The wife has one . . . she moved up from a 1st Gen Shuffle.

It's very cool having widescreen video, wi-fi net access, picture manager, etc. but getting DVD's ripped and transferred onto it can be a PIA as there isn't just one pieces of software that can deal with copy protection and transfer to Apple's video format.

On a recent trip, I loaded it up with TV shows and it saved me from watching "The Great Debate" on the plane. The battery, while watching videos, lasted over three hours while over the Pacific.