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Playlist's Hands-on Review of the iPod nano
I'm very jealous of Christopher Breen over at Playlist right now. He managed to get his hands on exactly the iPod nano I want (but will not splurge for): the Also, it looks like the black iPod nano comes with the same white earbuds. Dumb! The lanyard is currently only offered in white, too. I hope Apple rectifies this and gives us matching black peripherals.
One cool thing that I wasn't expecting: the iPod nano comes with a little dock adapter so that you can slip the nano into any existing dock you may already own. Nice.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Dave Caolo said 10:06PM on 9-07-2005
Chris Breen gets all the cool stuff!
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Rajiv Perera said 10:18PM on 9-07-2005
I think the white earbuds is a big part of the "cool-ness" of having an iPod.
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Brad said 10:36PM on 9-07-2005
The white earbuds are also the reason why people get their iPods stolen.
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C.K. Sample, III said 10:24PM on 9-07-2005
Ah, Rajiv, it is if it's a white iPod. I don't know if it still is if it is a black iPod.
Besides, I live in New York where the white earbuds are a big part of the "get-yourself-mugged-ness" of the iPod.
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DF said 10:39PM on 9-07-2005
CK:
It's the 4GB one; there's a typo in the article. (I'm testing iPod accessories with it right now :-) )
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Oliver said 1:51AM on 9-08-2005
meh.
The way it's been crippled w.r.t. the TV Out and camera capabilities makes it less interesting to me. But the real deal killer is the lack of firewire syncing support.
I guess I won't be buying on of these (to use with my rev.A 12" powerbook).
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nimblefaux said 2:05AM on 9-08-2005
ah, i see ilounge has posted a nice first look... that nano is sweet, must eat now... apple earbuds hurt my ears...
http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/super-first-look-apple-computer-ipod-nano/
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zak frazier said 5:49AM on 9-08-2005
at least it there wasn't a U2 version of the nano!
here here for the shuffle!
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Cyberwhore said 8:32AM on 9-08-2005
Apple have been very clever (as they usually are) with the two colour release for the latest "must have" gadget.
They released two colours which will sell equally well but it also pretty much forces Apple resellers to buy twice as much stock to keep up with demand, especially in the upcoming holiday season. This is a very easy way to increase their sales and in turn lower their buy price on flash memory which leads to higher margins for Apple in the beginning, and lower prices for the consumer later.
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Dan Siercks said 9:13AM on 9-08-2005
You say any dock, but what if I've got a firewire only dock?
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Chris K said 11:37AM on 9-08-2005
A dock adapter? Very cool! My 40GB 4G might be getting a little brother soon...
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Mitch Greenfield said 12:39PM on 9-08-2005
I wonder who is making the click wheel on this model? i know that apple was trying to move away from Synaptic and move it in house...Who's ready to take apart a nano?
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Wheels said 5:06PM on 9-08-2005
"You say any dock, but what if I've got a firewire only dock?"
I thought that the cable determined the docks orientation, not the dock itself. But not having it work on FireWire is a big WTF in my book. It's the whole reason I got Monty - the FW port for my mini.
Looks like my next upgrade will either be a Mac mini, Emac, or a full sized iPod.
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DF said 6:40PM on 9-08-2005
Clarification: The Dock Adapter doesn't let you use the nano with existing dock-cradle products (well, it may, but only by chance). Rather, Apple appears to be encouraging vendors to make future products with a "universal" dock base, and then Apple will include the appropriate adapter with each new iPod model -- in other words, vendors won't have to worry about having to make new cradle adapters for every new iPod, and customers won't have to wait for such adapters to use their new iPods with their current accessories. Alas, the Dock Adapter doesn't really work with existing products.
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Chris K said 10:03AM on 9-09-2005
OHHHH... so you have to buy the nano dock anyway, eh? The other way around seemed plausible, cause when I clicked the accessories link on Apple's page and checked out the dock for the nano, it sent me to a page that said "iPod mini dock".
I wonder, will they offer an adapter for current 4G iPods? Or am I destined to have two docks on my desk (and two USB ports consumed)?
Thank you very much for the info, DF!
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jeff said 3:01PM on 9-09-2005
Great review! In looking at the picture that Christopher Breen included with his review, I couldn't help but notice how the black "nano" seems to show surface dust and particles more than the white "nano" would. I'm going with the white "nano".
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