The New iPod is Coming to a Very Small Space Near You

This is interesting – the new iPod shuffle. Any smaller and you’ll mistake it for pocket lint.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/03/ipod_shuffle_firstlook_and_takeapar.html

This thing has NO buttons on it – all the controls to play/stop/shuffle/etc. are on the headphone cords. I’ll bet replacement headphones will be $20-25.

I think I would not be able to use this - it's too small. How could you keep track of it? Tape it to a big piece of cardboard, maybe, or a hubcap, like a restroom key at the gas station.

It reminds me of some of the super-compact digital cameras - they may fit in my pocket, but they're almost too small to hold and operate. A lot of new cell phones are the same way - you don't feel like you're using a phone. This is one reason why people talk so loud when they're on their cell phone - they think they have to yell to get the sound all the way up to the mic.