They say the best things come in small packages (Apple iPod shuffle (2G) 1 GB)

Member Name: Mezamoo

Product:	Apple iPod shuffle (2G) 1 GB
Date:	05/03/09 (19 review reads)
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Advantages: 1gb is quite a lot of music, the clip is a great design

Disadvantages: track selection can be difficult, no battery display

My 20gb Ipod finally died beyond repair, I'd had it for years and used it practically every day so it was no surprise really. I couldn't afford to replace it straight away and was Ipodless for while, which was torture. Another review website of which I am a member had an offer if you wrote so many reviews and reached a certain status you would receive a 1GB Ipod shuffle, so I jumped at the chance.

The Ipod itself is very small about 1 inch squared which is tiny, but very practical. It also had a clip so it can be clipped to your clothing which is really handy for the gym, I usually clip it to my vest or bottoms with no problems and thread the earphone wire through my clothes, fantastic and very practical design.

I was surprised just how much music can be stored on 1gb. After having a 20gb which contained my whole album collection (with space left) I was expecting no more than a couple of albums to fit on 1gb. How wrong was I? Very. At the moment there is approximately 10 albums on there along with a couple of recorded audios from the lecture and a couple of essential mixes and it's at its full capacity. I'm very impressed.

I'm unsure how long the battery lasts because I charge it every 3 or 4 days, and one downside to this product is that there is no display screen which tells you that the battery is running low. It's charged by connecting it to the computer too instead of plugging into the wall, I like this aspect because it means I'm not using any additional electricity to charge it, it's charging while I'm on the computer (which I am regularly).

Another possible downside to there being no display is that as you are skipping through to look for a particular album you have to remember what order the albums are or you could spend a lot of time, as I do, looking for it randomly.

All in all a great product, certainly better because it was free, but if this one got lost/damaged/broken I'd consider replacing it rather than buying one of the more expensive models.

Summary: great budget MP3 player

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