Flickr Find: 40 Nanos laid out

I personally love this little sucker. I bought one for my daughter's birthday and I can hardly bear to use my first gen iPod nano now. The screen is amazing and those who say you could never watch a movie on it, simply haven't seen it. Would I use it instead of my TV? No, but if I was on a plane, I would be totally stoked to have one with me. The size is what's really impressive. It's so freaking thin! I'm amazed that they could make it so small and still have the processing power to do cover flow, etc. This is a cool device.

Why would anyone want to watch a movie on a 2 inch screen? I don't get it.

Why would anyone want to watch a movie on a 2 inch screen?

I'm sorry, but the new black iPods don't look good at all.

7+8: You misunderstood me: I am saying that the ical entries and notes from address book contacts don't get included properly/at all as they do in the 2g Nano.

(Macbookowner: your swift assumption of me being so dumb has only defined your own stature. Please try to think better of TUAW contributors)

Nice pic!! I just downloaded the large pic as my new desktop background!! I bought a 4GB iPod nano myself at an Apple Store last week with my $100 iPhone credit. I didn't intend to get one initially but after playing with it, I was amazed at the size of it (and thinness) and its ability to play videos, I was sold!! I got 6 iPods now-- 1st and 2nd gen iPod shuffle, 20GB U2 iPod photo, 30GB 5th gen iPod video, 8GB iPhone and of course, my new iPod nano-- and I love them all!! :)

I went to the local Best Buy not to buy one (I too have an iPhone purchase planned in the near future) but anyway I wanted to see what one looked like. They had them in all the colors and I got to play with the metallic silver one. I have to say that it did not look stubby and squished as they do in most of the pictures I've seen. They have their own style not sure what you call it flat and wide maybe. I took out my old 2nd gen nano for comparison and was surprised at the weight difference. Also the screen was nice but since the Nano had no test video on it I didn't see how that looked. I walked away from the store eventually without one but I really can see giving one of these things away as a gift. They would fit perfectly in a shirt pocket.

I think the new nanos are fine. David Pogue wasn't talking too much in the hyperbole when he said that it was about the size of a Triscuit. I suppose it could have been just a little taller. I think people got used to the nano, which I thought was a little too narrow and tall, now this kind of goes to the other extreme of both, proportionally speaking.

@11 (John) - He posted a link on one of the other pictures to his .Mac gallery where you can get them fullsize.

http://gallery.mac.com/aaronsteele#100054

@John:

If you check the Flickr gallery again, you should find the link the photographer put up to the original photos. They're now available as a download for wallpaper use.