Apple iPod nano 8 GB Green (6th Generation) NEWEST MODEL
4.5 MP3 Players Shop Apple iPod nano 8 GB Green (6th Generation) NEWEST MODEL 8 GB capacity for about 2,000 songs Up to 24 hours of audio playbackApple iPod nano 8 GB Green (6th Generation) NEWEST MODEL
- 8 GB capacity for about 2,000 songs
- Up to 24 hours of audio playback on a single charge
- 1.54-inch (diagonal) color TFT display with 240-by-240-pixel resolution (220 pixels per inch)
- Support for AAC, Protected AAC (iTunes Store), MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV audio formats
- One-year limited warranty
Redesigned for music and Multi-Touch, iPod nano is smaller and lighter than ever. You can clip it to your sleeve, jacket, or running shorts and keep your favorite songs at your fingertips along with the Genius feature, a built-in FM radio, pedometer, and more. And the anodized aluminum finish in six bright colors makes this new design even more brilliant.This sixth-generation iPod nano is now upgradeable to Apple’s new nano 1.2 software. Simply connect to iTunes and upgrade, and you’ll be able to access the newer features. These include the ability to navigate with large icons displayed one at a time, a choice of 18 different clock face designs, and the ability to track your steps, distance, pace, and time while exercising, without the need
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Nano Gains Touch, Loses Video Playing & Recording,
The iPod Nano update on September 1, 2010 is arguably the most dramatic since the iPod Nano moniker was introduced by Apple five years ago.
Several colors are being offered in both 8 GB & 16 GB capacities.
More than an update, this is a new product that simply retains the iPod Nano name. It gains a significant feature, but loses several others.
The big deal is the touch interface on the newest iPod Nano. iPod Nano users will now be “touching,” their music as iPod Touch and iPhone users have before them. The click wheel is gone. To find your music, you select a category from the Nano’s menu such as “Playlists,” or “Artists,” and select from there. Less convenient or more convenient than a click wheel? Honestly, about equal. The screen is indeed small, but not unusable.
FM Radio has been retained as well as the Fitness aspects with the ability to use Nike + or simply the built in pedometer. However, the form factor will be a major benefit for those working out with the Nano. The previous Nano required an armband to keep it on you while working out, jogging, or the like. Not always comfortable, an additional expense, etc. However, with this new small, square form factor that need is gone. Now, we can simply “clip,” the Nano onto us, with the built in clip, and run to our listening content. A bigger deal than you might think.
The downside? Features have been removed from Nano. The screen is much smaller than the previous generation. Therefore, playback of video content from iTunes is gone. Nano no longer plays video, which was a feature added three years ago. Secondly, last year, Nano added a small video camera to record low quality video, which could be played back on the Nano’s screen or synced with iTunes and viewed on your computer. That feature is gone too. The device is too small now for a camera or to watch video. This new generation iPod Nano has many exciting new features, but buyers must be aware that it is no longer a video player. It is something new. Those wishing to play video on an iPod must choose an iPod Touch.
My opinion on this change? Honestly, did I ever watch video on the iPod Nano’s screen? No. For me, while they kept trying to make the screen larger, it was simply too small to enjoy more than a once a year video. Likewise, the camera was simply not high enough quality to keep yourself entertained by using on a regular basis. It became a feature unused by many.
The iPod Nano has changed and gone back to being an exceptional music player. There is nothing here you do not need to enjoy music. However, the display and touch interface brings the 21st century “touch,” that Apple has made so popular to a more affordable device. The touch function will be limited here to simply selecting songs or bringing up the clock, but nevertheless, touch has made its way to the Nano.
I’m most thankful that the Nano has indeed retained the DOCK CONNECTOR. The dock connector is key to use with iPod accessories such as docks, speaker docks, and built in car iPod connectors. The nano is so diminutive that if you plug it into the factory iPod kit of an automobile, the cable’s dock connector will look nearly bigger than the Nano itself. Not a negative, just amusing. Nevertheless, the dock connector is there, and you will be able to use the device in such applications, and that was a significant decision by Apple. Users want and need the dock connector. It is there on this iPod Nano, but still missing from the Shuffle due to its even more diminutive size.
This 16 GB version is the largest size Apple offers in the Nano. It offers no additional functionality over the 8GB, but features twice the storage. Choose the one best for you. 16 GB is great if you have a large music collection. We should all remember though that with Nano no longer doing Video or Storing Pictures, the storage is exclusively for music. This makes 8 GB and 16 GB more appropriate size offerings as music takes up much less storage than video.
Overall, Apple has removed video (both playback and recording) from this iPod Nano. However, it’s an equalling good music player. Navigation of music is now completed via touch, which works effectively despite the small screen. It’s really hard to believe so much can fit into such a small device and I believe everyone will be a bit shocked when they open up the Nano the first time and see it’s size yet primary function as an effective music player retained. The newest Nano brings a nearly Shuffle like size, but yet retains the functionality (touch, clip, dock connector) that serious music lovers and those who use the Nano while working out, demand.
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|LOOK! Up in the SKY! It’s a BIRD! It’s a PLANE! No, it’s… SUPER SHUFFLE!,
But it’s not a Nano. Once you get that, the rest is easy. It’s also a bit of a mixed bag.
**Update** (10/11) Version 1.2 Software Update released that
- includes an option for Large icons (but no large fonts)
- allows the Fitness/Nike+ app to now work without an add-on device
- includes more Clock faces & Wallpapers
Price is also dropped by $20 (8 GB), or $30 (16GB).
However, the hardware didn’t receive any notable changes- just new sourcing of some parts. So, no true ’7G Nano’ for now… Apple apparently considers the Software Update & price drop to be a ’6.5G Nano’ refresh of sorts. Fair enough. ***
**Update** (02/11) Version 1.1 Software Update released that
1) Finally allows users to turn the Nano COMPLETELY OFF by holding down the Wake/Sleep button. No more ‘it only goes to sleep’.
2) Sets the Wake/Sleep button as a ‘Next Song’ button. Double-click it to advance through your songs or radio presets.
This change improves battery life too- from AWFUL, to merely poor (5-6 hrs) – as you’re now less dependent on the power-gobbling touchscreen to advance songs.
Due to these improvements, I’m upping my review rating to 3 stars (battery life & pricing remain issues).
End Updates. ***
A lot of ppl are confused about the radical re-invention of the Nano, not realizing that the Nano is, essentially, dead. The Nano’s mission was to be a compact player that still did some higher-end stuff such as video and picture-taking– a nice portable ‘media’ player. No more.
The new Nano, aka Super Shuffle, is focused on a different task entirely, and much the same one as the regular Shuffle- the gym. To that end, Apple radically reduced the size and gave it an integrated clip on back a la the regular Shuffle. It is now ‘wearable’, and is the ‘Shuffle with a screen’ that some have wanted for a long time.
The downside is that others loved the ‘true’ Nano, and now they can’t have one, unless they go running for the old 5th gen models before they’re gone. Some will wonder why this was an ‘either/or’ thing for Apple, i.e. couldn’t the Super Shuffle and ‘true Nano’ have existed side-by-side?
Still others might say the Super Shuffle is inadequate even for the gym. “I don’t want to look at a SCREEN to switch songs or change the volume. Lame!”, they’ll say.
But to be fair, you usually don’t HAVE to look at the screen, because
- The Super Shuffle has physical volume buttons. They’re small, but still easy to use. And as of the 1.1 Software Update, you can double-click the Wake/Sleep button to advance songs/stations- a MUCH needed improvement.
- It has the ‘Shake To Shuffle’ feature- literally shake it to shuffle to next song. But as implemented, STS is inconvenient to use- see notes @end of review.
- It supports VoiceOver. But to use all VO features requires the Apple Earphones With Remote & Mic, which are NOT included (Apple either wants another $30, or still hasn’t solved the sweat/moisture issues those ‘phones have had in the past).
So, some caveats aside, the 6G Nano/SS now works fine in its role as a ‘gym’ Shuffle with a screen.
Features-wise, it does photo-viewing (but not taking), audiobooks, podcasts (minus any video), voice memos (w/the optional ‘phones w/Remote & Mic), is a pedometer, and does FM radio besides. And radio stations do sound amazingly clear in any halfway decent reception area. Even low-power college stations tend to come in clean- a BIG plus, since they usually have more innovative music programming than commercial FM.
It also retains the 30-pin dock connector, so you have access to the universe of iPod accessories (for a few examples, see ‘iPod Nano 6G Docking Options’ on YouTube). This is all well and good.
So MY BEEF with the Super Shuffle (aside from the battery life) isn’t that it killed the ‘true’ Nano -enough demand = they’ll bring it back- but rather, the level of ‘milking it’ Apple’s gone with here. While I own/use one, it just isn’t worth an additional $100 MORE than a regular Shuffle.
They do much the same thing, after all- the features it adds to the Shuffle are fairly minor (for example, ever try to get consistent FM reception inside a large concrete building, aka your typical gym? Best be at the window).
Sure, you get the touchscreen, which is sharp/clear, fun to use, and almost eerily resistant to smudges/fingerprints (nice). But said screen is also REALLY small – going larger would’ve made it less ‘wearable’ – which compromises text readability and ease-of-use (‘fat fingers syndrome’). And it scarfs WAY too much battery juice (see notes @end of review).
You do get 6GB more storage than the Shuffle (though that cost Apple < $10 to put in there). But a ‘gym’ Shuffle doesn’t really need to hold 2,000 songs (4,000 if…
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