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"We’re expecting a good fight but they’re coming out with something that’s five generations older. It’s our first generation MuVo One product feature, without display, just have a (shuffle feature). We had that — that’s a four-year-old product. So I think the whole industry will just laugh at it, because the flash people — it’s worse than the cheapest Chinese player. Even the cheap, cheap Chinese brand today has display and has FM. They don’t have this kind of thing, and they expect to come out with a fight; I think it’s a non-starter to begin with."
http://engadget.com/entry/1234000343027143/
My 4-year old MuVo is virtually identical to the iPod shuffle, except that when the battery dies I can replace it, it's physically smaller, and was cheaper. Sadly, people will probably buy this POS because "It's an iPod! Shiny! Let's abandon all reason because Apple is cool!"
http://engadget.com/entry/1234000343027143/
My 4-year old MuVo is virtually identical to the iPod shuffle, except that when the battery dies I can replace it, it's physically smaller, and was cheaper. Sadly, people will probably buy this POS because "It's an iPod! Shiny! Let's abandon all reason because Apple is cool!"
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The feature set of the iPod shuffle do make it rather far behind, when compared to other devices in the same class and price range. Your point about AAC is valid (though I personally refuse to purchase DRM'd music), and a person who does not have the ability or desire to strip their music of the DRM would have no choice but to use an AAC capable device. There are other players that do AAC, but few approach the price of the new iPod.
I'm sure there are some people for whom this new device is a perfect fit, and that's great. I'm also sure that many people will buy it over another superior, equivalently priced device because it's an iPod.
Superiority or inferiority obviously depends on many factors, including ones own preferences and requirements. Apple has yet to meet my standards, so I have not purchased anything from them.
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