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August 10, 2007 3:40 PM PDT

Monster's teeny, tiny Shuffle charger

by Jasmine France

(Credit: Monster)

The Monster iSlimCharger USB charger for the Apple iPod Shuffle is so small and cute that I'm having difficulties restraining myself from digressing into cuteoverload speak.

The itty, bitty charger is about three quarters of the size of the Shuffle itself and plugs into the player's only port (the 3.5mm headphone jack) to allow for syncing and charging through any standard USB connection.

Props to Monster for pricing the accessory at a reasonable $14.95.

For more than five years, Jasmine France has covered a variety of tech products for CNET--from scanners to keyboards to GPS devices--but she's happiest where she is now: sitting atop a pile of MP3 players, "testing" every music service known to man, and jamming a variety of earbuds in every shape and color into her absurdly small ears. E-mail Jasmine.
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Cheaper than mac crap
by jedi_canuck August 10, 2007 4:50 PM PDT
alright I love my shuffle but after having my laptop stollen with my shuffle pack I am appalled on how much it cost to replace that price of plastic with wire inside this is cheaper that macs official charger
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Got one of these when the Shuffle first came out!
by cuno111 August 10, 2007 9:13 PM PDT
I got a similar USB charger like this when the 2nd Gen Shuffle first came out. It was $5. Now it's at Amazon.com for $0.01. That's right, a penny!!! Works like a charm for me.

http://www.amazon.com/White-Shuffle-Generation-Charger-Adapter/dp/B000QHOB4S
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Total cuteness!
by RoboticUAV August 11, 2007 12:32 PM PDT
That is so cute!
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Obviously A Counterfeit
by qprize August 11, 2007 3:53 PM PDT
Everyone knows any genuine Monster accessory will cost more than the player
it's made for.
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Where has CNET been??????
by tlite722 August 12, 2007 9:28 PM PDT
the IncipioBud by Incipio has been out for about a year now at half he price. I'm glad to see that the advertising money Monster pays CNET pays off nicely in sweetheart reviews and mentions. Why pay double for this thing?
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Rip off, CENT get some new News
by arcticmaniac August 13, 2007 10:36 AM PDT
Old news cnet! $15 bucks, give me a "break", what do I look like Steve Jobs!!!
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