Shake to Shuffle question

Is it just me, or does the shake to shuffle only work when your phone is not locked? When I'm driving or even sitting at my desk, I would love to be able to just pick the phone up and shake it rather than having to unlock the thing to go to another song.
My phone locks after 1 minute to save power.
Ouch

I think a lot of people are looking to use shake to shuffle to go to another track without having to be in iPod mode with the screen unlocked. The problem with using shake to shuffle for this is that once you have the iPod controls up, you might as well hit next.
And, it would not be the end of the world to have shake to shuffle work while locked, because you can disable the feature while running.
I think the purpose of this feature is not the above though - the purpose I believe is to be able to shuffle while in a mode that is not shuffling songs (i.e. going in order). This is indeed how it works - the problem here is that it only shuffles within the current album you are on!!! If could quickly skip you to a new album or artist, it might be somewhat handy. This function is pretty close to worthless as I understand it.
I feel the same way as many other posters - I want the ability to switch songs easily without having to push buttons or even take it out of my pocket - Apple needs to come up with something similar to change tracks while locked.

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