Unlike Jeffrey, who bought his iPod shuffle the day it came out, I waited a few weeks and then ordered it through the Apple website. It took two weeks to get here, and now, here it is, my first iPod (my wife is right that it looks like an eraser).
I've used iTunes since it came out for Windows, and the iPod shuffle integrates with it seamlessly. The autofill feature works great, and I don't care at all that it doesn't come with a display. I think it is especially cool that it charges through the USB port, although when it is plugged in it looks as though my laptop has sprouted a growth.
With the original iPod and the iPod mini, I simply couldn't justify spending that much money on something that I probably wouldn't get much use out of. I'm usually never far from my laptop, which has all my music files, so I expect to use the iPod shuffle most often when I'm at the gym or doing yard work.
As cool as it is, it has one drawback: it is just too light. I'm afraid that when I'm carrying it somewhere in my pocket it might fall out, and I'd never realize that it was gone. The lanyard it comes with is way too dorky, so I might have to invest in an armband.
I think this iPod thing might catch on.