The talk about the iPod Shuffle, launched this week, just goes on. Here's a different dimension - a focus on podcasting and why the Shuffle may not measure up for that use.
Internetnews.com carries a story today, saying:
[...] But while a 40GB iPod or even a 20GB iPod mini is great for holding an hour-long podcast, Apple's iPod shuffle just doesn't measure up for taking your favorite online talk show on the road.
There's more:
"It's neither a boon nor a bust. It's just not useful for listening to podcasts," said Doc Searls, a respected blogger and co-author of the book Cluetrain Manifesto. "Navigating inside a long podcast -- and many are very long -- is difficult even with a regular iPod, as it is with all players. So, rather than fix the one feature that's lame about the iPod, they eliminated it completely."
And this:
Veteran podcaster and former MTV host Adam Curry said the iPod shuffle makes no sense at all -- and certainly not for podcasting. "Apple hasn't picked up on podcasting because they are thinking about how things work from Apple to the rest of the world. They are not seeing what is happening," Curry said on his Thursday show, Daily Source Code.
As these two gentlemen are at the forefront of podcasting, such views will be influential.
Using the Shuffle mostly for listening to podcasts was in my mind when I was thinking of acquiring one. If I do get one, I'll still give it go!
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