Ipod Nano is sick!

[greenthumb]

I love my music and I think that the Ipod Nano represents the next level of portable music. At just 3.5 inches long and 1.6 wide its about as long as a finger, has a colour screen and its 4GB storage capacity enebles it to store up to 1000 songs!

Now to all those people who already have the 20,40 or 60GB Ipod who are saying "yeah well mine holds 10,000 songs" blah blah blah I would say yes, it does indeed hold 10,000 songs, but I doubt you can listen to them all on your way to work in the morning. For me, the whole point of the Ipod was to have a music collection you could travel with - go away somewhere half way around the world, find a power supply, plug your speakers in and bang, ur away! No CD cases, no hassle.

As usual when a new product hits the streets there is an initial rush to buy by all the people who want the newest gear. With the Ipod, it won over it's rivals purely on looks, luckily for apple the rest of the package was not bad either, certainly not bad enough to put people off buying one.

So, after wrapping up the market with good looks and big storage capacities Apple have decided to go back to the drawing board and design something practical, great looking and affordable, The Ipod Nano. I think this is a perfect unit. Small and slim its 4GB storage holds 1000 songs which is more than enough to bop round the streets with or link to your car. Yeah sure 40GB is better then 4GB but what do you need it for? The ONLY reason I can think of is going travelling for a while.

My advice would be to pick one of these babies up because they are gonna be good for at least 2-3 years before something else comes along that can challenge it, and my bet is that soon there will be a unit that stays in your room, with ALL your songs on it linked to the stereo with the simple fuction of putting whatever tracks you want onto the portable bit of the unit to take out.

[J Tank]

The iPod Nano is cool, but is only slightly cheaper than a 20gb iPod. The iPod mini also hold about a 1000 songs and the only difference is the nano is smaller and has a colour screen... but it's not like the mini was big in the first place.

Don't get me wrong, I like the new design, but would be more interested if it was 20, 40 or 60GB. Basically on my 20 I have thousands of songs, which A: Give me choice of loads of albums, and B: Enable me to create playlists using songs from any of those albums. Also I can pickup a set of speakers and have my whole collection of music right there instead of continuously having to remove music and update only to be driving along and wish that I had remembered to re-add that album that I removed the other day in order to listen to another album.

I had put over a thousand songs on my iPod in under 2 weeks. Luckily I still have space to add more. I like to have the choice of all my music whenever.

This is how I like to use an MP3 player. Some people don't like to have access to all their music and enjoy the hassle of continuously updating.

I do like the Nano, it's an excellent piece of kit and would deffinetly recommend it to people who want an MP3 player for the gym or jogging (or yogging, I believe it's a soft J) then get one of these.

But if you would prefer to have your whole music library available to you whenever, then go for a larger sized iPod. They're not THAT big and I'm sure that in the coming months, Nano's of all capacities will become available.

[rjnathan]

I think it's pretty bad that Apple have made Ipod's that hold a ridiculous amount of songs and then justify the big price tage because of the HUGE memory. They should have made something better than the iPod shuffle, that is less in memory for people who only want to store a small amount of songs.

I would have no reason to have 1000 songs on an iPod let alone 10,000, who gets time to put 10,000 songs on their iPod???

[greenthumb]

I detect the typical stench of "Fuck You" from J there!

You're missing the point I was making. Obviously you would be more interested if the Nano had a capacity of 20,40 or 60GB.....But they are not out yet. What i'm saying is that, at this moment in time if you are looking for an MP3 player for day to day use, the Ipod Nano has all the features that you need, plus it looks kick-ass and takes up less space in your pocket then a pack of 10 cancer sticks.

I think having your whole music collection in your pocket is great, but my gut instinct is that this was a huge selling feature for the the 1st few generations of Ipod to corner a sector of the market, which worked. The next phase of development will be about integrating other features like games and internet access, plus innovative ways of transfering your tunes back and forth.

I am a hardware person, I don't really like computers or computer software which infuriates me with alarming regularity. I would prefer a unit that plays CD's and records and stores all my music in MP3 format with digital transfer onto my MP3 portable unit (e.g- Ipod Nano). That way, whether i'm at home, walking, driving or flying I can have access to my tracks.

[J Tank]

It's not a fuck you. My personal prefference is to have thousands upon thousands of songs etc, but yes, I do see where you are coming from on that and agree that it is an excellent piece of kit to have.

Apple have already put games and stuff on the iPod photo's, I'm not sure what's on the Nano as I haven't read the spec.

It is deffinitely one of the best items on the market at the moment and a much better alternative to the iPod mini, (how long til that gets phased out I wonder?)