Apple iPod Nano 16GB Review
One of the absolute hottest gifts on the Christmas wish lists of adults everywhere this year is the new iPod nano 16GB from Apple, available in nine bright, jazzy colours to suit anyone’s tastes or style. Choose from nanos in silver, black, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, pink, or the exclusive Apple red, all of which are accented with a new curved glass and aluminum design.
Product Features - Besides the brilliant colours and sleek, ultramodern appearance, the Apple iPod nano offers a host of useful benefits, like the Genius feature, which is like having your own personal DJ as it scans your library of music and creates an entire playlist of like songs that go well together.
It’s also now easier to find the songs you’re looking for as this version of the iPod allows you to view album art with the Cover Flow feature, simply press the center button and you can browse through your songs by either artist or album. Another new feature of the nano is the shake and shuffle feature which allows you to shake the nano and it will shuffle through your music and play a random song.
Touted by Apple as the “world’s smallest biggest screen,” the iPod nano 16GB offers a two-inch diagonal screen display with a high resolution to make it fun to watch videos, television shows, or even whole movies. The high tech display also makes it easy to view all of your pictures wherever you go with the ability to see them vertically or horizontally by turning the unit on its side.
In addition to all of these music and video features, the Apple iPod nano also comes with the Maze game installed with more available for download at the online iTunes Store.
What’s Included - New with the purchase of the Apple iPod nano 16GB is free laser engraving which allows buyers to truly personalize the nano whether it’s for themselves or a gift for someone else. Buyers have the option of entering their two line message when buying online at the Apple Store
Also included with the purchase of the Apple iPod nano is the Quick Start guide, a dock adapter, USB 2.0 cable, and earphones to plug into the 3.5 mm stereo headphone jack. The built-in battery is a lithium ion rechargeable and provides up to 24 hours of music playback time or up to four hours of video playback time when fully charged.
This fourth generation of iPods is compatible with Mac operating systems 10.4.11 or later, and Windows XP Home or Professional or Windows Vista.
Technical Specifications of the Apple iPod nano 16GB
-Capacity: 16 gigabytes; holds up to 4,000 songs in 128-kbps AAC format, or up to 14,000 iPod-viewable photos, or up to 16 hours of video, Connectivity: 2.0 USB port, Depth: 6.2 mm (0.24 inch), Display: Color LCD with blue-white LED backlight, 2 inch diagonal measurement, 320 by 240 pixel screen resolution at 204 ppi (pixels per inch), Height: 90.7 mm (3.6 inches), Weight: 36.8 grams (1.3 ounces), Width: 38.7 mm (1.5 inches)
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