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A couple of months back, The Onion posted a news video announcing a MacBook Wheel.

Thankfully, Apple did not take them up on that suggestion, but today, the company released a product that approaches a similar level of absurdity.

The third-generation iPod Shuffle has just 3 buttons, which have to be used to manage 10 different commands. Want to control it? You'll have to remember whether you need to single-click, double-click, triple-click, or click and hold. And to help you along, the new Shuffle thoughtfully responds with various combinations of a blinking LED and synthesized voice.

It's not complicated at all!

Oh, and the buttons are on the headphone cable, so if your headphones break, or if you'd like to connect the Shuffle to anything else... oops!