iPod nano has been completely redesigned with Multi-Touch—the same technology that makes iPhone iPad and iPod touch so amazing. Now it's half the size and even easier to play. And everything you want to hear is just a tap or swipe away. In a sleek anondized aluminum and seven bright colors iPod nano makes a huge statement that matches your style. The 1.5" color display with 240 x 240 pixel resolution stunningly shows off your album art photos and color-coordinated wallpaper. The new built-in clip makes it easy to move to the music. Just clip iPod nano to your sleeve jacket or bag. Wherever you go your favorite tunes are right where you need them. In fact with the built-in 30-pin connector you can easily plug iPod nano into your car stereo system your speakers at home and many other products made for iPod. iPod nano is 46 percent smaller 42 percent lighter and 100 percent made for music with Multi-Touch. It's the perfect size for a tap or a swipe so fingertips feel right at home. Multi-Touch basics Home screen Swipe left to see additional icons. To return Home from other screens swipe right or touch and hold anywhere. Multi-Touch Tap to select items. Swipe up or down to browse lists. Rotate the screen using two fingers. Double-tap to zoom photos. Custom Home screens Touch and hold an icon until it jiggles then drag it to a new location. Press Sleep/Wake when finished. Song controls Tap an album cover to show song controls. Swipe left to see Repeat Genius and Shuffle controls. Shake iPod nano to shuffle songs. Genius Tap Genius Mixes to hear songs that go great together. Or create a Genius playlist by playing a song you like and tapping the song control. FM radio Tap to show radio controls. Flick the radio dial to change stations or tap to set favorites. Swipe left to show Live Pause controls. Play all day and all night The built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery gives you up to 24 hours of nonstop music. So when you clip on an 8GB or 16

• 8 GB capacity for about 2000 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

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iPod nano has been completely redesigned with Multi-Touch—the same technology that makes iPhone iPad and iPod touch so amazing. Now it's half the size and even easier to play. And everything you want to hear is just a tap or swipe away. In a sleek anondized aluminum and seven bright colors iPod nano makes a huge statement that matches your style. The 1.5" color display with 240 x 240 pixel resolution stunningly shows off your album art photos and color-coordinated wallpaper. The new built-in clip makes it easy to move to the music. Just clip iPod nano to your sleeve jacket or bag. Wherever you go your favorite tunes are right where you need them. In fact with the built-in 30-pin connector you can easily plug iPod nano into your car stereo system your speakers at home and many other products made for iPod. iPod nano is 46 percent smaller 42 percent lighter and 100 percent made for music with Multi-Touch. It's the perfect size for a tap or a swipe so fingertips feel right at home. Multi-Touch basics Home screen Swipe left to see additional icons. To return Home from other screens swipe right or touch and hold anywhere. Multi-Touch Tap to select items. Swipe up or down to browse lists. Rotate the screen using two fingers. Double-tap to zoom photos. Custom Home screens Touch and hold an icon until it jiggles then drag it to a new location. Press Sleep/Wake when finished. Song controls Tap an album cover to show song controls. Swipe left to see Repeat Genius and Shuffle controls. Shake iPod nano to shuffle songs. Genius Tap Genius Mixes to hear songs that go great together. Or create a Genius playlist by playing a song you like and tapping the song control. FM radio Tap to show radio controls. Flick the radio dial to change stations or tap to set favorites. Swipe left to show Live Pause controls. Play all day and all night The built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery gives you up to 24 hours of nonstop music. So when you clip on an 8GB or 16

• 8 GB capacity for about 2000 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

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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. Built-in clip Built-in FM radio with Live Pause Built-in pedometer Up to 24 hours of music playback New anodized aluminum colorSpecifications Display - 1.54 color TFT display 240 x 240 pixel resolution Input/Output - Dock connector Earphones jack External buttons - Volume control Sleep/Wake button Sensors - Accelerometer FM Radio - Regional settings for Americas Asia Australia Europe and Japan Live Pause Extra Features - Localized UI & VoiceOver (29 Languages) Audio Frequency Response - 20Hz - 20kHz Audio Formats - AAC (8 to 320 Kbps) Protected AAC (from iTunes Store) HE-AAC MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps) MP3 VBR Audible (formats 2 3 4 Audible Enhanced Audio AAX and AAX+) Apple Lossless AIFF and WAV Battery - Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery (up to 24 hours) Power - USB charged via computer or optional power adapter System requirements - Mac with a USB 2.0 port Mac OS X v10.5.8 or later and iTunes 10 or later / Windows PC with Windows 7 Vista XP Home or Professional (SP3) or later and iTunes 10 or later / Internet access is required and a broadband connection is recommended Dimensions (HxWxD) - 1.48 x 1.61 x 0.35 inches Weight - 0.74 ounce

• 16 GB capacity for about 4000 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

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Awesome!

Let's face it...we are not all clones and look for different features when it comes to an MP3 player. I wanted a small portable player for the gym. The FM Radio feature is what I have been hoping for for a very long time! I don't need apps. I don't need to surf the web. I need to play my tunes. Genius is a great way to create a mix for the gym. The fitness tracker is incredible. And finally I can tune in to the TVs in the gym. Love it! This is exactly what I've been waiting for. Perfect device for my needs.More detail ...

Awesome!

Let's face it...we are not all clones and look for different features when it comes to an MP3 player. I wanted a small portable player for the gym. The FM Radio feature is what I have been hoping for for a very long time! I don't need apps. I don't need to surf the web. I need to play my tunes. Genius is a great way to create a mix for the gym. The fitness tracker is incredible. And finally I can tune in to the TVs in the gym. Love it! This is exactly what I've been waiting for. Perfect device for my needs.More detail ...

Awesome!

Let's face it...we are not all clones and look for different features when it comes to an MP3 player. I wanted a small portable player for the gym. The FM Radio feature is what I have been hoping for for a very long time! I don't need apps. I don't need to surf the web. I need to play my tunes. Genius is a great way to create a mix for the gym. The fitness tracker is incredible. And finally I can tune in to the TVs in the gym. Love it! This is exactly what I've been waiting for. Perfect device for my needs.More detail ...

Awesome!

Let's face it...we are not all clones and look for different features when it comes to an MP3 player. I wanted a small portable player for the gym. The FM Radio feature is what I have been hoping for for a very long time! I don't need apps. I don't need to surf the web. I need to play my tunes. Genius is a great way to create a mix for the gym. The fitness tracker is incredible. And finally I can tune in to the TVs in the gym. Love it! This is exactly what I've been waiting for. Perfect device for my needs.More detail ...

Awesome!

Let's face it...we are not all clones and look for different features when it comes to an MP3 player. I wanted a small portable player for the gym. The FM Radio feature is what I have been hoping for for a very long time! I don't need apps. I don't need to surf the web. I need to play my tunes. Genius is a great way to create a mix for the gym. The fitness tracker is incredible. And finally I can tune in to the TVs in the gym. Love it! This is exactly what I've been waiting for. Perfect device for my needs.More detail ...

Some nice improvement but incompatible with Bose...

Having 16GB of storage is a huge plus for the new version of the Nano.



The control wheel seems a bit "stiff" and it is not as responsive as past versions but it works fine.



The menus and setup choices have been improved. These are nice but don't make a major difference. "Shake" shuffle is a bit silly (in my opinion it is just as easy to push the advance on the control wheel) but it can easily be turned off.



BIG MINUS - Apple un-necessarily changed the plug on this version of the Nano. The unit will not charge using my older iPod chargers. The bigger issue is that my Bose and other expensive speaker units will play this Nano but they won't charge it.



Apple is beginning to act more and more like Microsoft - forcing its customers to make un-necessary software upgrades and expensive hardware changes in order to use their latest product versions.



Anyway - the Nano is a great product. If you already have a Nano the only justification I can find to upgrade would be the need for more storage or the desire to play video on a very small screen.



If you don't need the video or more music storage you should stick with your older Nano.



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Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



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Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



More detail ...

Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



More detail ...

Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



More detail ...

Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



More detail ...

Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



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Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



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Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



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Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



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Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



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Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



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Very cool handy and sleek new toy -- but don't throw away your Flip yet!!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3GCL7CCLCHZCY When Steve Jobs announced the newest generation iPod nano he suggested that with its new video capability the nano would easily compete with the Flip Video camcorder. While someday down the line this may be a serious contender in the pocket video camera market it's not there yet. I took some comparison footage with the iPod nano and the standard definition Flip Mino to show why. My point in all this is not to suggest that you go buy a Flip instead of an iPod nano but that you ask yourself what it is you really want. If you want to make videos you can upload to Youtube and you want them to look pretty decent and you don't care much about music or you already have an mp3 player I wouldn't buy this iPod just because now it has video. On the other hand having some video capability might be enough to give this the edge over most other music players; if games are more important to you than video though you'd be better off with an iPod touch.



One thing you'll notice in the footage where I shot the same things back to back with both camcorders is that where the Flip really shines is in low light. I shot the hamster moments at night in a room illuminated only by a lamp. Not only did the iPod nano take grainy video it also didn't do any kind of white balancing and the indoor lightbulb added an orange tint to the clip; I'm not sure exactly how the Flip is designed to address this (whether it automatically adjusts white balance or just has a better average setting) but the footage shows that it captured light correctly both outdoors and indoors. If you compare the hamster shots with the Flip and with the nano I think it's clear that for indoor and lowlight there's no comparison and the Flip has the nano beat hands down. The outdoor images are closer but I think even this small video shows greater detail in the Flip video. When you blow the images up bigger there's no comparison -- the Flip looks decent even on a big screen TV the iPod nano footage looks like it was shot with well a toy camera. In all fairness that's all it is at this point. (Note by the way that like the Flip the nano will only take video and doesn't take photos. You can manually add photos to the nano from your computer but you can't use the onboard camera to capture stills.)



Another thing that bugs me a bit about the new iPod nano is the bizarre placement of the camera lens. It's nestled down in the corner of the backside below the screen -- exactly where it is most natural to hold this thing if you are shooting with it. Even if you just grasp the thing at the corners there's a tendency for some part of a finger to accidentally edge into the camera frame. In fact I found that even after I was aware of this fact I kept doing it anyways -- the way this thing fits in my hands just makes it likely I'll catch an edge of a finger in my shots unless I'm conscientious about avoiding it and that detracts from the spontaneity this is designed to take advantage of. (I even noticed I'd done it on most of the iPod nano footage for this video comparison -- and I thought about doing it over but then decided to leave it in just to show how easily it can happen.)



So to sum up: what you really get with the iPod nano is a toy camera fun to have in the pocket and very cool to have just in case there's something you want to shoot but not quite the quality we've come to expect from the handy pocket camcorders like the Flip Mino and the Creative Vado and the Kodak Zi8 that keep getting better and better. Video is a nice new feature on the Nano but not really a radical innovation and not a game changer.



What makes the iPod Nano worth it is that in addition to video on the fly you get to listen to music you get an FM radio that works quite well and even tells you what song you are listening to you get a voice recorder (a VERY nice feature excellent for students who can listen to music on their way to class and then record a lecture) a decent quality mini speaker a somewhat useful pedometer decent game options for killing time. You don't get any of that with the Flip! Sure the new iPod nano is a toy ... but it's a very cool toy.



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