Despite the end-of-March shipping date listed on my order, my shuffle came Friday. I’m not going to go into review-depth here, but I’ll say it meets my needs perfectly.
If you’re a Podcast listener (or audiobook from sources other than iTunes or Audible) you can convert the mp3’s to bookmarkable AAC files. This is accomplished by changing the file type and altering the extension from m4a to m4b. This can be accomplished with this script or using iPodderX (in Podcasts>Feed Settings>Audio).
When listening to bookmarkable AAC files in your shuffle, you can skip to another track and the shuffle preserves your spot on the original track. This makes it was to listen to audiobooks or podcasts bit-by-bit.
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