iPod Nano

By popagandhi | Published: 7 September, 2005

Months before we even see this,

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..we already know what’s up ahead, just not what it looks like.

[live update]
iPod Nano: “1,000 songs in your pocket and impossibly small.. thinner than a No. 2 pencil.. iPod Nano is 80 percent smaller than the original iPod.”

Insanely thin. A little bigger than Shuffle? No. No camera. Choice of black, or white. Super competitive prices? Hell yeah, 4GB model at US$249, 2GB at $199.

[end of live update]

We don’t have pictures as yet. We do.

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This means there is no more iPod mini (which, to me, is a good idea to rid of that colourful sillyness), which also means colour screens across the entire line (shuffles excepting, since that’s not possible); a pretty well defined product line of iPods (shuffle, nano, regular iPods) for all users.

Some important things to note is that this marks the move of the mid capacity iPods into flash territory, leaving only the 20GB and 60GB iPods with hard disks (no surprise, since we know Apple bought up 40% of Samsung’s flash inventory). This is insanely useful for the consumer: the ability to use iPods as storage devices is not a new thing, but having it in flash IS – especially those of you who want cross-platform storage usability. With conventional hard disk based iPods, FAT-formatted iPods in Windows could work in Macs, but HFS-formatted iPods could not work on Windows (though the latter has its advantages, such as being able to act as a bootup device through firewire).

More on this tomorrow.

That’s it for tonight.

(Also, if you live where iTMS is available, purchase the complete set of Harry Potter audiobooks and a 20GB iPod – with a Hogwarts crest engraved on it.)

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  • i really want one of these

    ipod nano’s





    i like the black the best im just worried that it would snap in my pocket if i leaned to far forward to tie my shoelace or something





    but thats just me being paranoid





    i cant see people wanting the ipod mini or shuffle now





    no wonder there so eager to give them away with popular packets of crisps all over the world?
  • melo
    eh vic!
  • That’s why they always tell you to read the fine print – especially when the wonderful offer comes with a font size 8 “Terms and Conditions” apply sign next to it. :D




    Gotta admit, it’d be really cool to have a Hogwarts-crested iPod. (and the only reason I would get an iPod for ;) )
  • aklw: yeah, that’s what i thought i saw last night too. i can’t have been THAT sleepy.
  • great. the instant i click submit, satisfied that what i’ve typed is accurate, i find another link to purchase the bundle directly through the Apple Store Online, and, well, i was wrong.




    there is a limited-edition bundle, but it costs US$548.





    tricky wording. damned marketing people.
  • the harry potter thing is a “limited-editon” bundle. US$249.70 for the six-audiobook collection AND the 20GB iPod with the crest on it.
  • Never owned an iPod. First and only mp3 player is a creative, and I am quite happy with it. I didn’t get an iPod because

    1) too expensive


    2) it has become too much of a trend to own one – ppl get it for the X factor, not because it is good


    3) horror stories abt battery lives





    To be fair, not that creative doesnt have its own problems. It is hard to update track details when you sync with the PC, for one.
  • yh: exactly. but to be honest, if I didn’t accidentally come to own an iPod, i know i would be hating on them just because it’s cool to.
  • yh
    Su, you’ve found the perfect person for an unbiased assessment. :)
  • Haha. I’m glad (kinda) that the powerbook left me broke; I won’t be rushing in to buy ‘older’ models. Lets see.. 100 gb, the size of a thumbnail? Oh dear.
  • j.
    and i bought my mini a couple of months ago in a fit of consumer-crazed incoherence. uncontrollable sobbing.




    i want one. badly. the black one. hell with the white it’s time apple made those little beauties black.
  • Su: Sound is entirely subjective. Ask that person who told you the creative player sounds better, what exactly sounds better about it? What genre of music? What earphones was he/she using? I would say to anyone with an iPod (or Creative player, or CD player, any portable device) – ditch the standard earphones they gave you, invest in a good set of earphones (the Shure e2c is pretty affordable these days). The iPods sound fine to me. And I have owned a gazillion Creative players before (starting from the godawful Nomad Jukebox), though I’m not familiar with the current ones, and have no wish to.




    jim: Oh. :) Must have been too sleepy.
  • jim
    the 20gb don’t come free with the complete harry potter box set. it’s another us$299…just the engraving of the crest is free…
  • Yeah, it’s so.. yummy. But cannot! Spend cash on something that wouldn’t optimally serve my purposes..
  • Su
    BTW, I am told that Creative MP3 players produce much better sound than iPod. What do you think? Honestly~
  • Too little, but can do nicely on top of a 60gb for me. ;) I really just need that much storage for files, and the gazillion Mac apps I keep in handy (for whatever reason), and backups.




    The black one looks sweet.. and I know I said I was going to sleep about 4 hours ago. :( (cough)
  • And I got my own name wrong. Sigh.
  • Heh. I realised the update, then came here. See lah, I’ve come to depend on you for Apple-intepretation.




    4gb is still too little though. But am seriously considering it. Oh dear.
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