Welcome to the iPod shuffle. It's Apple's first $99 iPod, and also the first to lack a screen, wheel controller, hard drive, and 1,000-song storage capacity - a product that doesn't entirely make sense until you realize that until today, the market for competing flash memory-based music players was based on diverse consumer motivations, low price points, and desired simplicity. Thanks to Apple's entry, that low-end market is about to change in a dramatic way.



Link: ipodlounge