Apple iPod shuffle 4 GB Green (4th Generation) NEWEST MODEL

I wish I read all the reviews for the new shuffle before I bought mine, but have had nothing but trouble with it. I finally called Tech support and determined that the problem was caused by sweat getting into the control box on the headphones. I bought the shuffle mainly for working out, but apparantly the new design does not account for people sweating when working out!!! The Tech support told me the only fix was to cover the control box either with plastic wrap or saran wrap to prevent sweat from get into the unit while still being able to control the shuffle. I understand the unit is only for working out but having to wrap the control box makes it look horrible. I asked if Apple has any plans to release new headphones that were better sealed to prevent this from happening and the quick answer was "NO". There is a solution for Apple....go back and produce the previous generation which everyone loved! I have finally given up and wrapped the control box in saran wrap with tape at each end and the unit seems to be working fine now!

Symptoms included: 1) songs skipping 2)voiceover keeps interrupting the song to inform you of playlist, artist, and title of song (even if you disable this feature in iTunes) 3) volume keeps decreasing to an extremely low level 4) unable to skip to next song.

When these were first available we tried it and it was so good that we wanted another one when the capacity (GB)increased.

This product suffers from a fatal flaw. It is sensitive to moisture so if you are buying it for running then think again. I bought it primarily to listen while running long distances. It worked for exactly 5 runs. On my 6th (half marathon), the headphone controls completely freezed! Now it doesn't respond at all so no way to increase or decrease volume and no way to advance or choose the playlist that you want to listen to. Look up the discussions on this product on the apple website by people who have had similar problems. The list of people suffering from faulty headphones is ever growing. Buy this product if you are ready to deal with this problem. Apple iPod shuffle 2 GB Silver (4th Generation) NEWEST MODEL

This device makes a fairly decent flash drive. It's a little awkward in shape and flops around a bit because of the adapter, but aside from that, it holds nearly 4GB of data and has a decent file transfer rate.

It does, however, make a terrible paperweight. It is much too light, and would likely be blown away during a heavy gust of wind.

An MP3 Player, you say? Not if the headphones break! Without that fancy little control strip, it won't even turn on at all. Official replacements cost about half the price of the device itself, and control strip adapters cost around $20 or thereabouts, plus the cost of a new set of headphones of your choice. If you use it daily, expect to have to buy replacement parts in order to keep it running within the first six months.

I wish I would've never bought one of these, to be honest. Buyer beware.

Great for your work out routine, Its so light. Although I dont like how you cant skip songs, Unless I havnt figured out how to do that??