A number of wholesalers have posted their silicon protective skins for the iPod Shuffle third-gen. As expected, these would be very tiny cases. One even in includes covering for the clip. I’m not sure this is a good investment for manufacturers, since the new Shuffle is too tiny for scratches to be noticed. Of course, some of these protective skins provide the added benefit of anti-microbial material, which also happen to be dust-resistent and the Shuffle is quite pricey for such a tiny MP3 player.

Just some of the companies on Alibaba that have iPod 3G protective skins:

1. Shenzhen Chuyuan Leather Product Co., Ltd.
2. Longgang Jiangzhu
3. Update Electronics
4. Beelan Ebterprise
5. Dongguang Orient King