yr of warranty support.7. Works as a portable flash memory drive, plug-n-play.8

This is further confounded when I tried to hook my shuffle up with an FM transmitter, while driving

Most of my mp3's are on CD's because I simply don't have enough hard drive space to store them all.

In order to get it to mp3, you have to burn it to CD, and then copy it back to the hard drive.

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.

While the ipod is a mini hard drive and if you hit that right bump the small needle like device that reads the data from the plate can put a scrath in the hard disk

I fall into the latter category since I use the Shuffle to provide background while working out or on airplanes much like I use satellite radio when driving or the radio streams of Rhapsody while at the computer.

The new iPod Shuffle continues Apple's tradition of making cute yet usable devices, and the price point is excellent for people who don't need a hard drive based MP3 player

I bought my iPod shuffle after doing a good bit of research on both hard drive and flash based systems

Also, it seems more durable and with no moving hard drive there are less parts to break

No skipping like CD or hard drive based players.11

Most of my mp3's are on CD's because I simply don't have enough hard drive space to store them all.

It is harder to jar, unlike the hard drives in the older iPods

But for someone like me who won't bring his hard drive based MP3 player to the gym (I don't need to explain why, it is clear to everyone.)

- The U2 shows up as a hard drive and you can drag and drop files into it (any kind of files), without having to install any software.

Let me first say, that if I were to buy a hard drive-based mp3 player, it would absolutely be an iPod; they're just the best.

If you want a multi-gigabyte hard-drive loaded with music, look elsewhere.

A solid, cheap, and durable alternative for kids who might not take the necessary care with a hard-drive based iPod

I picked this up with the sport case, since my ipod has been hijacked by my 4 year olds playlists, and bedtime song lists and so on, and I wanted something less fragile than the ipod's hard drive to take to the gym and walks.

The only things that annoy me about this are as follows:-Transfering music to it in iTunes is slow.-I can't play the music on the device when it's connect to another computer's USB port (playing off the device, not copying to the hard drive).

After about two months the hard drives broke because of all the skips and stuff

The only positive I see with using iTunes is that its interface is nice, and it runs fast.

I LOVE my i-POD!!!