Apple iPod nano 8 GB Blue (4th Generation) | 
| Brand: Apple
List Price: $149.99
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Rating:  350 reviews
Sales Rank: 31
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 345 more reviews...
 Good Ideas, Poor Execution September 23, 2008
Matthew I. Lyons (Houston, TX USA)
156 out of 164 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
125 out of 140 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.
 Some nice improvement but incompatible with Bose... October 8, 2008
Joseph D. Snell (seattle, wa)
87 out of 88 found this review helpful
Having 16GB of storage is a huge plus for the new version of the Nano.
The control wheel seems a bit "stiff" and it is not as responsive as past versions but it works fine.
The menus and setup choices have been improved. These are nice but don't make a major difference. "Shake" shuffle is a bit silly (in my opinion it is just as easy to push the advance on the control wheel) but it can easily be turned off.
BIG MINUS - Apple un-necessarily changed the plug on this version of the Nano. The unit will not charge using my older iPod chargers. The bigger issue is that my Bose and other expensive speaker units will play this Nano but they won't charge it.
Apple is beginning to act more and more like Microsoft - forcing its customers to make un-necessary software upgrades and expensive hardware changes in order to use their latest product versions.
Anyway - the Nano is a great product. If you already have a Nano the only justification I can find to upgrade would be the need for more storage or the desire to play video on a very small screen.
If you don't need the video or more music storage you should stick with your older Nano.
very disappointed! October 27, 2008
B. Lewis (AZ)
60 out of 66 found this review helpful
The 5-STAR reviews are all written by one or two people! Do not believe them!
What a major mistake Apple made in designing this thing. It is so frustrating trying to deal with this accelerometer; it will drive you crazy! It is so annoying and unavoidable it will make you not want to bring your Nano with you. Just the slightest movement and the Nano goes into a different mode - I don't want it to go into a different mode! I was really looking forward to my new nano. I am returning it tomorrow.
Update: COVERFLOW CAN NOW BE DISABLED! (New rating: 4 stars) October 2, 2008
ffass (Brooklyn, NY United States)
52 out of 58 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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