Do not eat iPod shuffle

iPod shuffle:

1. Music capacity is based on 4 minutes per song and 128Kbps AAC encoding.
2. Do not eat iPod shuffle.
3. Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.
4. Some computers require either the optional iPod shuffle Dock or a USB cable extender (sold separately).

The iPod Shuffle is compared in size to a pack of chewing gum. The footnote in the caption reminds people not to eat it though:-)

This is really kewl. I only wish that these had been shipping before Christmas. We bought our daughter a 128Mb iRiver for Christmas, which is nice, but the 512Mb Shuffle is sweeter and has 4x capacity at a lower price and works with iTunes. Given that I have ripped all our CD collection to ACC, we were going through the pain of having to rip them all again so she could have a format supported by the iRiver.

My bet is that the iPod Shuffle will sell like packs of chewing gum!

Update: DaveO is sticking with his MuVo. I dunno, I think the shuffle it would make an exellent backup for my iPod Mini on long-haul flights and, as I mentioned above, I have all my tunes in iTunes AAC format.

Update II: Apparently Sam has a sharp eye, too.

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