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iPod Does anyone actually like the 6th Gen Nano?
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Recently? The only 5th gens I can find on there are $150 or so refurbed.
Those are magical and revolutionary clock faces!
I disagree. Never been a huge fan of the click wheel... It feels old in this day of touch screen devices... Tha said though, the iPod Nano could do with one more button or implement a 3rd click feature on the power button, one for play/pause on top of fwd skip.
I honestly don't get the 'hate' for the ipod nano 6G/7G
From reading some forums on this site and others, I have boiled it down to a few reasons why people hate it, but I see these as nitpicks.
1) "They took out video playback from the 5th gen!"
- You really watched video on a screen..*that* small? This feature was almost put in "because we can". A screen that small I can't enjoy video on.
Apple took out the video playback because the event was titled "All about the music" Right? So the nano now is a music-player only, and video playback is a 'premium' feature and only available on the ipod touch.
2) "It's too small!"
- It's the perfect size just to play music, as that is the main focus of the nano. Plus, technological advancements would have made mp3 players this small anyways and most companies which produce mp3 players would have adopted a similar form factor. It's technological progress. Would you buy an mp3 player now that is as big as the original Creative player? Didn't think so.
3) "It's too hard to use!"
- I'm not a small guy and I don't have small fingers, I can use it just fine and I'm an incredibly adaptable person.
4) "It's useless as a watch because the clock isn't on full time, you have to wait for a whole 2 seconds and you have to charge it way more often then a regular watch"
- First point: Have you timed yourself when reaching into your pocket to fish out your smart phone and then turned on the screen? At minimum that's 10 seconds, 20 at the most..and the complaint about the nano as a watch is a whole 3 second want time?...uh huh..
-Second point about recharging often: you recharge your phone every night, right? or at least every second day. How is recharging your ipod every night or every second night any different? It's just one more device that takes a whole 10 seconds more. This is a problem...how??
I personally like the newer nano's because I have always imagined a watch-sized mp3 player since about 2001 (and I'm honestly surprised that none of the watch companies wanted to capitalize on this.)
As I said before, most of the 'problems' that I've read complaints on..seem very nikpicky-ish and its a 'complain to complain'..complaint.
If one wants an iPod nano with video playback, then you want an iPod touch. That is Apple's decision and I don't think any amount of complaining is going to change it.
From reading some forums on this site and others, I have boiled it down to a few reasons why people hate it, but I see these as nitpicks.
1) "They took out video playback from the 5th gen!"
- You really watched video on a screen..*that* small? This feature was almost put in "because we can". A screen that small I can't enjoy video on.
Apple took out the video playback because the event was titled "All about the music" Right? So the nano now is a music-player only, and video playback is a 'premium' feature and only available on the ipod touch.
2) "It's too small!"
- It's the perfect size just to play music, as that is the main focus of the nano. Plus, technological advancements would have made mp3 players this small anyways and most companies which produce mp3 players would have adopted a similar form factor. It's technological progress. Would you buy an mp3 player now that is as big as the original Creative player? Didn't think so.
3) "It's too hard to use!"
- I'm not a small guy and I don't have small fingers, I can use it just fine and I'm an incredibly adaptable person.
4) "It's useless as a watch because the clock isn't on full time, you have to wait for a whole 2 seconds and you have to charge it way more often then a regular watch"
- First point: Have you timed yourself when reaching into your pocket to fish out your smart phone and then turned on the screen? At minimum that's 10 seconds, 20 at the most..and the complaint about the nano as a watch is a whole 3 second want time?...uh huh..
-Second point about recharging often: you recharge your phone every night, right? or at least every second day. How is recharging your ipod every night or every second night any different? It's just one more device that takes a whole 10 seconds more. This is a problem...how??
I personally like the newer nano's because I have always imagined a watch-sized mp3 player since about 2001 (and I'm honestly surprised that none of the watch companies wanted to capitalize on this.)
As I said before, most of the 'problems' that I've read complaints on..seem very nikpicky-ish and its a 'complain to complain'..complaint.
If one wants an iPod nano with video playback, then you want an iPod touch. That is Apple's decision and I don't think any amount of complaining is going to change it.
Personally, there wasn't a single iPod that convinced me the iPod was it until the 1st Gen Nano. The 5th Gen sealed the deal for the legacy of that product. This new one should just be called the Nano Squared.
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I don't like it. I find the screen to be too small (though I admit this is based on playing around with it in my local Apple Store rather than owning it) to use easily. I prefer the clickwheel for eyes-free use.
That said, I do like some of the watch strap options that are hitting the market, so would probably only consider getting it as a watch, with music etc a nice bonus. Right now, I use my first gen (!) that I got refurb'd about five years ago or so, and which I consider perfect for my needs.
I am one of a probably tiny minority whose fav nano was the so-called "fatboy".
That said, I do like some of the watch strap options that are hitting the market, so would probably only consider getting it as a watch, with music etc a nice bonus. Right now, I use my first gen (!) that I got refurb'd about five years ago or so, and which I consider perfect for my needs.
I am one of a probably tiny minority whose fav nano was the so-called "fatboy".
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I love the Nano. I have the 7th gen one and, to me, it's the perfect music player and the kind I've been looking for all these years. I understand how fans of the previous generations feel. If you had trained your muscle memory to work with the wheel, the touch screen would be a big change. However, since the only Apple products I've owned are the iPod Touch and the iPad, this seemed like a logical extension of those.
I've tried other small MP3 players in the past, and they were all felt fragile and junky. They also had clunky interfaces and they weren't the easiest things in the world to move music onto. I had been using my phones to carry music around in but as phones have gotten bigger that option has gotten less convenient, plus it does eat battery life.
I love that I can clip the Nano onto virtually any part of the clothes and it's completely unobtrusive. The only thing I'm worried about is that it's so small that one day I'm gonna lose it.
It's certainly not perfect. I wish it had Bluetooth so that I could eliminate the wires and, for what it does, it seems a tad overpriced. I'm sure Apple sells plenty of these things but if the 8GB version were $99 and marketed a bit more I don't think they could keep them on the shelves.
I love the Nano. I have the 7th gen one and, to me, it's the perfect music player and the kind I've been looking for all these years. I understand how fans of the previous generations feel. If you had trained your muscle memory to work with the wheel, the touch screen would be a big change. However, since the only Apple products I've owned are the iPod Touch and the iPad, this seemed like a logical extension of those.
I've tried other small MP3 players in the past, and they were all felt fragile and junky. They also had clunky interfaces and they weren't the easiest things in the world to move music onto. I had been using my phones to carry music around in but as phones have gotten bigger that option has gotten less convenient, plus it does eat battery life.
I love that I can clip the Nano onto virtually any part of the clothes and it's completely unobtrusive. The only thing I'm worried about is that it's so small that one day I'm gonna lose it.
It's certainly not perfect. I wish it had Bluetooth so that I could eliminate the wires and, for what it does, it seems a tad overpriced. I'm sure Apple sells plenty of these things but if the 8GB version were $99 and marketed a bit more I don't think they could keep them on the shelves.
I don't understand how this makes any sense because it is the same as the iPhone, just a smaller screen. It's not like the icons are smaller or anything. You sound like one of the people who don't like something just because you can.
Preface this for most readers: I only bought the thing to use as a watch.
I just bought a 7th Gen 8GB Nano and black iWatchez band. That's the whole reason I purchased it. I liked the sleek, flat, "big face" look to it which is like most of my watches.
I dug the idea of being able to simply switch color bands for whatever I'm wearing and change faces at will (since they have the decent selection now).
So far... love it. I don't use it for any other purpose because I own an iPhone, but I do sync some music to it just in case I'm driving or on my phone and want to pipe music through to my car, but I wont use it often.
If I did use it for basic music, etc, I think it's a great little design for a portable MP3 player. It's small, compact, decent screen, doubles as a watch, etc. I just don't need those functions.
So it gets a thumbs up from me.
I just bought a 7th Gen 8GB Nano and black iWatchez band. That's the whole reason I purchased it. I liked the sleek, flat, "big face" look to it which is like most of my watches.
I dug the idea of being able to simply switch color bands for whatever I'm wearing and change faces at will (since they have the decent selection now).
So far... love it. I don't use it for any other purpose because I own an iPhone, but I do sync some music to it just in case I'm driving or on my phone and want to pipe music through to my car, but I wont use it often.
If I did use it for basic music, etc, I think it's a great little design for a portable MP3 player. It's small, compact, decent screen, doubles as a watch, etc. I just don't need those functions.
So it gets a thumbs up from me.
Just got the 6th gen today, sent in my pristine 1st gen Nano for the recall. I can't find much to like about the 6th gen.
So far
- Custom dock/line out to use with dedicated headphone amp (useful for higher impedance headphones) no longer functions. I'm getting no audio using the dock out.
- To small, I have big fingers, and navigation is really difficult.
- Clumsy UI, I find I'm scrolling more through menus to find things that where once a simple click of the wheel.
- Backlight will not shut off when charging the thing, UNLESS you eject the ipod from iTunes. Old models you could change the setting so the back light would go off.
- 3.5mm audio jack, seems a bit lower quality then the older models, to me at least.
So far
- Custom dock/line out to use with dedicated headphone amp (useful for higher impedance headphones) no longer functions. I'm getting no audio using the dock out.
- To small, I have big fingers, and navigation is really difficult.
- Clumsy UI, I find I'm scrolling more through menus to find things that where once a simple click of the wheel.
- Backlight will not shut off when charging the thing, UNLESS you eject the ipod from iTunes. Old models you could change the setting so the back light would go off.
- 3.5mm audio jack, seems a bit lower quality then the older models, to me at least.
I am the exact same as this guy, I love it as a watch. I was gifted it because i wanted a watch and nothin more. I have an iPad and iPhone for my music and such!
I love it as a watch with my two Hex watch bands.
all of your reasons plain suck/straight out false
a) what higher impedance headphones ? I can run my studio headphones fine from the ipod nano (which to be honest I tried once because it just looks ridiculous given the size of the nano)
b) UI is similar to the iPhone, takes a while to get used to it but it works ( would enjoy a smaller font )
c) The nano charges ridiculous fast. also how hard is it just to flip it over ?
d) The audio quality on the nano is equal if not better to prior iPod iterations. The volume at least seems louder to me than any previous iPod/iPhone I own
Apple just sent me a free 6th Gen iPod nano after I returned my 1st gen iPod Nano as part of the recent recall. As happy as I am with getting a serious courtesy upgrade, I am really disappointed that iCal and Address Book is not supported. I use iCal a lot, and syncing my laptop calendar with my old nano was really convenient. I am missing the iCal sync already. I wish I didn't participate in the recall now as I was quite happy with my 1st gen nano.
I can now only hope that Apple will reintroduce iCal and Address Book software for the 6th gen iPod nano.
I can now only hope that Apple will reintroduce iCal and Address Book software for the 6th gen iPod nano.
I haven't seen this mentioned at all: a major reason I use the nano is for the radio. WHen I lost my 5th gen nano I got the new nano and find that the radio reception is very poor. I'm not sure why it would be any different than the 5th gen, but I use it in exactly the same places, like my sports club or walking the dog, and it's noticeably inferior. In fact it hardly works at all in the sports club and it gets intermittently static on the walk, whereas the old one was fine.
I also don't like the touch screen and the shorter battery life. As for the latter, it's not just a question of daily charging - sometimes I'm away from electricity for several days and always appreciated the long life of the click wheel version.
I also don't like the touch screen and the shorter battery life. As for the latter, it's not just a question of daily charging - sometimes I'm away from electricity for several days and always appreciated the long life of the click wheel version.
Got mine today from the recall. Not real excited about so far. The short height isn't great for controlling while in a dock. Think I'm going to get a Shuffle for the gym and upgrade my Touch 2G to a 4G. Then sell the Nano on eBay while it's still like new.