What’s the most common phrase heard around the Gadgetell newsroom? Is it “I love Apple?”, “that’s cool!” or “sweet!”? Answer: none of them, it’s “they are on crack”. This week we take a look back at the things that made us chuckle in the tech world. This week, it seems there was more folks on more »

The first of Apple’s new announcements today is the new iPod Shuffle. To make the new version, Apple decided to listen to users who liked the last version, but who wanted actual buttons on the device. The new Shuffle looks less like the last version, and more like the second generation, but focused on just more »

Yesterday, Apple released the 3rd generation Shuffle, their low man on the totem pole of MP3 players. The new design is almost inconceivably smaller than the 2nd generation and moves function buttons off the device in favor of having them on the earphone cord. A break out feature guides you by voice to get to the song of playlist you desire as there is no screen. What can this latest player to hop out of Cupertino tell us about a new iPhone?

I say plenty. Apple loves their family look and there is every reason to believe we’ll see some of the concepts in the Shuffle carried into the next generation iPhone.

There are so many small MP3 players on the market today, most of which are pretty nice. This makes it hard to decide which one to choose, however, the good guys at Generation MP3 recently offered up a nice comparison chart to offer some comparison between four players that are currently on the market. The four MP3 players being compared include the iPod Shuffle, Samsung’s new S2, iriver’s MPlayer, and the Creative Zen Stone. All of these MP3 players are really good and they all come with their own unique features. Let the battle begin!

So far, the lightest music player is Samsung’s Pebble, or the S2, weighing in at 13.6 grams. The next lightest being the iPod Shuffle. In terms of battery life, Samsung’s S2 wins again, with a long battery life of 13 hours, however, the iPod Shuffle isn’t too far behind again, coming in with 12 hours of battery life. iriver’s MPlayer only offers a 9 hour battery life, and the Stone comes in the middle with 10 hours, of course these times are all under optimal use.

In addition to the updated MacBook and MacBook Pro’s that we saw earlier this morning Apple has made the previously announced 2GB iPod Shuffle available. As promised the Shuffle will begin shipping “later this month” of course the website still refers to a 7-10 day time frame before it will ship, but it is at more »