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Old 03-16-2009, 11:15 PM
Janak Parekh
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Originally Posted by doogald View Post
If the problem with the existing Shuffle was the inability to know what was playing, and the inability to have more than one playlist, and the inability to use remote controls, Apple could have added these features - voiceover, playlists, added storage, Lossless support, and support for the remote control earphones that Apple already sells - to the existing Shuffle (which had no other usability problems) rather than this stupid thing, that's for sure.
Well, you have to admit that Apple got a lot of free press for doing the crazy thing that they did by making the Shuffle button-free.

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But Apple's alleged treatment of what they consider unfriendly journalists is frankly Nixonian. They deserve that censure.
Ironically, I think that will get lost in the "whoah DRM592%*@#(!" noise.

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