[RedWhiteBlue]

I bought an Ipod shuffle less than a month ago, replacing one I have had for almost 4 years. I use it to listen to music when I go for a run. The smaller the better, I don’t want to carry a larger device, so the shuffle is an ideal for that specific purpose (for me, anyway).

[RobRoy]

>>I bought an Ipod shuffle less than a month ago, replacing one I have had for almost 4 years. I use it to listen to music when I go for a run. The smaller the better, I don’t want to carry a larger device, so the shuffle is an ideal for that specific purpose (for me, anyway).<<

I get that, except I bought the player pictured below for my wife and another in orange for me five or six years ago (which is an eternity for this sort of stuff) for $12 each. We STILL use them for airplane trips (we do a lot of flying), bicycling, plugging into the aux input on rental car stereos, etc. Why get something so expensive for that sort of thing, especially with this kind of selection out there:

http://www.google.com/search?q=mp3+player+512&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi&biw=1280&bih=889

It's about 3" long