audio books on shuffle: would the ipod shuffle be a good pick for use listening to audio books?
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2 GB is plenty of storage for one book. It does not bookmark so if you lose your place for any reason, it's really hard to get back. It charges when you plug it into your computer. Don't know about regular headset but can't see why not. It has an ordinary plug. If I had it to do over again, I'd probably save my money and buy a better ipod or just continue to use audiobooks from the library.
877905
Absolutely! I use Audible.com and love the way everything loads to my ITunes app to put on the IPod.
1809168
It should work with the shuffle. I have an older version of that particular IPOD and it works fine with it.
1102298
Marian, you are wrong. I second Flora's comment: Audible audiobook are natively supported by iPods. Audible support is explicitly listed in iPod tech specs!
551531
The shuffle uses a voiceover button to tell you what song you're listening to. If you hold it down you can bring up the playlist menu.
29726
No. I bought it JUST for audiobooks, not music. It shuffles chapters, even though I have it turned to direct play. If you accidentally hit the forward or back button, forget trying to find your original place.
2165830
Yes. I found the shuffle works best when I put one playlist on it. You could load a single book the same way, just do not program it to shuffle. You want to get to the ending in the old fashioned way.
88998
Sorry. I was never able to get it to do much, but I'm sure it would do books. I love their older MP3 players. Especially the Creative Zen.
228753
The IPod shuffle holds 600-700 songs. It allows for all songs in random order. It also allows you to have playlists you can set up on ITunes. Thetefore, you can put any number of songs and artists on each playlist.
143483
I don't have an iPod shuffle but it will work with anything with a normal headphone jack, so I would guess--yes.
491882
yes, I listen to Audible audiobooks on mine all the time. I have at least three dozen books on it, with room for more. Love it! Just wish it had a clip to hold it to my clothes. Bought a case at Target for $15 that has a clip, so that helps.
998032
You might want to try the shuffle if you don't have a lot of music (it's 1 gigabyte, 240 songs for $79) or the nano (4 gigabytes, 1000 songs for $149, 8 gigabytes, 2000 songs for $199) if you don't want to pay 300 or 400 dollars for the iPod touch.
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Hi, the shuffle comes with a usb cable with a headphone jack in the end that connects to de iPod, used to sync and charge. Haven't tried speakers but I think you can use any speakers that connect with a headphone jack.
753929
Yes, you can! I download audio books from the library using the Overdrive platform and it recognizes the player. It actually works really well for books (but not for playlists).
151716
I have not used it with audio books but I have for other audio, like music and video..... and it does enhance the sound a great deal.
1156754
I haven't tried it for audiobooks, but it's a rich, full-bodied sound. I can't imagine why not. Actually, I have used it to listen to internet radio (Pandora, Spotify). The announcers sound great in between songs. I don't think you could go wrong.
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my apologies...i did not own the device long enough to answer your question. as soon as i found out that the device would not shuffle play, it went into the trash can. sorry.