The iPod shuffle did away with the music player's display -- and celebrated randomness. January 11, 2005: Steve Jobs introduces the iPod shuffle, an entry-level music player that lacks a display. The ...

Lawrence Schear writes:I’ve been playing with this ipod shuffle for about an hour now; at first I was skeptical because of the lack of display, the emphasis on ‘random’ play, and the overly simplistic ...

Some think the button-less iPod shuffle is just okay, and others see it as near-unusable, impractical and irritating. The Scosche TapStick adds buttons and supports normal headphones, in case you ...