Apple iPod nano 2 GB Black (1st Generation) OLD MODEL
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Customer Review: Is this the product for your music listening pleasure?
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay. This is a device that I have owned (I say have, because I am about ready to sell it to some interested buyers)... but I found something that is way better. The Sony PSP.
Yea, the Sony PSP. It plays music, it has capability to insert a 4 gig SD PSP memory chip (mine has the one gigger at the moment until I sell my nano and buy the 4 gigger on a popular auction site), it play videos in GREAT video quality, and it plays games, AND it is web ready, you can surf the web anywhere there is a HOT SPOT. Hold pictures, and you can trade pics with other PSP's or email them from the web browser. USB hook up point. Has devices that charge it from the car... I use my FM Transmitter (iRiver) to broadcast the music in my car (yes this also has a headphone jack) - and there are about 100 accesories you can get for this device, including a BOOM BOX type of thing you sit this into (like the apples) but it only cost $199, and Apples cost $359. How much would you pay for a Video iPod? That only plays minimal games? $350?
GUESS how much the PSP cost? $199.
I really loved the iPod, but I really feel like I was ripped off by Sony because I didn't know that this device did all these things. Quite frankly I would not have bought the four different iPods I bought had I known that this device did all that it did.
It is NOT as small as a nano, but not much bigger than a iPod Video device. (and news is, they are going to make that one biggger too). So if your demands are a very small expensive device that only plays music, the iPod is for you. If you want more flexability in a device.. there is not a cheaper multimedia device on the market. Simply put.
The reason I put this in the Apple Nano review? Because I would have liked to have read this before I bought my nano, here in the amazon review section (which I use all the time) and changed my mind and bought the PSP.
Sony is looking for a device that will compete with APPLE all the time, and they don't even know they already have it. They should market this more instead of making those UGLY Mp3 players that will never come close to being as cool as any MP3 player that Apple makes (I use the term MP3 loosely here, and those apple folks know what I mean). Sony wake up. Apple folks who want to play games and have multimedia action, wake up!
All said and done, this may be the product for you. But look. It might not be the product. The PSP does a LOT. Plus music.
Have fun.
Customer Review: Cool MP3 Player! Add some accessories to make it better
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the coolest MP3 player I've ever seen! You wont believe how thin it is until you try to hold it on your palm! Here are some reasons why I love this MP3 player:
- Incredibly small, thin, and very light.
- Well designed, fit on your palm, pocket, or pencil case.
- High resolution colour screen, shows albumart, photos, and games in colors.
- Superb sound.
- Click wheel; easy navigation as the original iPod.
- New features:
> World Clock
> Stopwatch
> Screen Lock
- now with iTunes 5, it's easy to sync AddressBook, Calendar, etc between Ms Outlook and iPod nano.
- with flash memory, the nano is 100% skip free; a true sport companion.
- headphone jack at the bottom, making it easier to read the screen (without rotating it first) when we take the nano out from our jeans pocket.
Although it comes with lots of advantages, yet:
- 4 GB is the maximum capacity possible.
- USB connection only.
- No charger adapter, you should use the USB connection to recharge the battery. It means the computer or laptop should be around you. Make sure you bring your laptop on your vacation.
- Only two colors available, black or white. No more pink, blue, green, etc.
Accessories that you may like:
- The lanyard. With this earphone, you can wear your iPod nano as necklace. No more tangle and you can change the music right away without reaching your pocket.
- The silicon case. This silicon case comes in colors and will change the look of your iPod nano. It will also protect your iPod from scratches and prevents it from sliding on a tilted table or slipped out of your pocket when you're sitting.
Overall this is a really great product! Before deciding to buy this MP3 player, make sure you have USB 2.0 on you computer or laptop. Some people had bought this nano and having USB 1 connection on their PC, making the song transfer a painful and time consuming process. It will takes hours to fill up your iPod nano with USB 1. Therefore, the existance of USB 2.0 on your PC is crucial. Also, if you are frequent traveller, it is a good idea to buy another accessory for recharging the battery og your iPod without connecting it to PC. Otherwise, you will have to bring your laptop with you or look for PCs on your vacation to recharge your nano.
Customer Review: Cool MP3 Player! Add some accessories to make it better
Summary: 5 Stars
This is the coolest MP3 player I've ever seen! You wont believe how thin it is until you try to hold it on your palm! Here are some reasons why I love this MP3 player:
- Incredibly small, thin, and very light.
- Well designed, fit on your palm, pocket, or pencil case.
- High resolution colour screen, shows albumart, photos, and games in colors.
- Superb sound.
- Click wheel; easy navigation as the original iPod.
- New features:
> World Clock
> Stopwatch
> Screen Lock
- now with iTunes 5, it's easy to sync AddressBook, Calendar, etc between Ms Outlook and iPod nano.
- with flash memory, the nano is 100% skip free; a true sport companion.
- headphone jack at the bottom, making it easier to read the screen (without rotating it first) when we take the nano out from our jeans pocket.
Although it comes with lots of advantages, yet:
- 4 GB is the maximum capacity possible.
- USB connection only.
- No charger adapter, you should use the USB connection to recharge the battery. It means the computer or laptop should be around you. Make sure you bring your laptop on your vacation.
- Only two colors available, black or white. No more pink, blue, green, etc.
Accessories that you may like:
- The lanyard. With this earphone, you can wear your iPod nano as necklace. No more tangle and you can change the music right away without reaching your pocket.
- The silicon case. This silicon case comes in colors and will change the look of your iPod nano. It will also protect your iPod from scratches and prevents it from sliding on a tilted table or slipped out of your pocket when you're sitting.
Overall this is a really great product! Before deciding to buy this MP3 player, make sure you have USB 2.0 on you computer or laptop. Some people had bought this nano and having USB 1 connection on their PC, making the song transfer a painful and time consuming process. It will takes hours to fill up your iPod nano with USB 1. Therefore, the existance of USB 2.0 on your PC is crucial. Also, if you are frequent traveller, it is a good idea to buy another accessory for recharging the battery og your iPod without connecting it to PC. Otherwise, you will have to bring your laptop with you or look for PCs on your vacation to recharge your nano.
Customer Review: Very Useful, but a Bit Pricey...
Summary: 5 Stars
The Ipod is a well-designed compressed music file player with easy-to-use resident software. Forget about the photo angle - the images are just too small to be useful. The iPod nano is all about music.
It's hard to get away from the fact that it's expensive for what it is and you're chained to Apple's software (iTunes) to get the job done. But it does that job very well indeed. Legal internet intrusion, obvious and not so obvious, is way out of hand these days so I'm glad I've iTunes set up on a computer that is never online. (I buy CDs and copy directly to the hard drive using preferred software.)
ITunes is now only available as a 36MBish download, so too bad if you don't connect or don't have broadband. Doubtless Apple wants us all to visit its site on a regular basis and be uniquely identified and enticed to buy. Arguably, copying entire CDs or just our favourite tracks is the best approach for those who are definitely serious about their music rather than those who collect a mass of Chart songs and listen to them as if the whole process is some kind of fashion statement. Arguably!
Music on the move doesn't appeal to a lot of people. The headphones aren't great, background sound can be a nuisance, and there are health concerns over sound levels. Thankfully the iPod gives us the option to dock it with something substantial like Monitor Audio's excellent I-deck or smaller portable players such as Koda's Imoves. Or you can simply connect your player to your hi-fi with the appropriate lead.
I originally bought a 2GB iPod and quickly filled it. I have quite a collection of homemade compilation CDs that hold all my favourite tracks from the last 35 years and along with a few special complete albums they very neatly filled the 1.8GB capacity with 404 songs (the Yes album "Relayer" included). So I bought a 4GB iPod to take me much further with new rock releases and classical and Irish music too, and I much prefer the choice of 2 iPods.
To have all your favourite music residing in a couple of tiny players is a real boon. It's the most efficient way of managing and listening to music. Put them in Exspect EX410 cases - very well made.
Customer Review: I love my iPod!
Summary: 5 Stars
I used to own a 1GB iPod Shuffle, but I recently got a black 2GB iPod Nano for my 19th birthday. After having a Shuffle, the Nano is a BIG improvement.
Pros and cons of the Nano: (in my opinion)
Pros:
01. The screen - after having a Shuffle with no screen, now having one is great. It makes accessing my music so much easier. And it's a colour screen, so everything looks cool.
02. The capacity - I know there's a 4GB version but I got this for a gift, so I didn't get to choose the size. I have over 1000 songs on my computer only listen to like 500, so this size is perfect. Again, after having a Shuffle the upgrade is great.
03. The size - of course. This thing is as light as a feather and just as thin.
04. The fact that it charges through the computer - you don't need a dock to charge it, it plugs into a USB port. Very easy for me.
05. The sound is crisp and clear - I'm still using the same earphones as I used with my Shuffle (I gave the new earphones and the Shuffle to my Mum), and it sounds as good as ever.
06. All the little extras - apart from the music, you can store photos, play games, have contacts, a clock and various other things.
Cons:
01. The black version of the Nano gets smudged VERY easily. I've only had it for less then a week and already there is fingerprints all over it.
02. The fact that the battery slowly drains - you can't actually turn a Nano off. You just put it to sleep and the battery very slowly drains. This is going to annoy me as I sometimes don't use my iPod for weeks and then I'll go to turn it on and the battery is flat.
The cons are just trivalities - as I'm going to buy some covers and it only takes three hours to charge the Nano they don't really bother me.
It comes packaged with a CD-ROM with iTunes on it (I already had it), earphones, little buds for the earphones, a small instruction booklet and Apple stickers.
Overall, the Nano is a nifty little piece of technology that I'm glad I own. I love listening to music while I'm sitting on the bus, so to have the Nano and 500 songs of my collection at my fingertips is perfect. 5 stars.