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It's not pinpoint precision, but it's a lot better now than stock. Still having no success with my scratchbuild experiments, I lack the right kind of foam.

The 3rd gen iPod Shuffle has some of the controls integrated into the earbud cord. Which means, for people like me who don't like earbuds (seriously, even the higher-end ones give me pain after 30-45 minutes), the product is unusable unless there's a spare set of controls hidden on the back that they're not telling us about. I've avoided replacing my 1st gen Shuffle with a 2nd gen because the 2nd gen isn't really any better, just cheaper. And now the 3rd gen is actually WORSE. Bleh. At least I have my Sansa as a backup if my 1st gen dies. It doesn't work with iTunes, but manual file transfer isn't exactly hard.

ETA: Oh, I can see them offering an adapter jack or something to put the controls back on the base, but that'll kill the small-size aspect and probably cost an extra thirty bucks.