So I’m going on a couple weeks with a nice new iPod Shuffle and I’m definitely more impressed than I expected to be. I wear it around work and one of the first things people say to me is the same concern I had before I tried it: “That’s cool, but I need a screen.” Not so fast. When deciding what music player to buy it’s easy to overlook the legendary integration between iTunes and Shuffle. It’s not just about random music fills, set up your playlists right and you’ll always know what’s on your Shuffle and how to get it.
Example: that little shuffle switch on the back.
I’m in my car a lot and I often like to cram up on some audiobooks on the way to/from work. For that, I just setup a playlist with my audiobook right at the top and set Shuffle to play in sequence. However, when I get to work though I want to hear some music, right? For that I just switch over to shuffle mode and Shuffle’s smart enough to know that I only want to hear music. Heading back home? Flick the switch back to sequential mode, tap on play 3x and Shuffle resets to the first track (my audiobook), right where I left off before.
That’s the beauty of the Shuffle system. It’s so small I can wear it wherever I go, the shuffle mode finds music I never knew I had, and (combined with the thousands of audiobooks on iTunes) it’s anytime, anywhere learning.
Swank.
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[Source: Apple Student Blog]
