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Apple iPod Nano
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Product Introduction:
The Apple Nano iPod is a step up from the Apple iPod Classic. With a flash memory to its credit, the Apple iPod Nano now also comes in nine wonderful colors and the anodized aluminum metal finish adds to the style. The 2.2-inch color display screen, makes viewing video a pleasure. Excellent audio quality, along with many additional features like FM radio, live pause and pedometer make this iPod, a desirable asset.
Design and features
The Apple iPod Nano is a slim iPod, with flash memory and 8 GB storage. It has a 2.2 inch display screen with 30mm width and 40mm height. There is a central touch pad surrounded by four control keys. The ON/OFF button and the headphone jack are at the top. The iPod is very easy to use. The overall score for ease of use, scored by the iPod is 77%.
Audio formats like AAC (16kb/s-320kb/s), Protected AAC, MP3 (16kb/s-320kb/s), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 & 4), Apple Lossless, WAV and AIFF are supported. It is linked with iTunes music store providing wide variety of music. Apple iPod Nano's battery lasts for nearly 5 hours. So uninterrupted music could be heard anywhere and everywhere the iPod is taken.
Image file formats like BMP, GIF, JPEG, PSD (Mac only), PNG and TIFF are supported. MOV, MP4 and M4V file formats make MPEG-4 video support possible. The screen resolution is 240 X 320 pixels, providing immense sharpness and clarity to the videos. This iPod has scored 75% in video quality in testing phase.
Main features of iPod Nano
Video: iPod Nano has a built-in video camera, small enough to carry everywhere. It allows you to record fun as it happens, edit it, add special effects and share it with friends on the Internet.
Genius: The genius feature in iPod allows us to group the songs that go great together. It creates a separate playlist for those songs. The playlist could be saved, refreshed later and used for attaining great remix results.
Shake to shuffle: Turning on this feature in the iPod makes the iPod play songs randomly each time it is shuffled. Also the images of the songs album could be viewed easily on the cover. This helps the user to select the song easily.
FM + Live Pause: Apple must have been listening to its customers as, for the first time, FM radio is included in apple iPod. There is a special feature called Live pause in this iPod. The radio station being heard could be paused in the middle, contents recorded and heard up to 15 minutes time.
Pedometer: there is an attached pedometer which could help the user when they work out in the gym. It acts as an independent cardio machine and keeps track of details of the exercises done, time, speed and calories burnt.
The Good
The iPod comes in numerous attractive colors. The audio quality is excellent. The sound quality score is 83 %. The video display is quite sharp. The menu is very user friendly, making it very easy to operate. The navigation speed is very high and there are lots of extra features like voice over song, inbuilt microphone and flash memory.
The video recording technology is at its best. The recorded videos could be shared immediately using a Mac system. Some simple special effects like grain and blur could be done in the iPod itself.
The Not So Good
Content can only be transferred with iTunes. The display screen is too small. Though it has a bright slim appearance and is durable, it is liable to get scratch marks and finger prints are shown distinctly.
Although some common features like Fm radio and voice recording facilities which were missing in other iPods are included in this, still a few people feel it is a little hard to access advanced features like Pedometer and Live pause because of slightly complex menu navigation.
Areas that could be improved
Battery life could be extended a little more. Also menu navigation for advanced features should be simplified. The Wi-Fi features should be present in an advanced product such as this.
The Verdict
The sleek colorful design is a definite attraction. Apple Nano iPod has flash player and is quite affordable. Some third party devices should be added to avail certain facilities. For example we can mention the fitness kit. But this is compensated by crystal clear, loud audio and excellent video display. The overall score for the iPod is 77%.
Price: $199
Capacity: 8GB
Score: 77%
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