Apple iPod Nano
Digit Rating: Good
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Performance:
Value:
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3.5/5
PROS
- Very compact and lightweight
- Good all-round music performance
- FM Radio
CONS
- No video recording
- Audio performance will not impress purists
- Lower volume levels than previous Pods
- 16 GB version is marginally better value, though priced too close to the 8GB iPod Touch
Summary
At Rs. 12,700 the Nano is expensive, unless you are looking for something really tiny, in which case, it fits the bill perfectly. Apple has cut corners on performance, something we do not care for. Also, the price is very close to the iPod Touch 8 GB, and if size is not an issue, we can't see many people biting this Apple.
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A major refresh for the iPod Touch, and not surprisingly, a refresh for the other iPods, (save the Classic), as well. For the few who don’t know, the Nano is Apple’s offering to those who want a really compact PMP, but with a display. And compact the new Nano is. In fact surprisingly so - gone is the click-wheel of old, gone is the elongated shape; the new Nano has shrunk to all time tiny dimensions. In fact, it’s only beaten by the Shuffle, and has to be one of the smallest PMPs around to retain a colour display. The display completely dominates the device, for there’s nothing else, other than a largish bezel and of course the buttons on the top.
Its got a decent display, but the colour and contrast performance is a little underwhelming. However, most will not buy the Nano for its display.
The display cleverly shares a single sliver of glass with the bezel, giving it the appearance of being larger that it is when switched off. It’s a lot tinier switched on, and surprisingly incorporates a capacitive touch-screen. While some might argue that the display size (1.54-inches diagonally), is too small to really practical as a touch interface, but after using it, we’re inclined to disagree. The menu structure is quite simple, and using touches to accomplish things is a lot better than the click-wheel that we, quite frankly consider a pain. The aluminium enclosure is compact and stylishly designed and the anodised finish is glossy, while retaining the “hot” colours than Apple is know for – black, silver, mustard-yellow, smoky blue, girly pink and green.
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Display: 1.54-inches, 240x240 pixels, capacitive-touch; storage: 8/16GB; weight: 21 grams
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