Apple iPod shuffle 4th Generation Blue (2 GB)

I bought this item to replace a cheaper MP3 player that had been returned twice due to faults. I had wanted an iPod in the first place but couldn't really justify full price as I only intended using it for daily gym sessions and holidays. After the 'cheaper option' experience, I decided it was best to spend a bit more to get the reliability and opted for the shuffle after I had read other reviews. I thought the 2GB storage would be ideal for my needs and I chose the blue colour as everyone else seems to have the silver one. Having now used it for a couple of months, I cannot fault it in any way. The battery seems to last for ever and storage of songs is very easy. I only store individual tracks and find the voice over facility handy when I need to remind myself of who is singing what! The iPod requires iTunes as set up feature and this works very well with clear and easy to follow options. I have only used the automatic sync facility so far but may in the future use the manual option as this allows for tracks to be added through other computers. The clip is very useful to attach the iPod to clothing when in the gym and with the ability to 'lock' the controls to avoid accidental adjustment,running etc is no problem. I use a different style of headphones only because I prefer the 'in ear' type, but the sound quality remains very impressive.
Overall this item has performed very well so far and I am very impressed with it - visually it looks good and performance is outstanding. I would most definitely recommend this product.

While the 2GB iPod shuffle doesn't hold much music (only managed to get around 270 onto mine) and likely won't be able to hold your entire iTunes library, it's a great, easy way of listening to music on the go.

With a clip on, you can just clip it to your jeans and change the volume or song at your pleasure. Something that is not so easy to do with a big iPod Classic (for example) that you have to stuff in your bag and be forced to listen to whatever playlist or album you've currently got it playing on.

While it doesn't feature a screen, the shuffle has sleek and simple controls that everyone can get very used to very quickly. The voice-over option, while it occasionally doesn't pronounce some things correctly, is also a great alternative to knowing what song(s) you're listening to.

Overall, I would say the iPod shuffle is probably the best MP3 player to listening to music on the go. No, it won't hold 1,000s of songs, but the option to delete tracks you've grown bored of from the shuffle and replacing them with newer songs is always there.

Great MP3 player, reasonable RRP price tag and a great addition to any music enthusiast's collection.

How much smaller can Apple make these? This model is about 3/4 size of the last one - main functions are the same, but this has a voice over which will tell you what is currently playing, and the state of the battery - useful if you suffer from dementia!I have currently got 11 hours of music and just over half full, I have been playing it for approx. 8 hours and the battery shows little sign of reduction in power.
Very pleased with this if what you want is YOUR type of music and no frills this is it!

I purchased this ipod for my son from ebay it wa brand new never been used we found it easy to use and farely easy to tranfer music from the computer to the ipod. The ipod has good sound quality, it is very small and compacted My son has fallen in love with it.

brilliant little player - great sound for a little device as this

bad points (my opinion only) if the headphones (the standard ones coming with the player) would really stay inside ear would be great but they keep falling out when I move too much and ipod was concepted for use-and-move I guess

also found at the beginning a bit anoying that I couldn't just copy the tracks in and just listen to them... instead had to figure out all this sync thingy