The battery will degrade as you use it, but you'll have to do a lot of listening before the capacity drops below specification

It is so small and lightweight, I can hardly believe it still sounds so good and has such good battery life.

If you want an ultra-portible, great-sounding, good-value-for-your-money music player that is easy to use, doubles as a convenient flash drive, has good software, and has good battery life, by all means go for the Shuffle and you'll love it.

i havent charged it since i've had it, and thats been a week, and the battery still says its green (good)the only bad thing i can think of is the fact that when on shuffle mode, you will sometimes get a repeat song before you hit a song you haven;t listened

Yes this battery will eventually be no good, especially if you charge it to frequently.

The battery dies in about 2

I use it extensively but the battery still holds up pretty well.

Low bitrates actually sound tolerable (compared with WMA)Problem areas:-awful battery life only covers my 8-hour shift, nothing more.

But I figure that it will wear out anyway (even if switches go on forever, batteries WILL eventually die) given the heavy use I put it to.

Pros:+ really sleek, really lightweight (<1 oz.!)+ built-in rechargable battery+ cheaper than other similar-capacity flash players+ easy to operate, another Apple hallmark+ USB 2.0 high-speed charges the battery+ can use as an flash drive+ cool accessories availableMisses:- no LCD screen!

The battery has lasted me well over a 10-hour day

The dirty little secret about the iPod Shuffle is its extraordinary battery life despite low cost

The specs say 12 hours (I think) until the battery goes dead, but I'm sure I've been listening to it for way more than that.

This thing has an incredible battery life, since I have been using it every day since I bought it for several hours a day.

did mentioned that there were some people who took them back for a replacement after their battery died and given that it is an internal non replaceable battery, the ipod was useless, so it'll be a good idea to keep it charged and maybe getting that plan wouldn't hurt

I love these old iPods, the batteries last forever

Very good design, very good battery life and real easy to use

None that are really unique to this device except for a pleasing shape, relatively good battery life, ability to play much of your music that you have in an iPod and that the battery can charge in your USB port

Very good battery life.10

Its small size and simplicity packs excellent audio quality and has a reasonable battery life to size ratio

Extremely small, amazingly light, great battery life, good sound, very inexpensive, and easy to use.

Good battery life

The battery is amazing

There are two reasons behind it having a reasonably good battery life

but this thing is tough, sounds great, gets great battery life, and is rather affordable

Good battery life

Just plug it in - It's great!b

The Apple Shuffle is a very simplistic, well thought out and great sounding device

Remember it is very small (I was surprised how small it is even though I looked at the pictures of it) and plugs into a USB port to load or change music as well as for charging up (no changing batteries, unless they wear out, and then a dealer would have to change them.)

The sound is just as good as from the iPod Shuffle's bigger brother

And the sound quality is just as good as on a bigger iPod

With a Nano, by contrast, a case is, by all accounts, a necessity if you want to avoid scratches that spoil the look and, moreover, reduce the functionality of the tiny screen (which is a pity because a case hides the Nano's good looks and adds to its size).I use the Shuffle for audiobooks and podcasts as well as for music