That new iPod shuffle has a weird set of headphones. The controls are all on it and it will take you a while to master them. On top of that, you won’t be able to add any new headphones unless you also get the necessary control dongle.

In case the default Apple phones aren’t the thing for you, you can always get the new iEP505 earphones announced by iLuv. The phones come with the in-line needed controls so you won’t need any kind of adapter to make them work. The iEP505 earphones will cost $50 and they will come in black, white, pink, red and blue.

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There’s a new crime involving Apple products and this time the iPods got hit. Nicholas Arthur Woodhams is a 23 year old guy from Michigan that managed to con Apple into shipping him about 9,000 iPod shuffles. He guessed thousands of valid shuffle serial numbers and he had replacements shipped to him. A lot of them. Naturally then he sold it for prices well under the MSRP while giving Apple a prepaid VISA number that would reject any charges after he failed to return the “originals” back. There’s no happy end as he was just charged of fraud and money laundering while the feds have already seized half a million dollars from one brokerage account, real estate and a few vehicles.

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I’m not much of a fan of the whole shuffle line of MP3 players simply because I’m sure I’d lose them all the time. But just in case you love the new iPod shuffle 3G which Apple has recently launched then why not get it in a more cheerful color? Apple only makes them in silver an black so far but Computer Choppers has them in all the colors of the universe. Well not literally but much better than the default black and silver. One of the nine new colors available will cost you an extra $50. That means you’ll have to pay $129 for a new 4GB colored shuffle. Make that $159 if you want it in a polished version. And there’s also chroming, copper- and black nickel-plating for $149, $169 and $169 respectively. Add 24kt gold for $179 or rose gold for $199. And to top it all you can laser engrave stuff on the clip or the face for an extra $20. That’s all the menu specials for the day.

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Seems like the iPod line is undergoing a major overhaul. After the new Apple iPhone and iPod Touch models, Apple announced that the ubiquitous iPod Shuffle is now a more affordable US$49. Other than that, it also introduces a new 2GB iPod Shuffle in the market for a mere US$69. It weighs a mere half an ounce and is merely half a cubic inch in volume. It comes in five different colors — purple, blue, silver, green, and a red special edition — with an aluminum design and a built-in clip.

“At just $49, the iPod shuffle is the most affordable iPod ever,” said Greg Joswiak, Apple’s vice president of Worldwide iPod Product Marketing. “The new 2GB model lets music lovers bring even more songs everywhere they go in the impossibly small iPod shuffle.”

The original iPod Shuffle is now available at the Apple Store, the 2GB model will follow suit.

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