Yes, Apple just came out with a new iPod Shuf­fle. As always, it’s cool. As always, if you’re into tech stuff, you want one.

Pros:
+ Very cool size — smaller than ever.
+ Voice Over fea­ture, where you can hear what songs you are lis­ten­ing to. This is by far the biggest inno­va­tion. Funny enough, if you have a Win­dows com­puter, it speaks to you in a female voice and male if you have a Mac. (An “alpha” thing?)
+ 4 gb capac­ity (2 gb was the pre­vi­ous high).

Cons:
– 10 hour bat­tery life. (The cur­rent Nano has 24 — and the $29 Shuf­fle I’ll men­tion in a minute has 12.)
– You can only use the Apple-provided head­phones, which don’t fit every set of ears. (They don’t fit mine!)

Sug­ges­tion: Buy a 1 gb Shuf­fle from the Apple Refurb store for $29 or $39, depend­ing on avail­abil­ity. Get a great set of head­phones and sing all the way to the bank. (Update: Now there are 2 gb mod­els for $39, if you keep check­ing back.)

Big users’ tip: always leave the head­phones plugged in. If you take them out, this puppy is so small you’ll lose it within min­utes.