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 Stylish, well executed player February 5, 2007
I. Urquhart (Northampton, England)
64 out of 66 found this review helpful
I've bought this player to succeed my trusty yet ageing Creative Zen. I thought i'd dabble in the Apple iPod, something i shunned 3 years ago when buying the Zen.
I've been very impressed thus far. The controls are a whizz, much better than the Zen with it's over sensitive scroll panel, this was the bane of an otherwise excellent player.
Sound Quality is top notch, though as mentioned time and again don't even consider using the earphones supplied - They're cheap cost-down phones and a magnet to any devious types who want an ipod but don't fancy paying for one. Buy a decent set of Sennheiser or similar headphones.
I sympathise with the previous reviewer on the location of the headphone socket. It does seem rather dumb but being an Electronics Engineer I can see why (in theory) they've done it. The Nano is so thin that you can't place the headphone jack under the LCD screen, there simply isn't the space. You would have to move the LCD screen or elongate the top of the unit. I imagine this was down to the styling department at Apple and whilst every Engineer jumped up down to get the screen moved, styling said no. Welcome to my world....
Another minus point actually comes from one of the main selling points of the device, it is exceptionally tiny (and black in colour) so therefore really easy to lose! I've already had few desperate searches through my bags, terrified i've dropped my (very expensive) player. I think my next investment will be a belt holder so I can rest more easily.
Oh and before i forget, it is 7.45Gb AFTER formatting, the disk needs a file system (known as a FAT (File Allocation Table)) in order for the procesor to know where to look on the disk for each file. This unfortunately takes up a set percentage of your disk. It is identical for the Hard drive on your PC, or on you HDD recorder, DVD-ROMs, flash drives and so on.
Magnificent December 26, 2006
D. G. Clarke (United Kingdom)
52 out of 54 found this review helpful
The New iPod nano 8GB is a great product. Having owned a 512mb mp3 player until Christmas, this seems like a world away from that. The colour
screen, the extremely elegant, user friendly navigation system and the general "upper class" feel of the iPod makes this a fantastic gadget. A
couple of things to note though before buying:
1. Although it says 8GB, only about 7.45GB of this is storage space, so bear that in mind.
2. It doesn't come with a mains charger - a bit of a pain I know but you can pick up a charger from Amazon third party sellers for as little as a penny a piece - I did and it's perfect.
3. You need iTunes 7.0 or higher - this is not a problem though if you don't have it, just go to the Apple site and download it for free. If you have an earlier edition of iTunes, just do the same and it will update it, keeping all your Library and stuff intact.
4. The instruction manual isn't great, if possible have someone around who has an iPod themselves to help explain it to you. But in honesty you could quite easily figure everything out as you go along without making any mistakes.
The great things about this iPod are:
A 24 hour battery that can be recharged easily. Even when you are putting new songs onto it from your computer, it charges itself. Plus a separate mains charger is easy to use if you buy one.
There are loads of personalised settings you can apply which are very straight forward.
The music organisation is terrific, whatever you want to hear you can choose in a few moments of turning it on.
The sound quality is excellent; as well as EQ settings which enable you to change the sound settings for different types of song, e.g. Rock, Pop
songs.
iTunes is very easy to use once you get the hang of it, and it easily sorts your tracks out automatically without the need for you to type anything in. Putting songs on your iPod is a simple "drag and drop" exercise that even a computer novice can handle.
The iPod is aesthetically pleasing, a sleek, slim black that slides into your pocket comfortably. The material is smooth to the touch and, as
mentioned before, it just feels like a really sophisticated gadget.
If you are looking for a reliable, user friendly and large storage capacity portable music player, look no further than the 8GB New iPod nano.
iPod nano 8Gb Black - 2nd Generation September 15, 2006
Aneurin R. Pyle (England, U.K.)
70 out of 73 found this review helpful
It may seem that Apple release too many new products every so often but that doesn't mean that they aren't necessarily good. The previous iPod nano was great - slim and slender design, glass cover with glossy paint and up to 1000 songs in your pocket. But it had its major flaws. The biggest was that of durability - there were complaints shortly after its release, it was widely criticised for being "too easily scratched and dirty" because of its metal back cover and its shiny glass front cover. The battery life was average - longer than the iPod video but not enough to last throughout an entire day. But all that has changed, as Apple recently unveiled their new updates for iPods, with the introduction of the new iPod shuffle and nano, as well as the tweaks of the iPod video. Focusing on the iPod nano, the new features are: it has an aluminium case (those who has owned a previous iPod might recognise the similarities to the iPod mini) which preventes most scratches and dirt. Also, the battery life is now from 14 hours to a whopping 24 hours. There have also been more changes such as Brightness Control, a Search Engine to find the song/album/artist you are looking for, new colours in the range (black, silver, pink, green and blue) as well as new memory sizes (2Gb-500 songs, 4Gb-1000 songs and 8Gb-2000 songs). Most functions of the previous iPod nano haven't changed - you can still upload podcasts/photos/music/contacts, there are the 4 games (Solitaire, Brick, Parachute & Music Quiz - N.B. iPod games from Apple's iTunes Store are NOT compatible with the iPod nano) and the Nike + iPod nano kits still work with the new iPod nano. The box (made from plastic) still includes a USB 2.0 cable to iPod, newly designed earphones, a dock adapter, earbuds, printed manual, a CD with iTunes 7 and of course the iPod nano. In conclusion, if you loved the previous nano and you want the upgrade, it is definately worth it. If you like music and have a style sense, this is perfect for you too. However, if you LOVE music, I recommend that you buy an iPod video. It is only £20 more and it has a 30Gb hard drive and it plays your videos (and DVD's if you rip and convert them to M-PEG4). But I think they are equally as good with their own advantages and disadvantages. Thanks for Reading! :) N.B. The 8Gb nano is only availible in Black, the Silver is availible in 2Gb or 4Gb and the Pink, Green and Blue are availible in 4Gb too. Happy listening!
Nano-tastic February 6, 2007
M. Simmonds (Sussex, UK)
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is my second iPod Nano (1st one was 1st Generation), and again I'm amazed at how much technology Apple fit into this tiny player. Oh, and the build quality is excellent, a work of art!
I'm glad to see they have included the Search feature that has become popular with the larger iPods.
A word of warning though, a few accessories that have been made for the 1st Generation Nano will not work with this new one. So be sure to check before you buy as you may have to buy new accessories too.
Well worth the money, excellent product.
A Review for Beginners - My First Ever MP3-Player August 12, 2007
P. Osbond (East Midlands, UK)
43 out of 45 found this review helpful
Never having owned an iPod before, nor, for that matter, any type of MP3-Player, I decided to do a bit of homework before spending approximately £130 on the 8 GB iPod nano. I wanted to transfer about 100 hours of classical music from audio CD's onto the iPod, and my calculations suggested that this would require about 7.5 GB of memory. Hence I decided that I didn't need the 30 GB iPod Video and that the 8GB nano would just about be adequate.
Apart from the price difference, one of the main differences between the iPod nano and the iPod Video is that the former is completely solid-state (using the so-called "flash" memory), whereas the iPod Video is based on a hard-drive loading data into memory (RAM), with (in my view) the slight possibility of poorer reliability due to moving parts obviously being required.
Having determined that the 8GB iPod nano would suit my needs, I then checked that my six-year-old PC laptop was capable of downloading the necessary Windows XP version of the iTunes software (initially version 7.1, but I have now downloaded the newer version 7.3 - introduced by Apple around the launch-time of the iPhone). NB: no software is supplied with the iPod even though it is required for synchronising files between the computer and the iPod via a USB interface (so it's also helpful to have a spare USB port on your computer). Customers are therefore expected to download it themselves (about 37.1 MB download-size for iTunes 7.1 and 48.5 MB for iTunes 7.3).
Finally I checked that the audio tracks on a sample of my CD's could be "ripped" (as they say) from CD to .mp3 and/or .m4A files using, for example, either RealPlayer (I'm using version 10.5), Windows Media Player (e.g. version 9 or 11) or the iTunes software itself. NB: if an application such as RealPlayer is used for this process, then either single tracks or whole folders (albums) can easily be imported into the iTunes Library.
With iTunes 7.1 successfully installed on my PC laptop, and the knowledge that I could create .mp3 tracks from my audio CD's, I took the plunge and ordered the iPod (approximately £36 cheaper from amazon.co.uk than from John Lewis or PC World at the time I placed my order). I ordered it on a Friday using the free-delivery option, and it arrived just three days later on the Monday - despite there being a one-day postal strike during this period!
With the software already installed on my computer, and a few CD's already "ripped" to .mp3 files, I found that I was up-and-running with the iPod within about 15 minutes of it being delivered. Charging of the battery is done through the USB interface (apparently you cannot use a low-power interface just designed for a keyboard and/or mouse), but other stand-alone chargers can be purchased if a PC or Mac is not available for charging.
The earphones give reasonable quality sound, although I find them slightly uncomfortable after a while, so I have purchased a Kensington FM transmitter (plugs into the USB port of the iPod) which allows the iPod to be played 'wirelessly' through any FM radio tuned into a 'blank' frequency. The menus on the iPod are quite easy to use, and I found I quickly got the hang of scrolling through them and very quickly finding any one of about 750 tracks that I have so-far transferred.
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