–Posted September 9, 2008
With eight amazing colors, a new curved design, and great new features, iPod nano rocks like never before. The Genius Playlist feature finds the songs in your music library that go great together and makes a playlist for you. With its built-in accelerometer, iPod nano is made to move. Give it a shake, and it shuffles to a different song in your library. Turn it on its side to flip through your album art in Cover Flow. And tilt, move, and play acceleromete…
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3. 0 out of 5 stars
Not The Greatest Of All ipods
I received this long awaited ipod as a birthday gift and I am defiantly glad I got it. Although I’m glad I got it, I have to state some of the negative things about the ipod.
Having 16GB of storage is a huge plus for the new version of the Nano. The control wheel seems a bit “stiff” and it is not as responsive as past versions but it works fine. The menus and setup choices have been improved. These are nice but don’t make a major difference. “Shake” shuffle is a bit silly (in my opinion it is just as easy to push the advance on the control wheel) but it can easily be turned off. BIG MINUS - Apple un-necessarily changed the plug on this version of the Nano. The unit will not charge using my older iPod chargers. The bigger issue is that my Bose and other expensive speaker units will play this Nano but they won’t charge it. Apple is beginning to act more and more like Microsoft - forcing its customers to make un-necessary software upgrades and expensive hardware changes in order to use their latest product versions. Anyway - the Nano is a great product. If you already have a Nano the only justification I can find to upgrade would be the need for more storage or the desire to play video on a very small screen. If you don’t need the video or more music storage you should stick with your older Nano.
this is my 6th portable digital music device so far, and i tried to avoid ipods because they always got bad reviews for malfunctioning and lacking features. this on is a different story. not only is this ipod the thinnest ipod ever made (you can stop here, apple, any further and it will vanish), its made smart, and so far its a very good buy for me. unlike everyone thinks cover flow cant be turned off, it can. instantly after i connected my ipod to itunes a new firmware update popped up, and one of the updates was an option to turn off cover flow, among other things. + pros -incredibly thin. i cant even tell its in my pocket -aluminum casing and glass screen offer excellent scratch resistence -very light -very competitive pricing - 16 gb for what the nano offers is the most affordble nano ever. the apple reputation has never been so attainable. - accelerometer - this adds a few fun touches to operate without pressing buttons, is very useful for rotation on the screen when viewing pictures or watching videos. games are now actually very interesting - screen clarity -simplicity of use -lots of colours to choose from - cons ITUNES - as usual itunes is very frustrating and needs redesigned. itunes 8 is dependent on quicktime! any quirks at all with it and your back to reinstallation. expect to encounter problems - battery life - below average for me so far, no big deal though. just dont mess around with the thing so much -everything is automated - when i put the headphones in the jack, or disactivate the hold button, it shouldn’t automatically turn on. -Apple is NOT doing the 3rd party crap. all apple accessories for ipods here on out must be apple brand or apple certified. depressing. . . er, then i suppose theres a “both” category -genius- theres something i havent noticed people mention, or if they do, its complaints. Genius is an absolutely worthless feature when used on the ipod. It works with only about 25% of PURCHASES. And it doesn’t make a very satisfying playlist even when it does work. But honestly who should expect that? When you use genius on, itunes, yeah it still sucks at making playlists, and it is frustrating, but it’s an excellent tool for finding new music, because it reccomends a huge list of new songs and different artists that usually appeal to your taste. overall a big improvement compared to other ipods ive seen. the pricing and compactness, features and ease of use stand out. (get the 16 gb if you really want movies, or go for the classic or touch) i give it ****.
With introductions like the accelerometer, genius, redesigned interface, and an even smaller package, who couldn’t love Apple’s new Ipod nano? While these sound like great additions, they really don’t result in a better ipod. While the new interface, genius, and size, don’t hurt, the accelerometer really ruins the whole package. The accelerometer might work well in the iphone and ipod touch, in the nano it is just really annoying. It is way to sensitive and causes problems with simple things like volume. The accelerometer often changes the now playing screen to the cover flow which keeps the volume from being changed without the ipod being pulled out and flipped. The shake to shuffle also causes problems, it is to sensitive as well and will activate when it is not intended to. At least the shake to shuffle can be turned off, I just wish the the accelerometer as a whole could be turned off. If it had that capacity this review could have easily turned from a 2 to a 5.
4. 0 out of 5 stars
Not bad, but not as great as 2nd gen.
My old 2nd Gen nano was running out of memory space so I decided to upgrade to a 4th gen. Im not too impressed with the newer model right now, because the on screen look is so. . .
5. 0 out of 5 stars
The best generation of the Nano yet.
Here’s why:
+ The 4th generation nanos are now, along with the iPod touches build with FLASH-BASED storage.
5. 0 out of 5 stars
Son-in-law Happy!
In spite of the fact that the first ipod nano 8gb I ordered wasn’t delivered, Amazon customer service rep Nitai C.
5. 0 out of 5 stars
Super lightweight! Beautiful color choices
The IPOD I chose is the 8gb; I am quite sure I can fill it up, as it will hold 2,000 songs. As for pictures, I don’t need to do that.
5. 0 out of 5 stars
Great tool for travel.
I know a lot of parent’s don’t purchase Ipods for their kids, but think of it as a family ipod for travel.
1. 0 out of 5 stars
shipping
If I actually recieved the Ipod it would nice! Amazon can’t get the shipping portion of the orders correct. How do you not know that UPS does not deliver to a PO BOX!
4. 0 out of 5 stars
satisfied customer
I am very happy with my i pod nano. Itunes is easy to work with. I have used it for audio books watched video clips played games and loaded it up with many songs.
5. 0 out of 5 stars
Love it!!
I bought this after taking back a pretty expensive Sony mp3 player that was close to the price of this. I was so disappointed with the Sony cos nothing can compare to an iPod.
5. 0 out of 5 stars
ahem . why is everybody complaining about the coverflow thing???
you can turn off this feature if you want to. so you have to select music and then cover flow. love this ipod by the way.