The iPod shuffle did away with the music player's display -- and celebrated randomness. January 11, 2005: Steve Jobs introduces the iPod shuffle, an entry-level music player that lacks a display. The ...

Apple today introduced its all-new iPod shuffle. I'm impressed by the engineering, but I'm disappointed by the package. To be sure, improving on the shuffle is a challenging task: Apple must strike a ...

Apple today introduced the all-new iPod shuffle, the world’s smallest music player at nearly half of the size of the previous model, and the first music player that talks to you. The revolutionary new ...

Thumb drive size. Can double as a tie clip. Battery life lasts for 12 freaking hours. Short USB sync cord is the sexiness. Yes, we'll admit, it's another beautifully designed piece of hardware from ...

The third-generation iPod shuffle is here—and by here, I don’t mean in the insubstantial “floating in the air of human knowledge” sort of way. I mean here, at my desk, in the Macworld offices. Three ...

Today marks the 14th anniversary of the unveiling of the first-generation iPod shuffle, presented by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs on stage at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco. On January 11, 2005, ...

Apple recently launched a new iPod shuffle, but made a major design change that limits you from using your own personal headphones. They moved the basic controls from the device to the headset so you ...

Though we originally began coverage of this problem in conjunction with a series of articles regarding general warranty redemption issues, its widespread nature warrants separate attention. The iPod ...

The new iPod Shuffle may talk, but a lot of what people have to say about it concern the placement of controls on the headphones. No third-party headphones are available yet and the rumors are flying ...

The new model is smaller than a AA battery yet holds up to 1,000 songs. A new VoiceOver feature can recite song titles, artists, and playlist names. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, ...

I don’t know if I’ve ever received so many e-mails and phone calls as I did on the morning Apple released the third-generation iPod shuffle. Friends and readers were all wondering what Apple was ...

We call in Weekend Edition's Math Guy, Keith Devlin, to help NPR's Susan Stamberg answer a listener's question about how the shuffle feature works — or doesn't — in iPods. Lisa Forrest(ph), a listener ...