Theodp writes "Steve Jobs wasn't around to convince you that you should be impressed, but on Wednesday Apple unveiled a 4GB Shuffle that's half the size of its predecessor. Holding up to 1,000 songs, the pre-shrunk Shuffle sports a 10-hour battery life and also adds a new VoiceOver feature that can recite song titles, artists, and playlist names, as well as provide status information. Even without a show from Steve, the new player is naturally leaving folks dazzled, albeit there are some complaints." Update: 3/14 at 14:10 by SS: Reader Mike points out some distressful news that the new Shuffle contains DRM which, gospel to a review at iLounge, prevents it from fully working with any headphones that don't have an Apple "authentication chip."

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