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SPEAKERS
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The newest one and oh, is it sexy
This is a real iPod. Just about double the price of the 512MB shuffle (as well as those Taiwan jukeboxes), with four times the storage space – 2GB – good enough for around 500 songs.
One of the biggest draws of the nano is its color screen capable of displaying photos. It's great for displaying album art and the occasional photo. Then again, we'd rather fill the nano up with music. It is, after all, a music player. And a good one at that. Everything ever said about the iPod holds true for the nano.
Ease of use has always been an iPod trademark and this is very true with the nano. This iPod newbie didn't even have any real difficulties. Certainly iTunes, though a mandatory install, is a major help, letting you organize your music by whatever category you fancy will delight OC types. The only downside is that you can only charge it via your computer's USB port.
Just as the word nano means one-billionth of something, this player is tiny. Think the same size of a business card. As for thickness, stack fifteen of those bizcards and there you have it. Hard to believe till you actually see and feel one in the flesh.
Of course, this player begs the question, why not get the bigger iPods with more memory? Though 40GB seems enough to store all the music you've amassed since high school, you will find that you only really listen to a certain number of songs at any given time. Will 512MB do? Bitin. How about 1GB? Bitin pa rin. The 2GB (or 4GB) in the nano is more like it. It just hits that storage sweet spot, and spares us the hassle of wading through all our songs just to listen to that one track. Plus, being a flash-based player, the nano is perfect for athletic endeavors.
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2GB or 4GB of memory. Brilliant color screen. Slideshow feature. Compatible with iPod accessories that use the iPod dock connector.
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Super good-looking progeny of the iPod line. The "get-me" factor is too high to ignore.
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The cash-strapped may wonder, "Why get the nano when I can get a decent MP3 player complete with FM radio, recorder, voice recorder, and USB flash drive, at a cheaper price?" Indeed, the nano is strictly a music machine with some nifty extras like games, a calendar, and a contact list, but none of the aforementioned MP3 player accoutrements. Well, Apple seems to have realized that they don't need to play that game. Instead, they sexed this one up, big time. Just holding it makes you never want to let go.
Has Apple made amends for the shuffle? Pretty much, and yeah, this is the best way to do it. It even renders the minis obsolete. And it comes in black.- Erick Lirios
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T3 Magazine Philippines - December 2005 Issue
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