Yup, after my post long ago about the new iPods, I actually bought one of the blighters! After searching for weeks on the Internet on sites like Amazon and the official Apple store, there were no 16GB's to be found, and me being so desperate to get one, I took the risk of ordering from eBay, and luckily, It payed off! So I now have a shiny new iPod nano! Im thinking about writing a full length review, probably very soon, but for now im just going to go over some of my first thoughts!
Well, where to start! I think the hardest decision for me was which colour to go for! It was a close call between Yellow, and Green, and possibly even black...but after observing that the Green was selling out in most places, I decided that that one was too popular, and i didnt want to get the one everyone else was going for, so It was Yellow or Black. Considering they went to the trouble of making 7 different colours, I thought it would be a waste to get the boring black one, and I ended up deciding on Yellow, and Im glad i did :)
After ordering it from a fairly respectable seller, it was just a matter of waiting, and I only had to wait just over two days, and it arrived this Wednesday, so ive had a full weekend and longer to get to know it, Im happy to say it doesnt disappoint. The colour realy is beautiful! and its made out of that shiny Aluminium stuff, that really feels great in your hand! it looks especially great when the light hits it just right, and the yellow really comes through! My only disappointment with the colour is that sometimes, when it is quite dim, it can look gold and gold look a little uglier than yellow in my opinion.
Away from the colour the actual body of the iPod is really nicely shaped. Its extremely thin, even thinner than you would think...As a matter of fact, you cant even fathom how thin this is until youve held one...and thats the truth! I didnt have the privilege of seeing one in person before buying one, so I actually had no idea what it was going to feel like, and i was pleasantly surprised. It just feels so right in your hand. My only complaint about the body, is that when mine came it had a very small, but very noticeable dent in the bottom of the aluminium casing, that really shows up when the light hits it. That really upset me when i first saw it, but now i think of it more as like...My iPod is different to everyone elses! Totally unique :p
If you care about this you probably already know what its main features are, but the lowdown it, its got an accelerometer in it, which means it can tell which way it is being held, so you can turn it on its side to go to cover flow, or shake it to go to shuffle mode etc. That is the only real addition to the new model, aside from the Genius feature, which you need an iTunes account to use, so I havent tried it out yet. But the accelerometer is very good. Its fast, responsive, and useful, not to mention quite cool! I find that it can be a bit slow to transfer to cover flow, but thats probably because its got to load all the album art onto the screen, not a problem with the accelerometer.
Speaking of loading, the iPod is very fast! browsing through the menus is really smooth, and if it loads at all, its un noticeable. Which is quite positive as far as im concerned. Even transitions between screens is pretty, with delicate transition effects like album art flipping around to reveal track listings and menus sliding in from the side, which is a nice addition, and just adds to the sleek-ness.
And really what is an MP3 player without music? the sound quality here is standard, the same as all other iPod models, but its headphones that really make the difference in quality and its the this that really lets the nano down, i recommend you get yourself some better earphones if you buy any apple MP3 player, as the apple standard ones are really pathetic. While were talking about quality, the screen really is great! absolutely flawless. Album art looks fantastic (when in cover flow mode the cover art does look slightly blurry, but thats because its been resized to fit, and as soon as the now playing screen appears, it looks great) and thats all there really is to say, Just great!
Well thats all I can think to say for now, thanks for reading! And be sure to come back regularly!
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