So, the iPod Shuffle had very decent frequency response However, this is not a major issue the amount of increase here is relatively minor, as most users are not going to notice a difference of less than a decibel. The iPod Shuffle did a very decent job here the graph is mostly flat, but it takes something of an upturn at the end. A perfect player would play back all frequencies at an equal volume, providing a smooth, straight line on this graph. It them produces this graph to the right, which shows the frequency range, from very low (at the left), to very high (at the right. To do this, we put a special sound that contains the whole range of frequencies onto the player and hit play, while our testing system listens to the output on the headphone socket of the player. Our first audio performance test looks at the frequency response of the media player how well it takes the many frequencies that music contains and plays them back. The Shuffle doesn't have a microphone and therefore won't record your voice notes. **Audio Recording / Voice Notes*** (0.0)* If you choose to put a podcast on your Shuffle, it'll just get shuffled in with everything else. The Shuffle doesn't have any special podcast support. We hate to be the first to tell you this, but Apple's iPod Shuffle does not have a photo-viewing program.
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While we suppose an elaborate series of button presses could be used to control equalizer levels, we're glad the Shuffle chose simplicity over functionality. Media ManagementĪ library you could navigate through would go against the very nature of the Shuffle, iPod's own chaos incarnate. While this is not a wide array of options, chances are most people wouldn't expect much more. The Shuffle only has two modes of playback: shuffle and repeat track. Up and down on the ring-like d-pad will toggle the volume, while left and right will skip from song to song (or fast-forward/rewind if you hold the button down). Play/pause is handled by the play/pause button. The basic playback controls are all carried out with the buttons adorning the Shuffle's exterior. Plus, any more battery life and you'd run the risk of hearing the same song more than once. For a small device that's meant to be docked regularly (to sync over a new mixed-bag of songs), this isn't bad. The Shuffle managed to play back music for an average of 9 hours, 8 minutes. Where would the Shuffle even put a memory card? There's just no room for it. Plus, since it always syncs over random songs, there's really no need to have a much larger library. While this certainly is not a lot of memory, you probably knew that buying the device. The single-Gigabyte player is the bare minimum for modern devices, with most not daring to drop beloe 8GB. The Shuffle has 967MB of storage space available, or 0.94GB. Courtesy of the dock that comes with the device, you'll be using this port for data transfers and charging as well. There is a single port on the Shuffle: a 1/8-inch headphone jack. The Shuffle doesn't have any built-in speakers.
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Not having a screen or software interface means the Shuffle will get zeroes on many, many scores in this review. Since the Shuffle doesn't have a display, we didn't feel like bothering with the rigamarole of subsections, so we consolodated all those zeroes and put them in one centralized location. Typically our display score section has a few subsections that score the display in detail. The individual buttons on the ring could've used some kind of texture or some other means of aiding touch navigation. The halo d-pad might be a bit too thin for some people, but we liked how it was riased to help you finger-find it easier. Therefore, a lot is riding on these buttons.Īll the buttons have good haptic response, including the switches on its bottom. In the ancient times, long before mainstream media players had software-based interfaces, this was the norm.
The Shuffle's only controls are physical buttons.
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