AppleInsider Staff
Apple Computer's most loyal customers received a small reward on Wednesday when their second-generation iPod shuffle digital music players arrived via FedEx — a full two days before the players are slated to go on sale at Apple and electronics retail stores.
Apple claims the new player is also the "most wearable iPod yet," featuring a 12-hour battery life and enough storage (1GB) to hold up to 240 songs.
The $79 device ships in the same type of plastic packaging used for the company's recently re-mastered second-generation iPod nano. Shipping with each second-gen shuffle is a pair of iPod earbud earphones (first-gen), a USB dock and Quick Start guide.
Availability of the second-generation shuffle is slated for this friday, Nov. 3, when Apple retail stores and electronics chains such as Best Buy and Circuit City will begin selling the device for the first time. In the meantime, the Apple Store continues to accept orders for the players. Shoppers are reporting that new orders for engraved models are estimated to ship within 2 - 4 business days.
A very special thanks to Jeremy Smith of Pleasanton, Calif. for providing AppleInsider with high-quality unboxing photos of one of the first units to arrive in the US:
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no usb port built in. :-( otherwise id get one... but looks neat.
Yeah. I got mine this morning.
It's a beautiful piece of engineering.
But I can bet these docks are going to get munched if people travel with them. The stereo jack is going to snap off. There's no case to protect the protruding jack.
I cannot wait until mine arrives Today or tomorrow!
Is there a "travel" USB/3.5mm jack so you can ditch the dock? I'm sure one will appear soon, if not already.
the wheel looks slightly different than the pr pics on the web site...slightly more raised although it could just be the lighting of the pr pics. and why the old earphones?