Apple iPod nano 8 GB Blue (4th Generation) | 
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| Brand: Apple
Category: CE
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $130.00
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Rating:  297 reviews
Sales Rank: 42
Color: Blue
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Display Size: 2
Size: 8 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 2.2 x 1.8 x 4
MPN: MB732LL/A
Model: MB732LL/A
UPC: 885909258000
EAN: 0885909258000
ASIN: B001FA1ND2
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 8 GB capacity for 2,000 songs, 7,000 photos, or 8 hours of video | | • | Up to 24 hours of music playback or 4 hours of video playback when fully charged | | • | 2-inch LCD with blue-white LED backlight and 320-by-240-pixel resolution | | • | Supported audio formats: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV | | • | Supported video formats: H.264, MPEG-4; Supported image file types: JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG |
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Amazon.com Product Description--Posted September 9, 2008
With eight amazing colors, a new curved design, and great new features, iPod nano rocks like never before. The Genius Playlist feature finds the songs in your music library that go great together and makes a playlist for you. With its built-in accelerometer, iPod nano is made to move. Give it a shake, and it shuffles to a different song in your library. Turn it on its side to flip through your album art in Cover Flow. And tilt, move, and play accelerometer-inspired games (games available separately). Watching movies, TV shows, and video is even more fun on the sharp 2-inch screen. And your photos (up to 7,000 of them) look great in portrait or landscape view. Available in 8 GB and 16 GB models, the 8 GB iPod nano puts up to 2,000 songs or 8 hours of video in your pocket.  With a new curved design and great new features, iPod nano rocks like never before. Click to enlarge. |  Up to 2,000 songs, 8 hours of video, or 7,000 photos in your pocket. Click to enlarge. |  Just under a quarter-inch deep. Click to enlarge. |  Available in nine amazing colors; the (PRODUCT)RED nano is available exclusively through Apple. Click to enlarge. |  Enjoy album art in Cover Flow, games, videos, and photos in landscape mode. (Green nano shown here.) | A Musical Genius
Say you're listening to a song you really like and want to hear other tracks that go great with it. The Genius Playlist feature finds the songs in your music library that go great together and makes a Genius Playlist for you. It's like having your own highly intelligent, personal DJ. Find Your Music Faster
It's even easier to find the song you want to hear. Now you can view your album art in Cover Flow. Or just press and hold the Center button to browse by album or artist. When you find the right song, press the Center button to add it to your on-the-go playlist. Rock and Roll Over
Tilt or turn iPod nano on its side, and you'll listen, watch, and play in new ways. You can flip through your album art with Cover Flow. Or, vertically speaking, see more albums and artists on the screen at one time. Shake Your Groove Thing
Sometimes, we could all use a little unpredictability. And now you can shake to change your music. Just give iPod nano a shake, and it shuffles to a different song in your music library. You'll always be surprised by what you'll hear. Let the Games Begin
Now you can get in on games made especially for iPod nano and the accelerometer. They respond to the way you move, so they're immersive, addictive, and a blast. The iPod nano comes with Maze, which lets you work your way through vast mazes by tilting and moving. You can find even more games on the iTunes Store. Even Your Photos Rock
Pull hundreds of photos from your pocket and share them wherever you go. Hold iPod nano upright and see your photos in portrait view. Turn the player on its side to see them in landscape. Your photos look beautiful in their proper aspect ratio on the vibrant, 320-by-240-resolution display. The World's Biggest Small Screen
Watching movies, TV shows, and videos is big fun on iPod nano. And the high-resolution picture looks crisp and vivid on the 2-inch widescreen display. So you can always have a little video with you. Reduced Environmental Impact
The iPod nano embodies Apple's continuing environmental progress. It is designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact: - Arsenic-free glass
- Brominated flame retardant-free
- Mercury-free
- PVC-free
- Highly recyclable aluminum enclosure
What's in the Box
iPod nano, earphones, USB 2.0 cable, dock adapter, quick start guide
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| Customer Reviews: Read 292 more reviews...
 Finally a leap in the right direction September 21, 2008
Kinetic Man
25 out of 28 found this review helpful
I'm not sure where to start exactly, since there seems to be an almost endless amount of good I can say about this little wonder.
Let's start with the first thing I love about it; NO MIRRORED ALUMINUM BACKING. Now now, I know that this is a huge thing for some people since it's sort of Apple's signature and all, but I'm so happy that it's not there since all it does is get scratched up and ugly anyway. Instead it's replaced by a wrap-around brushed aluminum design which doesn't scratch nearly as easy and will stay looking great for years to come (at least my shuffle of the same design has).
Another thing I noticed about the player is an almost silent noise floor. For the not so geeky crowd, the noise floor is the level of audible background noise caused by the unit itself (that hiss you hear when music isn't playing). Although most people never notice it because they use the standard Apple headphones, it becomes more noticeable with higher end headphones that possess a greater frequency range. Again, this may not seem like much, but to an audiophile like me you can't begin to put a price on it.
I'll cut in real quick though with something I'm not too crazy about that Apple is promoting the hell out of right now so I can get it out of the way, and that's the "Genius" feature. The problem is that "Genius" is more "Retarded" than anything else... I wish I could think of a better way to put it but I really can't. You see, when you activate Genius, it's supposed to find similar songs on your iPod or in your library for you to listen to and also recommend other music you might like. The problem is though that there appears to be little to any rhyme or reason to how it selects these songs... For example, activating Genius while listening to Grow Up and Blow Away by Metric (Alt with a soft rock overtone), created a playlist with things like Kill the Poor by The Dead Kennedys (hardcore punk rock). It got it right now and then but was usually the difference between night and day. It's not a feature you're required to use to play your music though so no harm done.
Also new to the nano is the use of accelerometers like those present in the Touch and iPhone, allowing you to tilt it to watch a video or enter cover flow to browse albums quicker. You can also give it a quick shake to enter shuffle mode, but this isn't as useful as the other features I just mentioned... If the games that are already present on the unit are any indication however, Apple looks to be planning to use this feature extensively and to its full potential in the future.
The biggest thing that I feel will draw people in however is how big this player isn't. It's roughly the width and length of two sticks of gum sitting next to each other, and only about as think as if there were two more stacked on top of them. Making it incredibly convenient to carry with you virtually anywhere. And at only $150 for an 8GB and $200 for a 16, it's becoming harder to pass these up even with the stiff competition from other competent companies like Sandisk (Sansa) and Creative (zen).
Don't feel like it's a total overhaul though, features that haven't changed are plenty as well.
The overall interface is the same, and can have a bit of a learning curve if you use the brute force figure it out as you go approach (this was my fist actual iPod myself, since my previous was a menuless shuffle) but can be easily used to it's full potential by logging onto the Apple website for the full manual.
The docking port looks the same as any of the other iPods, but that doesn't always mean it's compatible with various players. I don't own any docks myself, so I can't comment personally. Although I'm taking a wait and see stand on this though, as many docks seem to have compatibility issues as each generation comes and goes.
Overall it's a wonderful little music player that surely wont disappoint, from the casual listener to the hardcore music junkie, it's a must to be considered for anyone in the market.
Update 10/14/08: I've noticed as I use the player more that occasionally the click wheel has a tendency to "lag" a bit behind or is slow to respond. Hopefully this issue will be fixed in a software update though, since from the way it happens I don't think it's a hardware issue. In any case, it isn't a huge deal unless you plan on playing a ton of games. But that doesn't mean that it wouldn't still be nice to have it fixed.
Sleek, Sexy, Reliable October 17, 2008
Porcelain (MB, Canada)
19 out of 22 found this review helpful
I got my pink 8 GB a few weeks ago and I absolutely adore it. I also have a 160GB Ipod which does wonders, but because of the bulk and size of the 160GB I can't put it into my pockets, and when I put it into my purse and absent mindlessly set my purse down my ears buds get yanked out of my ears in a painful way. So I've tried to combat the problem by carrying it in my hand, or using a case with a clip, still uncomfortable and the cases were blocky and unappealing. Unfortunately while waiting for the bus I would get many looks of "I'm going to steal your Ipod." Never fun.
So I decided to pick up this little gem, fits in my pocket, the battery life is wonderful at about 24 hours, the screen is surprisingly clear and bright. It's so slim it can fit anywhere. The features are great, being able to shake your Ipod and have it switch to another song is a quirky fun idea. You have to give it a good shake.
For those who are worried about the cover art kicking in, or while running or jogging it switches to a different track..you really shouldn't worry! I'm trusting that fellow Ipod users know to switch it into hold mode whenever it is in your pocket, (or wherever else) due to the click wheel being able to turn the vol up and down and your battery draining in case a surface, like the inside of your pockets rubs up against it and makes the backlight be on constantly. I use to put any of my older ipods straight into hold mode as soon as I was done picking a song.
It's the same with this little player, put it on hold mode and cover flow will not be turned on when your player rests sideways, as well as the shake and switch feature will not comply, so you can run, jog and do whatever without having to worry.
This is a solid player, portable, with all the great vibrant colours, you can pick your favourite.
It does feel quite fragile however for being so thin, but there are many great case choices online to combat this. Clear plastic cases that don't add so much bulk or block the colour/style of the player will do the trick!
Beautiful November 21, 2008
A. Pham
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
First of all, I've been reading a lot of negative reviews because of the 4th generation's new feature called Cover Flow. Everyone who was upset with it can now calm down, Apple just came out with a new patch version 1.0.3 which allows you to turn on/off the Cover Flow feature, problem solved!! I love my 4th generation iPod now. I upgraded from a first generation nano and I must say I am really impressed with how this one looks, it's beautiful
I just got it today and I'm loving it September 15, 2008
Monkdude (Hampton, VA)
30 out of 38 found this review helpful
I sold my 30 GB 5th Generation iPod that I had for two years and upgraded to this new 4th Generation Nano. I bought the red one off Apple's website (only place you can get that color) and it looks and functions great. The screen is crystal clear and you can turn it sideways for cover flow of all your music, watching videos, looking at pictures or playing games. If you get bored with a song and want to change things up, just shake your iPod (it takes some force, so it won't change if your exercising) and it will jump around your music library and surprise you. The 8 GB version is enough for me because I only use it for music, but the 16 GB is worth the extra $50.00 if you want more than 150 albums or a lot of videos on it. The genius feature is pretty neat as well. You play a song, activate the feature, and it finds other tunes that go good with the one playing.
I love this new iPod! I'm glad I got rid of my bulky one for this sleek looking design.
Great MP3 Player October 6, 2008
Guanxiong Mao (Oakland)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
I'm really impressed by the build quality of the nano. Before this, I used a 2nd gen dell jukebox which had a 20GB capaciy(which was also all aluminum) and I really liked that device because the all aluminum design made it rock solid (though not water proof unfortunately). The only reason I'm getting the nano is because the dell's battery was dying but the device looks just like new except for the few small chips where I kind of dropped it on the sidewalk while jogging.
This feels just as solid as my old Dell, except this weighs under 1/4 as much. The color of these nanos really are amazing. I wasn't sure whether the photos were digitally enhanced (ie passed through photoshop to increase saturation) because they seemed so fantastic. I went for a conservative black, and I'm almost kind of regretting this because now I know the other colors really are as gorgeous as they look in the ad photos. Basically, these shiny smooth aluminum babies make the dell dj look like coarse rubbish (maybe it's just good paint?)
I'm new to the ipod interface. This is my first ipod and at least compared to my old Dell, this is way better. The coverflow really isn't that useful except as a distraction for when you ride public transportation. The color screen though really is gorgeous and extremely detailed; makes the text so much more readable. The scroll wheel did feel a little sluggist to me as well; basically a tad insensitive to the touch so the scrolling lags at times. This however should be easily fixable with a firmware update.
To address the cover flow complains: let me clarify one thing: the ipod doesn't engage cover flow as easily as some people claims. If you set it down flat on a table, it will not go into cover flow mode; only if you turn it sideways but with the screen still facing forward (or maybe backward) will it go into coverflow. In other words, Apple DIDN'T design the nano to jump to coverflow for all directions but vertical. Seriously though, you don't need to change volume all that often. I don't really build play lists with Limp Bizkit and Mozart right after one another so usually I only adjust the volume like once or twice an hour and even then, it's usually to turn the volume down to save battery (my old Dell had a way shorter battery life). If you're fidgeting with the volume so much that the trouble of taking the thing out and turning it upright is a huge annoyance, then I think you need to get the first gen ipod touch 16 gb for 40 dollars more than the nano because you obviously need more distraction than a device designed to play music.
In Summary: terrifically solid build quality, spectacular color and outward design; good software interface with few minor problems; basically a surprisingly good device for a reasonable price (frankly, given that this is an Apple product and the overall quality of the device, I would have expected it to sell 250-300). Ultra light, ultra attractive mp3 player for an affordable price.
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