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New iPod Nano Released

i don't actually mind this new design..

granted i probably prefer the 2g nano design (which is what I am currently listened to right now),

but i will reserve judgement till my 3g nano arrives in a few days time.
mainly interested in it as it plays video..

will benefit me in the gym - i can catch up on all those podcasts and tv shows instead of having to watch them at home..
 
I wonder how these small dimensions will affect the clickwheel operation, I don't see how I'll hold the nano while using my thumb around that little clickwheel ... and it will get even worse if this thing is super light.

anyway, I am sure it won't be that bad, I'll go and have a look at the Apple store tomorrow .. I am especially excited about the screen.
 
i really think the new colours are the worst colours i have seen on a device - they look almost sony like they are really vile and i think they should have never used these colours - but they will sell - i miss the vibrance and the cool strong colours like they came just out of a rainbow - the old apple rainbow logo that is ... :(
 
Re the colors: I don't mind them too much, but neither do they appeal. I will note, however, (in a purely anecdotal sense) that all the nano owners I know are women. Perhaps this is enough of a thang for Apple to have noticed as well.

Real mens only wear silver and black, of course. Or white. Red too. And occasionally, Bondi Blue.
 
Doctor Q said:
Old nano lineup:
$149 for 2GB
$199 for 4GB
$249 for 8GB​
New nano lineup:
$149 for 4GB
$199 for 8GB​
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Thanks for posting the prices. I hadn't seen it in b&w yet. This is very exciting!
Every month it seems the price for flash memory has been dropping, if anyone had been watching the bottom fall out of the flash memory market, it was obvious how out of step Apple's pricing was for such a small capacity storage device. With the flash price decline at the same time ever larger capacity flash chips were being announced, the future looks _VERY_ bright for mobile music lovers. Maybe the other anti lossy encoder nuts will finally have a tiny rugged portable itunes player at a reasonable cost with decent capacity?

There isn't much more inside those devices than a screen, battery, micro board and flash chip ..is there? Maybe the shape would make it easier to fit a a user serviceable battery compartment...but I'm wildly speculating here! The last or at least largest oversight IMO to low cost maintenence.

In the next generation of laptops there will be a choice of Flash Based Storage (Drive?) options, for even further reductions in size, not to mention ruggedness. No more platters spinning at rediculously high rates of RPM with little arms flayling around reading the data at tolerances within microns.

LOL; many of you will be explaining how computer data was stored on spinning metal discs, in the old days, to your bewildered kids and grand kids!

For further hard drive history appreciation, check out...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_IBM_disk_storage#IBM_3340-

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Grenjeens
 
adorable

I think the new Nanos are adorable. They look so tiny and thin. I love little things like this. I think the colors will look much better in person and i think overall, they will look sweet in person. I'm just disappointed and shocked that there isn't a 16g version. I thought there was a 8gig prior????? Was there? I was looking online but now can't find the "old" ones.

I've ordered a Touch because of the Wi-Fi but hope it doesn't aggravate me finding hot spots to enjoy it.

But if they came out with a Nano 16g today, i would have chosen that.

For sure within 6 months or sooner the 16g will be out.
 
I really like them, and I'm sure their looks will grow on me, but my only worry is that the new nano will need a a case to protect the shiny back. If so, that's a shame because I loved the way the previous nanos didn't need a case. But I will buy one anyway.

I think I will sell my 30GB 5G and old 8GB nano, so that I have enough money to get a new 8GB nano and a 16GB touch. :D
 
Sweetbike40 said:
I've ordered a Touch because of the Wi-Fi but hope it doesn't aggravate me finding hot spots to enjoy it.

But if they came out with a Nano 16g today, i would have chosen that.
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I was also disappointed that there's not a 16gb Nano. I left my old Nano on a plane a few weeks ago and was waiting for this announcement to buy my replacement. I figured I'd be able to get a 12 or 16gb for $250.

I'm thinking your statements above might have something to do with their decision to only release 4/8gb Nanos...a 16gb Nano may have eaten into the sales of iPod Touch.

Oh well...I'm going to go ahead and buy an 8gb Nano. It's twice the memory of my old one, with more features and the same price, so I can't complain too much.
 
Tom B. said:
I really like them, and I'm sure their looks will grow on me, but my only worry is that the new nano will need a a case to protect the shiny back. If so, that's a shame because I loved the way the previous nanos didn't need a case. But I will buy one anyway.
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Same here.

But since I'm still waiting to get accustomed to the short / wide look, I took the actual dimensions of the phatty in hand, and did a quick mash up of what the nano might have been, if Apple had turned the screen sideways--assuming the insides would allow it. I was surprised to see a nano exactly the same width as the gen 2 nano, .3 inches shorter.

mashup: 1.6" x 3.22"
gen 2: 1.6" x 3.5"
phatty: 2.06" x 2.75"

The almost exact 1:2 ratio of the mashup actually looked slightly better than the gen 2 dimensions. Certainly, Apple designers considered this, maybe they didn't like turning the nano sideways for video viewing (physical controls vs. iPhone/iPod touch virtual controls)?

Then again, the phatty is only .5" wider. I can see getting one for my daughter this Christmas.
 
firestarter said:
I would have been all over a 16G iPod 'phat'. The touch is cool and all, but my iPod lives in my pocket where I can skip tracks and adjust volume without looking at it. The touch isn't as good an interface for day to day music listening.
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Does it not come with the "pinch" headphones that the iPhone does? That'd be nice if it did. Volume on the iPhone are physical buttons on the side so that's not really an issue.
 
Ultimatetone said:
Much appreciated Milo!

Now I just need another ($$)adapter/converter(exists?) in order to tether a 3rd Gen Nano
to the 'low-tech' composite, video-in port of my portable DVD player
(to make use of its larger screen)
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They sell a composite cable as well.
 
Well I am going to get me one of these in silver or black not sure yet will have to see in person to really decide and then get a touch iPod for myself next month (birthday)
 
jhershauer said:
I'm thinking your statements above might have something to do with their decision to only release 4/8gb Nanos...a 16gb Nano may have eaten into the sales of iPod Touch.

Oh well...I'm going to go ahead and buy an 8gb Nano. It's twice the memory of my old one, with more features and the same price, so I can't complain too much.
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I think you are right. A 16gb nano *could* have taken away a sale of a 16gb touch. Maybe not every time, but it could have happened.

Once the iPod touch gets up to 32gb, then I think we'll see a 16gb nano.... UNLESS... there's only room in the nano for two 4gb flash chips. If that's the case, then it will have to be two 8gb flash chips (assuming they are the same size).
 
It is odd talking about something eating into iPod touch sales cause for so long we said it was going to eat into the iPhone.
 
papadopolis1024 said:
It is odd talking about something eating into iPod touch sales cause for so long we said it was going to eat into the iPhone.
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True, but for everyone that is not buying an iPhone but wanted a widescreen iPod, that's a sale gained to Apple (once it ships, of course).

My friend just went down to the Apple store here in Salt Lake today and bought a new nano. He's not cracked it out of the case yet, but it looks a lot smaller in person.
 
Chris Welch said:
The headphone port on the Nanos is recessed! Just like on the iPhone. What an awful, awful move by Apple.
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Geh. I use the Belkin extender at home with my primary headphones and it's ugly, but it works. On the go, I am fortunate my Sony earbuds actually fits...
 
psychofreak said:
OK, so its 99% certain, but just to make sure, any conformation it wouldn't work (without some hardware help) with 3rd party 'buds?
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It's not recessed. That hole is only big enough for the metal part of the headphone connector. I picked up a Nano today, and it works fine with my noise-cancelling headphones. The connector goes all the way in and snaps tight.

Jeff
 
jhershauer said:
It's not recessed. That hole is only big enough for the metal part of the headphone connector. I picked up a Nano today, and it works fine with my noise-cancelling headphones. The connector goes all the way in and snaps tight.

Jeff
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If the 3G nano had a recessed headphone connector they would have a major riot on their hands by now. That recessed connector caused a major PR fiasco in regards to the iPhone.
 
i'm debating between an ipod nano and a classic (the touch still doesn't have enough capacity to justify the price for me yet)... i'm wondering about video playback. it seems that video would be SMALL on a 2" screen... probably not even worth having.

what are your thoughts?
 
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