iPod Nano: First Impressions
Apple's killer new
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Even if you already have an iPod, you will want a
Nano.
As the name implies, it is small. Really small. It's the first thing you notice when you take it out of its equally tiny packaging. You have to feel a Nano -- watch it melt into your sweaty palm, to fully appreciate exactly how small it is.
Not that there haven't been small MP3 players before -- iRiver has a particularly well-featured player that also has a tuner and a microphone (missing on all iPods).
But there has never been an MP3 player with 4GB RAM that you could slide into your wallet.
The iPod Nano is basically a smartcard with headphones, and yet it is elegant -- the operating software even has a few surprises such as the lap-timer, world clocks and solitaire card game. It is also fully iPhoto compatible and a great way to show off your happy snaps -- even if the screen is a little tight.
And health freaks will want a Nano for working out because it is as fit as they are. And there is no fragile hard drive that will skip at that crucial moment, just as you near the crest of that last insurmountable incline during your interval training.
The Nano is also remarkably similar in concept to the necklace computer in Harry Harrison's Wheelworld trilogy of books.
Apple has reportedly 80 per cent of the world market for MP3 players, and the Nano looks set to lift that to over 90 per cent as it becomes Apple's fastest selling product.
Bottom line, at $359 for a 4GB device that holds nearly 1000 songs, there is no equal.
As the name implies, it is small. Really small. It's the first thing you notice when you take it out of its equally tiny packaging. You have to feel a Nano -- watch it melt into your sweaty palm, to fully appreciate exactly how small it is.
Not that there haven't been small MP3 players before -- iRiver has a particularly well-featured player that also has a tuner and a microphone (missing on all iPods).
But there has never been an MP3 player with 4GB RAM that you could slide into your wallet.
The iPod Nano is basically a smartcard with headphones, and yet it is elegant -- the operating software even has a few surprises such as the lap-timer, world clocks and solitaire card game. It is also fully iPhoto compatible and a great way to show off your happy snaps -- even if the screen is a little tight.
And health freaks will want a Nano for working out because it is as fit as they are. And there is no fragile hard drive that will skip at that crucial moment, just as you near the crest of that last insurmountable incline during your interval training.
The Nano is also remarkably similar in concept to the necklace computer in Harry Harrison's Wheelworld trilogy of books.
Apple has reportedly 80 per cent of the world market for MP3 players, and the Nano looks set to lift that to over 90 per cent as it becomes Apple's fastest selling product.
Bottom line, at $359 for a 4GB device that holds nearly 1000 songs, there is no equal.
Posted: Fri - September 16, 2005 at 09:02 PM
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