Reviews for Apple iPod shuffle Dock

What a waste of money. I thought that the shuffle was such a great deal, until the cheap and poorly constructed dock broke less than a month after I purchased it, rendering the shuffle completely useless! Seriously, make a decent product, not a total piece. Extremely frusterating and not worth the price. Thanks for nothing, apple!

Mine broke, and I don't think I did anything bad to it. It was in a small pouch in my bag, now it doesn't work. I guess it got knocked? Nothing else in there is damaged, and I keep other electronics/CD/etc in there. It's a special pouch that's pretty much out of harm's way, that's why I put it there. Closer inspection shows it's bent, and refuses to connect to the computer. Why is a new one $30? It's so simplistic. Overall: boo.

I agree with the many entries revealing the cheap quality of the Ipod shuffle docking station. It was easy to use, but even easier to break. I recieved a shuffle for mothers's day from my two kids. They saved up and bought if for me. Loved the shuffle but my 11 year old daughter broke the charger within a couple weeks and felt horrible. $30.00 to replace it is ridiculous. Apple should be embarassed.

This thing is designed to break. I would not recommend an Ipod shuffle in this form because it's so easy to break the cord, and your only option at that point is to buy a replacement directly from apple for $30 (almost half the price of the device itself).

I agree with the previous reviews. I put my dock in a pouch in my (soft-sided) suitcase for a trip, and by the time I opened it up it was broken. The actual cost of my shuffle is therefore more like $110 than $80. Pffft.

Just like all the other reviews, I had mine for about a week and the thing that sticks up broke off. It was actually cheaper to buy a refurbished ipod shuffle than a new dock. Guess what? That one broke off also. I now have two shuffles and no dock. What a piece of junk! I would give it less than one star but that's now an option.

Every connection device for the Shuffle is going to connect your ipod and do it with virtually the same speed, this model notwithstanding, so my rating doesn't have anything to do with performance. Electronic, that is, at least, because the physical design of this model is extremely poor. The ipod shuffle is designed and marketed as an even more so "take-your-music-anywhere" device than other, already portable ipod models. so wouldn't it make sense that people would like to travel and carry their shuffle with them anywhere? yes it would. and wouldn't it make sense that apple make a dock with travel durability, and not with perpendicularly protruding parts? yes it would. but they did not. and this docks 3.5 mm jack snaps off like a wet paper bag. i took this connector with me on a 3 day trip, cautiously placing it in a small compartment at the very top of my backpack and yet it still managed to break. in addition, apple is charging $30 for a new one, which is absurd given it likely took less than five to manufacture. if you are smart you will stay far away from this product.

Had the same problem - poorly designed.

I seem to have the same problem that everyone else does! This breaks too easily. Apple should make something a lot better.

Apple please do a recall!!!!!!!!

The shuffle itself is wonderful, however the dock along with the USB device has given me
numerous problems. My daughter stepped on the cord and now it's damaged and need to be replaced. I tried to download music and now my computer doesn't recognize the USB cable. I am very busy and it frustrating to have these problems. I use my shuffle to get me thru my day and not being able to download music or recharge my shuffle is a headache. I want to get it replaced but I am skeptical because I don't want to have this problem again. Apple is a great company but there seems to be a design flaw with the dock and USB device.