There was some confusion in the Lasoo office this morning when we heard the details of Apple’s new iPod Shuffle.

Apparently the third-generation Shuffle can “speak” to you via the VoiceOver feature - song titles, artists and playlist names are spoken aloud to you.

The point of this function wasn’t exactly clear to any of us at first, but apparently it is useful when your Shuffle plays a song or artist you can’t remember - and with the press of a button you can find out.

Since the Shuffle can only hold around 1000 songs, the likelihood of having a song on there you don’t know that well is probably not that high.

The better selling point is the Shuffle’s size. It’s smaller than an AA battery yet holds up to 4GB - that’s double the size of the largest capacity second-generation Shuffle. It’s available now with an RRP of $129.

Click here to find offers on iPods from retailers near you.

By Caroline Warnes