iPod Nano is a dwarfed adaptation of iPod Shuffle with a versatility of the common iPod. It is the successor to the iPod Mini, which had been discontinued on the 7th of September 2005, the same time iPod Nano was launched. It is Apple’s fourth issued digital audio player. It is Apple’s most swanky flash-based MP3 player.
The first generation iPod Nano was introduced in two colors — black and white. The iPod Nano’s exterior is protected from everyday snags as it is covered with silicone tubes to protect it from wearing out, so you would not have to worry anymore about scratches. There have also been added accessories such as armbands and lanyard-earphones that are designed to suspend around the neckline to steer clear of interweaving cords.
This miniature music gadget is amazingly tiny and thin at 3.5 (inches) x 1.6 (inches) x 0.27 (inches) dimensions and weighs only about 1.5 ounces (42 grams). It could literally disappear right inside your pocket. The tiny gizmo can even fit inside a jeans’ coin pouch.
In spite its size; it has a remarkably large storage space capacity. The minute device can hold up to 500 to 2,000 songs in 128 kbps AAC format (a 1GB iPod Nano can hold about 240 songs, a 2GB about 500 songs and the 4GB up to 1,000 songs) and up to 25,000 viewable photos. You can play and listen to the songs for a longer time since its battery life lasts up to 14 hours (and up to 4 hours of slideshows while playing music). It is a truly small but terrible must-have that is all worth its price — 2 GB falls at $199 and 4 GB at $249.
There are still a few features of Nano that are aped from the iPod Shuffle like the latter’s identical reflective stainless steel rear, 1.5-inch color display and 1.25-inch scroll wheel. However, many criticize the head phone jack’s placement, which is on the lower-right corner and the standard dock connector situated underneath the tool.
The second generation iPod Nano, which was released a year after (September 12, 2006), comes in brighter colors — silver, green, blue and pink — for the 4GB model. Red was later released. This enhancement added to the device’s sleek and stylish exterior. This revised Nano features the same as that of the iPod mini — scratch-resistant and brushed aluminum casing. However, a popular dissatisfaction from consumers was the gray colored labels that do not match the gadget’s color.
Nano’s LCD screen improved and has become evidently brighter and more luminous. More features were enhanced too, like the upgrading of battery life, which used to be 14 hours, and with the release of 2nd generation was upgraded to 24 hours. The storage space capacity has been doubled from 1GB, 2GB and 4GB to 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB options. The 2GB model, however, is only available in gray and the 8GB is available in black and red.
What the consumers like most about the upgrading was the price cutback. The Second generation Nano’s price starts at $149 for the 2 GB model. A much better deal compared to the starting price of the Nano’s older version, $199.
