TIME magazine has picked Apple’s new iPod shuffle as its Gadget of the Week. “It’s very easy to write extensively about music players these days without ever mentioning sound quality, but let me set some minds at ease: it sounds great. There’s no audible difference between the iPod Shuffle and its larger kin… I think that people who own iPods will want an iPod Shuffle. Not only is it undeniably affordable, but as a lightweight plastic thingamajig with no moving parts, it can go where a hard-disk iPod risks more long-term damage.”