Yes it's junk, i have it came with my laptop ><.
I have to use it, and i am complaining.
Apple isn't all that good too. Of all the Apples products I only bought the newer version of the shuffle, 1gb, less than $100 investment and I am already decided to stay away from them.
The mp3 player itself is nothing bad, the thing I can't stand is the stupid iTune. To add songs to the shuffle, I have to install iTune, to install iTune I need quickTime. I uninstall quickTime as soon as i installed the OS, I hate it so much and they force me to install it back. Also with iTune they like to manage your mp3 for you, guess what I just like my folder and stuff why they have to put their hands on my stuff. iTune like to make a copy of everything I ever uploaded to the shuffle. Now that's taking up more harddrive space that necessary. Why can't it just be a plug and play thing like any mp3 players out there ... samsung .. creative etc where I can just see it appear as a drive and then copy and paste files into it. Think about it, it's the shuffle I am talking about, there is no LCD display whatsoever ... so why I have to have that iTune to rename my file to the right artist, right name etc. Junk ...
