If you can't see the update on your device, you can update. More ways to shop: Visit an Apple Store, call 1-800-MY-APPLE, or find a reseller. Apple i. Pod nano (6th Generation with Touch Screen) Review & Rating. The latest, shrunken touch- screen i. Pod nano marks a rare misstep from Apple. Because it is an i. Pod, the 6th- generation nano works seamlessly with a graceful user interface, but it's a flawed concept. Last year's 5th- gen nano came with a larger screen, a video camera, and video playback. Frankly, the only thing it lacked was a multi- touch screen, but it was a great deal at $1. Get free engraving, and choose signature gift wrapping when you buy iPod touch online. View iPod touch and pricing. Apple iPod nano 16GB, 7th. GB) and $1. 79 (1. GB). At identical prices and capacities, the new nano has a tiny multi- touch screen with no video capture or playback. The least- expensive video- capable i. Pod is now the $2. GB touch ($2. 29, ) so if you're on a budget, but want video in your i. Pod, you're out of luck. Simply put, this nano should be the new i. Pod shuffle ($4. 9, )and it should be priced like a shuffle. Design. Did we mention the new nano looks like an i. Pod shuffle with a screen? The long, slender, sexy nano is no more. At 0. 7 ounces and 1. HWD), it's not quite small enough to be swept away by a gentle breeze, but a modest gust might do the trick. That's where the clip, that's built into the back of the anodized aluminum frame, comes in handy. The Volume and Power buttons live on the thin top panel, while the 3. USB computer sync and charging, along with the headphone jack, can be found on the bottom panel. The previous nano's 2. There's no built- in microphone, but you can record voice memos if you upgrade to any Apple- certified mic- enabled earphones. Apple's anemic earbuds and a sync cable are included in the box. The nano remains colorful this time around, but now, since it's so small, you see less of that color. This generation comes in metallic hues including light and dark gray, aqua, lime green, orange, pink, or like our test unit, there's a Product RED version. If you opt for the red nano, Apple gives a portion of the purchase price to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa. User Interface and Navigation. The new user interface won't be mistaken for i. OS on the i. Phones or the i. Pod touch, but the icon- based system is intuitive like with all Apple products. While the nano lacks an accelerometer, Apple cleverly designed the screen so that a fingertip twist turns it in four different directions so it's never upside down. Like you can in i. OS, you can rearrange the icons, which include: Albums, Artists, Clock, Composers, Fitness, Genius Mixes, Genres, Now Playing, Playlists, Photos, Podcasts, Radio, Settings, and Songs. None of them can be added nor subtracted, however—this is not an apps- based device like the i. Pod touch. That said, the inclusion (or retention, I should say) of the Nike+ fitness app and built- in pedometer to customize your workouts helps save the nano from feeling completely feature- barren, as does the FM radio tuner, that, for so long, was absent from i. Pods. For instance, when viewing photos, if you want to zoom in—and because the screen is so small, you'll often want to—you tap the screen once rather than use the familiar pinch- and- expand finger motion. This zooms to a fixed interval, and tapping again zooms out. If you load photos captured in widescreen 1. Photos don't look particularly impressive on such a small screen, but the photo section is still easy to navigate and a worthy inclusion. But the first time you peruse your photo library, you'll see why there's no video support—the screen is way too small. You can choose from nine different wallpapers, that can be swapped in the Settings menu, but you can't use your own photos. Still, album art is displayed when playing music, filling the screen entirely, while Playback controls appear over the artwork and disappear when not in use. Even without Cover Flow, the streamlined process of finding an artist or song in the music menu is as intuitive as it has ever been. Audio Performance. Audio will always sound better if you upgrade the low- quality earbuds that Apple ships with every i. Pod model. Lose the buds in favor of a more secure- fitting, higher performance pair of earphones. For photos JPEG and most other common image formats are supported. The recorded radio segments aren't stored as files anywhere—you press the Play icon in the radio menu to pick up where you left off. You can set a limitless number of favorite stations—I created nearly fifty—and doing so is as simple as a tap. Your earbuds serve as the antenna, and when signal is strong enough, you'll get station names and song information scrolling across the screen. Our own battery test results will be posted here shortly. A Confusing New Direction. Apple giveth, and on the rare occasion, Apple taketh away, like it's done here. With the latest nano, a multi- touch screen on a 1. This nano feels like a shuffle with a touch screen, only it's not priced like one; it's at least $5. If you're not tied to i. Tunes, consider the Samsung YP- R0 ($7. Archos 3cam vision ($9. Neither is as graceful as an i. Pod, but they're both less expensive and capable of video playback in addition to music—the latter also captures photos and video. And the designers of pocket video recorders like the Flip are breathing a sigh of relief that the new nano didn't retain its video camera, or worse, get an upgrade to HD. If what you really want is a pocket- size video recorder in this price range, check out the Kodak Playsport Video Camera ($1. Sony Bloggie ($1. Pod touch. More MP3 Player Reviews.
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