IPod Radio Remote

The iPod Radio Remote was an iPod accessory. They were announced during the January 2006 Macworld Expo and released on January 10[1], with a starting price of $49USD[2] / $59CAD[1]. The iPod Radio Remote looked like an iPod Shuffle attached to a wire and had a headphone jack on the other end[3] and plugs in using the 30-pin dock connector. It uses an inline remote similar in shape to an iPod Shuffle to receive radio. The small remote featured five buttons: a central pause/play button, two volume control buttons and two track skip buttons. With the release of the iPod Radio Remote, the a new radio option was added to the songs tab and you could tune the radio using the click wheel. The iPod Radio Remote was discontinued on September 9, 2009 with the release of the iPod nano 5th generation, which had a built-in radio. the iPod radio remote reduced the battery life, as it did not have an internal battery.