Filed under: iPod Family, Multimedia, Video, Found Footage
Found Footage: 1, 2, 3, 4 and many more new Nanos
Here's the ad for the new iPod Nano, (also available in QuickTime on Apple.com) which I still think doesn't look that great (the Nano, not the ad). I mean yeah, it's super cute and tiny, and it is extremely awesome to have a screen like that (with its 204ppi) playing video on a Nano. But it's just so... stubby and squished.
Still, Apple makes up for it by using the best song off of Feist's latest album, and the video that goes with it. Not quite as iconic (or out-there) as Orba Squara, but it is a great tune.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Catt said 7:11PM on 9-06-2007
You don't like stubby and squished? The weird thing is that I dreamt that I was playing with an iPod like device that looked exactly like the silver/white one or whatever color that is a few weeks ago. I almost fainted when I saw the thing yesterday. Talk about odd and no I never saw any leaked images of this before then. It is cute... the device even played video I remember this was the big deal in my dream. Maybe I'll get one just for the heck of it. Although since Unkie Steve dropped the price on the iPhone I have to grab one of those first.
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Shannin said 7:46PM on 9-06-2007
the should have named it iChode
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andrew harrison said 7:49PM on 9-06-2007
feist makes me happy
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Oh Blah Dee Blah Dah said 9:30PM on 9-06-2007
"But it's just so... stubby and squished."
This comment reminds me of what the ignorant public said when Widescreen LaserDiscs movies come out, "Why are there black bars on the edges?"
The reason was that "IT'S WIDESCREEN," which, by definition, means that it's more wide than it is high!
The new iPod is NOT stubby or squished, it's WIDER! It's shorter and thinner than the previous model, but WIDER so that you can see MORE!
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Graeme Fickling said 11:42PM on 9-06-2007
Cigarette pack anyone? Sure it's thinner, but it's as wide and only a
little shorter (2.75" vs 3.25") than a box of regular cigarettes.
http://www.tankmagazine.com/tankbooks/ . Only not books, iPods. From http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2007/07/tank_books.php
In fact,this is a great way to hide/carry your new nano - provided you don't get squeamish around icky, nicotine laden, corporate lovechildren.
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nick said 12:13AM on 9-07-2007
i really think im going to buy one of these suckers. I love the green its crazy cool!
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Rafik said 1:03AM on 9-07-2007
The best song off The Reminder is I Feel It All, but 1 2 3 4 is close enough.
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GadgetFan said 2:58AM on 9-07-2007
I think it's cute, in a give it a cookie and throw a ball for it sort of way. There's something about the details that really works. I think they'll sell a boatload.
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Jonathan said 4:35AM on 9-07-2007
I have no problem with the form factor, but I really dislike the colours. The green is like some post-war hospital and the blue is a bit flushed, even the red is only a wannabe.
I'm all for colour, but this is ridiculous
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Anthony said 4:59AM on 9-07-2007
My current iPod is a 1 gig Nano so i'll definitely by upgrading to the 4 gig silver nano this weekend.
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TMM said 6:21AM on 9-07-2007
Well, at first I found it a little strange looking, too.
But that's only because it's a form factor we're all not used to, from Apple and the the iPod products.
Today I can only say that I like it more and more, because it so logical ...iPods little sister. The old nano seemed, looking back, much more arkward than the new.
Btw., I think the iPod touch is the real problem. It's just the iPhone without the Phone unit. And that really seems lazy and confusing to me.
Look at the ad. You can't really tell that it's not an iPhone. Really confusing.
It's fine to me to release an iPod with multitouch, wlan and safari. But to not design it more like an iPod ... it's just lazy and a matter of production cost. That's why the could lower the price so much for the iPhone.
They should have made the iPod Touch with a metal case, like the iPod classic and no mechanical button on the front. Only a large display with almost not frame. That would have been grate. Or only a display with glass protection for the front and a metall case at the back.
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Buckley said 6:24AM on 9-07-2007
Speaking of the new iPod ads, does anyone know the song was playing in iPod touch's ad? The ad is not out on Apple yet :(
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Dave said 7:13AM on 9-07-2007
I just went to my closest Apple store on the way home to look at one. I'm going to be buying myself some sort of new toy in a week or so (it's been a month... gotta have my allowance). This thing looks so good in person.
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Ralph said 9:44AM on 9-07-2007
When I first saw the "1, 2, 3, 4..." in the title, I immediately thought of "All Together Now" by The Beatles. Thinking on it, it could make a great commercial for the iPod; (showing them on the counts) "1, 2, 3, 4/Can I have a little more?/5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 I love you" and the end text reads something like "The New iPod Family" and the Apple logo.
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Kris said 10:57AM on 9-07-2007
I agree - it is stubby and squished. It just looks wrong. And the colors - blah! Maybe they'll look better in person, but they are just so drab in the pictures. (I desperately want an orange nano, not shuffle, nano). Typically I'm really excited about the Apple product announcements, but this one, eh... only thing exciting is the price drop on the iPhone.
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Phil706 said 11:51AM on 9-07-2007
I have an 8 gig "old" nano, that is, the last model to come out before this one. It doesn't play video, but that's alright with me. I don't even like watching video on full-sized iPods, it gives me a headache. I feel like when I watch video on a screen that small, I have to strain to pick up everything that is going on in the frame. It's beyond me how the rest of the world can do it.
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Pun B said 12:08PM on 9-07-2007
No compromise to the design--give it 30 days and people will be showing love. There are a lot of auto designs where folks initially complained before falling in love: Chrysler 300, the current RR http://www.autoblog.com/tag/phantom/, BMW 7 series. ps: am also confused why iPod Touch is so similar to iPhone when it does not have to be....
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Tritone said 12:36PM on 9-07-2007
I hate all the music Apple uses in their commercials *sigh*
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Jessica said 9:18PM on 9-10-2007
Who sings the 1,2,3,4 song? I love it!
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