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HOWTO: Make your own USB cable for the iPod Shuffle: applies to the 2G Shuffle which, as we know, uses a proprietary solution that employs the headphone jack. The page is in German but the included diagram is self-explanatory. The result is a cable similar to the one the Datasafe oomi/Pebble uses for data transfer. [...]

[Alternative title for this post: “Hey, we gotta get rid of that stock somehow.”]

The first batch of the new iPod Shuffles has already reached the hands of those who hurried to order it immediately after its announcement, on September 12. As with all Apple products, pictures of the new $80 device, its packaging and accessories [...]