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I'm still sore over the complete extinction of the gen-1 shuffle. Such a perfect design. So minimal, so clean. And it had its USB plug built in. Too beautiful t

• userbinator 9y ago
  The Chinese have been producing clones of those, and likely will continue doing so for the forseeable future. Here's one company I found from a quick search of "USB drive MP3 player": http://challengeusb.com/product.asp?classid=22 http://challengeusb.com/product.asp?classid=22 (The bonus is that these don't require iTunes or other proprietary software --- they're standard USB drives.) In fact this might be why Apple discontinued that model --- the underlying components and design have become so easy to replicate and also public-domain that Apple doesn't feel it provides any differentiation.