Apple iPod nano 8 GB Silver (4th Generation) | 
| Brand: Apple
List Price: $149.99
Buy New: $132.00
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Rating:  154 reviews
Sales Rank: 52
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Display Size: 2
Size: 8 GB
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 2.2 x 1.8 x 4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: MB598LL/A
Model: MB598LL/A
UPC: 885909240883
EAN: 0885909240883
ASIN: B001FA1NIC
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 149 more reviews...
 cover flow: pointless, annoying, and un-turn-off-able September 29, 2008
Mark Garvey
176 out of 192 found this review helpful
I've had the 4th gen iPod nano for all of three days, and it's going back today. After owning a 2nd gen nano for almost two years, this model seems like a real step backward in terms of usability. Sure, it's skinnier, but who cares? How thin should an MP3 player be? The main reason it's going back is the stupid implementation of the accelerometer. Every time you tilt the thing sideways, it goes into "cover flow" mode--the goofy and pointless mode wherein you can watch tiny replicas of your album cover art flow by on the screen (or, in my case, since I listen mostly to audiobooks and podcasts, I can watch the generic black music-note squares flow by). As a method of navigating your music, cover flow is dumb and inefficient. And thanks to the accelerometer (which you can't turn off), the cover flow thing comes on automatically whenever the ipod tilts--i.e., while you're carrying it in your pocket, or walking with it in your hand, or driving with it lying on the seat beside you. The upshot is that when you think you're making a quick adjustment to the volume, you might actually be scrolling those stupid pictures instead--so you have to pull the thing out of your pocket or wherever, hold it upright, then make your volume adjustment. Did any of the Apple engineers ever try using a prototype for a while? It's perfectly--exquisitely--annoying. So this one's going back, and for less than the price of the new 8GB nano, I'm going to go with a 3rd gen 8GB.
 Nano Got Ya's September 19, 2008
D. Lally
57 out of 58 found this review helpful
Just purchased the 8G 4th generation Nano for my 14yr old. He loves it but has expressed concern about the battery life. Not a serious issue but be advised it does not last as long as previous Nano's. Also, the traditional USB based charging accessories do not charge this device. Only a standard computer based USB port seems to work. We tried to use various older ac-usb,battery pwr USB, DC-usb nothing charged it. Seems Apple decided to wire the pwr to the USB pins and not the firewire. Has caused another "Apple" generated situation where you have to go out and purchase product specific accessories.
 Good Ideas, Poor Execution September 23, 2008
Matthew I. Lyons (Houston, TX USA)
56 out of 59 found this review helpful
With introductions like the accelerometer, genius, redesigned interface, and an even smaller package, who couldn't love Apple's new Ipod nano? While these sound like great additions, they really don't result in a better ipod. While the new interface, genius, and size, don't hurt, the accelerometer really ruins the whole package. The accelerometer might work well in the iphone and ipod touch, in the nano it is just really annoying. It is way to sensitive and causes problems with simple things like volume. The accelerometer often changes the now playing screen to the cover flow which keeps the volume from being changed without the ipod being pulled out and flipped. The shake to shuffle also causes problems, it is to sensitive as well and will activate when it is not intended to. At least the shake to shuffle can be turned off, I just wish the the accelerometer as a whole could be turned off. If it had that capacity this review could have easily turned from a 2 to a 5.
WARNING WARNING WARNING September 27, 2008
Rebecca Sichmeller
51 out of 57 found this review helpful
The new 4G nanos are NOT compatible with any of the old accessories: speakers, car cables, clock radios, docking stations, etc. If you routinely listen through one of these devices, please be aware that your new nano will not charge through these items. They will also burn through your battery because they prohibit your iPod from going into "power saver" mode- and the only way to charge the new iPod is through the USB cable on your computer. Apple does not tell you this anywhere. When I complained Apple told me "too bad." They told me all accessories that were compatible are listed on their website. WRONG- my products are not on the website at all- but is compatible with 4 other iPods we have in the house (including a new 80GB). The tech also mentioned "currently we have no speaker systems compatible with the 4G nano." Nice of them to make this public knowledge before everyone upgrades.
Besides that, the new wheel feels cheap, is smaller and more difficult to use than the wheel on my old 2nd generation nano. Should have stuck with that- but needed the bigger memory size. Nice look, good screen colors and viewing, but I just can't get past that all my old systems are useless for this new and improved iPod.
Update: COVERFLOW CAN NOW BE DISABLED! (New rating: 4 stars) October 2, 2008
ffass (Brooklyn, NY United States)
31 out of 37 found this review helpful
11/12/2008 UPDATE:
Apple has released a software update (via iTunes) that will allow the user of a 4th generation iPod nano to disable the Coverflow view (which activates upon tilting the nano horizontally). This was a major gripe for many but a big "thumbs-up" to Apple for resolving this issue.
Note: I'd update the 4G nano's rating from my earlier 2 stars to 4 but Amazon does not allow me to modify that part (is this a glaring oversight by Amazon, or a glitch with my Firefox brower?).
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Real world testing was not in Apple's nano 4G design process. Otherwise they would've included an option to disable that idiotic Coverflow so users could make casual adjustments to volume and songs by feel. The nano 4G requires you to orientate it vertically to gain back access to those controls! Not good. Maybe Apple will release a software update to remedy this oversight, but they're notorious for not listening to their customers so I returned my nano 4G to Amazon. Colors are vibrant and beautiful, audio quality is excellent, and it feels great in the hand, but if you want a nano then get the 3G one instead...you'll be much happier.
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