Apple’s new iPod Shuffle interface clears its throat
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There it is, Apple’s talking iPod Shuffle, released yesterday. To get around the problem of interface–switching playlists was impossible without a screen for feedback–the gang at Cupertino has added the VoiceOver feature, which tells you what you’re about to listen to, and keeps you updated of the battery situation.
There are 14 different languages available; here’s to hoping someone will hack regional accents into the thing, so we can have our Johnny Cash playlist announced in a hayseed drawl, and a dictatorial Dieter-like voice leading in to Devo.
Apple has also stripped all controls off of the actual device and placed everything on the earbud cord. If you brought one of these devices into North Korea, they’d definitely confiscate it, but they sure wouldn’t have any idea what the heck it did.
via reuters
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