Sometimes you just want to listen to music without all the fuss of tapping tiny volume and selection buttons. Apple's iPod Shuffle, with simple controls right on the earphone cord, allows you to do just that. The 4-GB stainless-steel Shuffle is not just the world's smallest music player, but it also runs with the big boys, holding up to 1,000 songs. We'd call that a triumph of design.
Price: $99