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Apple iPod nano 4 GB White (1st generation) OLD MODEL

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Apple iPod nano 4 GB White (1st generation) OLD MODEL

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Features

Is 4 GB model stores up to 1000 songs
Only 0.27 inches thin and 1.5 ounces, with a bright color display
Up to 14 hours of music playback; up to 4 hours of slideshows with music
Comes with earbud headphones, USB cable, dock adapter
Compatible with Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later

Description

Song, album, and artist information can also be displayed in Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovenian, Ukranian, and Vietnamese. For Arabic and Hebrew language support, some UI elements are not right to left. Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Product Details

Product Weight:	0.09 pounds
Package Length:	5.7 inches
Package Width:	3.4 inches
Package Height:	2.3 inches
Package Weight:	0.8 pounds
Average Customer Rating:	based on 152 reviews

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Average Customer Review: 4.5

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36 of 38 found the following review helpful:

Extremely fragile. Aug 04, 2006 By RxGirl
First off, let me just say that the nano was my fourth iPod; I have a second-generation 40GB iPod, as well as two minis (1st gen 4GB and 2nd gen 6GB), and was happy with all three until the batteries died. A side note--don't ever store your iPod in a third-party speaker set that also charges. Mine lasted not quite a year and now the battery dies after 20 minutes of play time.

Here is the problem with the nano. It looks cool, is lightweight, and for all intents and purposes, promises to be a great piece of technology. But it is just way too easy to break. My other iPods had taken some abuse over the years, but never showed any signs of considerable wear (except for a scratched screen on the 40GB). I managed to break the Nano two days after purchase on its first use, without any significant trauma to the casing. (I dropped it while sitting on the couch, and it fell two feet.) The screen cracked and the display is ruined, at a cost of over $100 to replace. Even after giving a polite explanation, producing a receipt, and enduring condescension from the manager ("Sometimes things break"), Apple wouldn't take it back.

I really can't recommend this product. There are better iPods out there, namely the Minis, which are more tightly crafted and likely to withstand the pressures of everyday use. Don't waste your money on the nano. It is flimsy and poorly constructed, and you're better off looking elsewhere until they improve their product.

20 of 20 found the following review helpful:

A Great First iPod! Apr 04, 2006
This was my first iPod, and I had wanted a mini for a long time. But unfortunately, the mini got replaced by the nano as soon as I was about to buy it. I was very unsure about the nano at first, but I've become very happy with it. But, as with any iPod, there are some downsides.

Pros:

-Small, so it fits basically anywhere.

-Brighter screen than the mini.

-One of my friends has a mini, and the volume on the nano seems to go louder than the mini.

-It's able to store pictures and contacts, among others.

-The screen is colored, unlike the black-and-white mini.

-I've read many reviews saying it's very fragile, but I've dropped it quite a few times and it hasn't broken (yet).

Cons:

-The headphones plug in at the bottom, which is kinda stupid and takes some getting used to.

-It's almost TOO small. It's very easy to lose.

-Fingerprints show up very easily on the back chrome side, as well as the front.

-It comes in limited colors.

-The acessories it comes with does not include a charger that plugs into the wall, only one that plugs into the computer.

-It scratches very easily.

Overall, I think this is worth 4 stars. It's a good first iPod for people who have not had another different iPod, because this would probably take a while to get used to after having a different one.

31 of 34 found the following review helpful:

Review from a runner May 20, 2006 By C. Britton
This gaget is a great way to take your entire library out with you when you exercise. Most people are aware of the plusses... I thought I'd write up what I think are negatives.

-- I didn't like how you have to purchase a sleeve to carry the ipod in. Most mp3 players come with this accessory. (You also have to purchase other accessories, which I think is a racket)

-- Choosing which songs or playlist you listen to is difficult when you're on the move. My other players have buttons that are easy to feel and navigate once you learn where they are.

--For the same reason, it's also difficult to change the volume.

When running, I actually prefer my older mp3 player that doesn't hold as many songs as my ipod. I think if I had known it was so difficult to search and change the settings while running I'd have chosen a different player.

23 of 25 found the following review helpful:

Take a look in an electronics store Nov 15, 2005 By Brent Royal-Gordon "Perl hacker"
I had an iPod shuffle I was pretty happy with, but a couple weeks after Apple released the iPod nano, I finished a job and got a chunk of money for it. To celebrate, I went out and purchased a nano.

The nano looks fairly unexciting on this page, but once you see one in person--most electronics stores will have one--you'll understand the appeal. This device is incredibly small; I don't think they could've made it any smaller without making the screen too small to read, the click wheel too small to use, and the ports too small to connect to. It feels practically weightless, and fits in the tightest pockets. If you've ever seen the iPod shuffle, the nano is about half as thick and twice as wide.

The screen is beautiful, with sharp text and vivid color. The click wheel has a slightly different texture from the surrounding plastic, which helps when using the device in the dark. The click wheel-based interface is very intuitive: when I took it out of the box it took about ten seconds to get used to the circular motion used to navigate the menus; after that, it felt like the most natural thing in the world. The menus are clear and well-designed, although not quite perfect; the placement of "repeat" and "shuffle" on the settings screen is particularly jarring.

By the way, the packaging is a work of art; you may not want to throw it away.

The nano was clearly designed for exercise; besides its size, it uses completely skip-proof flash memory and is the first iPod to include a stopwatch program. If you're using the iPod for this, Apple has several accessories that may be handy, like lanyard headphones and armbands.

The nano model shown here has 4 gigabytes of internal memory. As a rule of thumb, 1 minute of MP3 music takes up about 1 megabyte; since a gigabyte is 1000 megabytes, the iPod should contain about 4000 minutes of music. Apple advertises it as carrying 1000 songs, which is about right. Serious music fans with 10,000-album collections ripped at 320 kbps might scoff at that capacity, but the average person should be satisified with this--after loading mine up with every song I might conceivably listen to, it's barely half full.

The nano isn't perfect. Like other iPods, it has an internal battery that wears out after 500 recharges. (Apple estimates that'll last 18 months, but it depends on how much you use it.) When the battery wears out, the iPod has to be sent back to the factory for a replacement, which costs a significant fraction of the iPod's original price. iPods as a whole also lack a few features other players have, such as FM tuners--although with FM radios costing only a few bucks, that doesn't seem like much of a loss. Uniquely to the nano, the case seems to be very susceptible to scratching; the little scratches aren't very noticable on the white model (the one I have), but I understand that many owners of black iPod nanos are very upset about this. The standard Apple earbuds are too big for many ears and don't have very good bass; I use replacement "In-Ear Headphones" ($40) which are much better.

But bear in mind that there isn't really a comparable player on the market right now. There are plenty of flash-based MP3 players, but they typically have either smaller capacities or larger dimensions, and usually black-and-white screens; there are plenty of higher-capacity MP3 players, but most use mechanical hard drives (which are prone to failure and skipping) and are much larger than the nano. The nano's 14-hour battery life is a bit short for a flash-based player, but increasing the battery life would require Apple to make the nano larger, and 14 hours is more than most people will use in several days. There is nothing else available with such a good combination of size, reliability, features, and price.

The iPod nano is designed to work with iTunes and the iTunes Music Store. iTunes is a wonderful piece of software for acquiring, organizing, and playing music; my computer's (unusual) configuration doesn't support it, but I really miss it. iTMS, which is built into iTunes, is a pretty good bargain for music--you can buy songs for $0.99 and albums for $9.99 (prices vary by country, though), and the selection is quite good. I'd be happy to use both of them.

Despite the battery and the scratching, I'm extremely happy with my iPod nano. It has more than enough capacity to carry the portion of my music collection I actually listen to; it fits anywhere I might want to stuff it; it's very easy to use; and it keeps going for hours and hours.

29 of 33 found the following review helpful:

Sexy, showy, and solid Sep 17, 2005 By J. Yeh
I've been using my 20 Gigabyte Ipod 4G for a while now and been quietly watching Apple unveil one after another, upgrades to my now defunct Ipod. The Ipod photo which is now standard on the 20 gigabyte and higher models comes in color, longer battery life, and it allows users to view photos. The Ipod shuffle was pretty much a low end flop. Although with its flash memory and relatively small size/price, Jobs even admitted he didn't quite get the same response out as he was expecting.

But enter Ipod Nano- the response has already been tremendous. People I know who want one now have been calling stores nearby to find one and most of the 4GB ones are sold out. I can imagine it'll be like that for a while.

Pros:

What I like about the 4GB model is exactly what I didn't like about my Ipod 20GB model. I didn't use the space at all. I have in rotation about 1000+ songs and I rarely listen to all of them. In fact, I mostly rely on my playlists of about 50+ songs. So really, I was only using about 1/5th the space on the Ipod 20GB model. With the Nano, you get the best of both worlds. Realistically, the most space a typical music listener will ever need is about 4GB or about 1000 songs. I've discovered this with my 20GB Ipod and now unfortunately regret buying the larger model. So Nano to me, fits what I think most music listeners would need in terms of space.

What immediately knocks my socks off with this new Ipod Nano model is the size and weight. When I was going over the product description, it was listed as 1.5 Ounces. I was thinking oh that's only 1/4th the weight of my Ipod 20GB. But then I took the Nano and compared it to household items I have. To put it in perspective: if you were to take eight quarters and place them in the palm of your hand, the Nano would be lighter than that. Just test it out, if you have a dress shirt or pants pocket, put 8 quarters into it. Jump up and down. The Nano is about five sticks of gum. Nothing. 1.5 Ounces is truly amazing. Regarding size, its width is smaller than a number two pencil. The Nano is like six credit cards together.

What I think makes this a simple no brainer awesome product are the capabilities the Nano has. It puts to shame the Ipod mini. It is functionally equivalent to the Ipod photo. Other than the no Firewire capability (yet, probably soon) or bluetooth capability, you can listen to songs, store and show photos, and sync up with a calendar. It has a clickwheel just like its larger brothers (20, 60 GB models). The monitor display is crisp and magnificent for its size. You can't zoom into photos or play with them as you would on a camera or computer but they come out clearly. The color is amazing.

The battery range is more than what they advertise. I've clocked it at going more than 14 hours and 13 minutes. This is on shuffle without the backlight on of course.

Cons:

Limit of colors- I liked the minis because you had the option of choosing what color suited you. I'm more a blue person so neither black or white fits me. The black model is a nice start but I've heard it scratches and shows finger prints too visibly. I hope Apple can release colored ones soon to sorta tie in with the Mini idea.

The earplug connection is on the bottom- why o why would you do that? I understand that if you get the lanyard headphones, it would make sense to have them placed that way so if the Nano was hanging like a necklace, you could see it right side up. But, I plan on using the Nano as a portable music player in my dress shirt pocket because of its light weight and tiny size. So the placement of the earphone plug bugs me.

I'm starting to notice that Apple skimp on accessories for their products. At first they gave with their Ipods, chargers. But with the Nano, the only accessories you get are the Ipod earphones, a dock, and a USB cord. You'll need to buy a power charger separate, which is another 30 dollars if you don't have one already. I had one already from my 20GB model. (This is an aside but people here are falsely posting here on reviews, saying that you can only charge it using the USB connection so you would need a laptop or computer to charge the Nano. This is not true. I've been charging it fine using my regular standard Ipod power charger that came with the 20GB model.)

Overall- If you're not a fanatic music listener and need to have like 4000 songs on one music player, if you're like me, a typical joe who has at most 1000 songs and would never fully use a Ipod 20GB, you'll like the Nano.

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