Complaining about the iPod Shuffle.
by Joel Aufrecht 04:58 PM, 25 Oct 2005
By and large, I am happy with my iPod Shuffle. But I do want to mention the following annoying problems:
  • After the Shuffle is turned on, it takes about four seconds before it responds to any buttons.
  • It's hard to slide the off/on/shuffle button to on without slipping past to shuffle.
  • The earphones that came with mine have developed buzzing noises. First it was only the left, which was not too bad because I usually listen on my bicycle, with only the right earbud in. But now it's both.
  • If you turn it off, it loses your place within a track.
  • When you add new files, it loses your place.
  • If you leave it on for a long time, it sometimes becomes unresponsive and must be turned off and back on. This operation usually makes it lose your place.
  • The battery condition light sometimes doesn't respond. When it does, the green looks yellow to me.
  • It's not suitable for listening to long tracks. The fast-forward is slow, and if your finger slips you can easily lose your place and have to start over.
  • Rewind stops at the beginning of a track, so you cannot rewind to something late in the previous track.
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