Introduction to the iPod Shuffle - All - A quick introduction to the iPod Shuffle

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The new iPod Shuffle is the tiniest Shuffle yet, but one of the ways they got it so small was taking the player controls off the player itself and putting them on the headphone cord. That means they're always within easy reach, but the new interface, consisting of a center button, a plus sign and an minus sign, takes some getting used to.

The new iPod Shuffle uses a feature called VoiceOver to "read" the name of the track out to you when you press and hold the center button on the headphone's controls. Because the player doesn't have an LCD screen, this is the only way to find out what the tracks are, but the robotic VoiceOver voice may need a bit of coaching from you to give you what you want.

The new iPod Shuffle is incredibly small because the player controls have been moved to the headphones. The downside: if you don't like the headphones that come with the player (or they're uncomfortable or often fall out of your ears), you can't just switch to any old set of headphones... so we have a few survival strategies.

Sean Carruthers takes a close look at the iPod Shuffle and demonstrates how the new control scheme works. He also explores how to optimize your library for the new VoiceOver feature and explains how this third-generation Shuffle differs from its predecessors.