TALKING IPOD

Apple has launched its smallest ever talking iPod equipped with 4GB memory and priced at $79.99, being the least expensive iPod yet.

The new shuffle iPod is enabled with a VoiceOver feature to speak your song titles, artists and playlist names. The third generation iPod shuffle is significantly smaller than a AA battery, holds up to 1,000 songs and is easier to use with all of the controls conveniently located on the earphone cord.

With controls located on the earphone cord, music lovers can play, pause, adjust volume, switch playlists and hear the name of the song and artist. The new iPod shuffle comes in silver or black and features a sleek and ultra-wearable design with a built-in stainless steel clip iPod and iPhone™ product marketing vice president Greg Joswiak says, “Imagine your music player talking to you, telling you your song titles, artists and playlist names. The amazingly small new iPod shuffle takes a revolutionary approach to how you listen to your music by talking to you, also making it the first iPod shuffle with playlists.”

iPod shuffle is based on Apple’s shuffle feature, which randomly selects songs from your music library. And now, when you can’t remember the name of a song or an artist playing, with the press of a button iPod shuffle tells you the name of the song and artist. The device can last 10 hours on a charge and can provide status information, such as battery life. With the ability to hold up to 1,000 songs and the VoiceOver feature, you can now easily switch between multiple playlists on your iPod shuffle. iPod shuffle can speak 14 languages including English, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish.