The iPod Classic can play up to 36 hours of Audio or 6 hours of video. It can fast-charge to 80% capacity in 2 hours, and fully charge in 4 hours.
Form Factor
The size,weight and display remain the same with a height of 4.1 inches(103.5mm), a width of 2.4 inches(61.8mm), a depth of 0.41 inches (10.5mm), and weighing 4.9 ounches (140grams.)
For more information on the iPod Classic visit Apple’s Website.
Tags: apple, Classic, Generation, iPod, Shuffle
I’ve got the previous version of the Shuffle. Although I despite Itunes (I found Sharepod though), I got it for its design, which is very compact. This newer version has a unattractive feature, which is having the remote on the headphones, thus preventing use of it on any speakers or other normal headphones.