4 GB iPod Nano Black Review

From the Manufacturer

Take everything you love about iPod and shrink it. Now shrink it again. The pencil-thin 4 GB iPod Nano Black packs the entire iPod experience into an impossibly small design. So small, it will take your music places you never dreamed of.

Believe Your Ears. Call it astonishing. Unbelievable. Impossible, even. Then pick it up and hold it in your hand. Take in the brilliant color display. Run your thumb around the Click Wheel. Put on the earbuds and turn up your music. That’s when everything becomes clear: It’s an 4 GB iPod Nano Black. It holds up to three days’ worth of music. It plays for up to 14 hours between battery charges.(1) It displays the color album art for the song you’re listening to right now. It carries your photos, podcasts and audiobooks. It syncs seamlessly with iTunes. It connects to a host of iPod accessories. Simply put, 4 GB iPod Nano Black is 100-percent iPod. And then some.

Touch and Go

4 GB iPod Nano Black's Click Wheel puts music under your thumb. Click to fast-forward, rewind, play, pause or access menus. Use the touch-sensitive surface to control volume or browse music. You can do it all without looking. But with an iPod this beautiful, who’d want to?

Song Stylings

Add accessories to your iPod nano via the Dock connector and headphone jack and your music will always keep up with you -- at home, on the go, even in your car. Of course, in either signature white or sleek black, iPod nano itself makes the ultimate accessory. Up to 4 GB(2) of skip-free storage on a featherweight iPod means you can wear almost three days’ worth of music around your neck. Or jog with 1,000 songs on your arm. Now that you can take your music everywhere, there’s no limit to where it will take you.

The small form of the iPod nano lets you take your music anywhere.

4 GB iPod Nano Black Features

• Holds up to 1,000 songs and full-color album art

• Only 3.5 x 1.6 x 0.27 inches and 1.5 ounces

• Bright 1.5-inch color LCD display

• Up to 14 hours of battery life

• Apple Click Wheel

• Charges and syncs via USB

• Accessory-compatible Dock connector

• Completely skip-free playback

• Works with Mac OS X or Windows 2000/XP

• Plays music, podcasts and audiobooks

• Holds up to 25,000 photos

• Syncs contacts, calendars and to-do lists

1. Rechargeable batteries have a limited number of charge cycles and may eventually need to be replaced. Battery life and the number of charge cycles vary by use and settings. See www.apple.com/batteries for more information.

2. 1GB = 1 billion bytes; actual formatted capacity less. Song capacity based on 4 minutes per song and 128-Kbps AAC encoding.

What's in the Box?

4 GB iPod Nano Black, earbud headphones, USB 2.0 cable, dock adapter, QuickStart guide, CD with iTunes for Mac and Windows and features guide

So what features does the 4 GB iPod Nano Black Have?

• Color: Apple 4 GB iPod Nano Black

• Storage and song capacity: 2 GB (1000 songs)

• Battery life: Up to 14 hours of music playback; up to 4 hours of slideshows with music

• Display: 1.5-inch (diagonal) color LCD with LED backlight, 176 x 132 pixel resolution, .168-mm dot pitch, support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously

• iPod Ports: Dock connector, stereo minijack

• Connectivity: USB through Dock connector

• Charge time: About 3 hours (1.5-hour fast charge to 80% capacity)

• Audio support: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, WAV, AIFF

• Photo support: Syncs iPod-viewable photos in JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only) and PNG formats

• Size (in inches): 3.5 by 1.6 by 0.27

• Weight: 1.5 ounces

• Included software: iTunes for Mac and Windows

• Included accessories: Earbud headphones, USB cable, Dock adapter

• Documentation: Electronic documentation and getting started guide

• Limited warranty and service: Your iPod comes with single incident telephone support for the first 90 days and a one-year limited warranty. Purchase the AppleCare Protection Plan for iPod to extend your service and support to two full years. Only the AppleCare Protection Plan provides you with direct telephone support from Apple technical experts and the assurance that repairs will be handled by Apple-certified technicians using genuine Apple parts. For more information, visit Apple support or call 800-823-2775.

• Frequency response: 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz

• Headphones: Earbud-style headphones with 18-mm drivers using Neodymium transducer magnets; frequency response: 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz; impedance: 32 ohms

• Mac system requirements: Macintosh computer with USB port (USB 2.0 recommended), Mac OS X v10.3.4 or later

• Windows system requirements: PC with USB port or card (USB 2.0 recommended), Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later

• Customizable settings: Customize main menu; create multiple On-the-Go playlists; adjust audiobook playback speed; clicker playback through headphones; rate songs; shuffle songs or albums; repeat one or all; Sound Check on or off; 20 Equalizer settings; backlight timer; display contrast; alarms on, off, or silent; sleep timer; date and time; display time in menu bar; contacts sort and display by first or last names; clicker on or off

• Languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish

• Additional language support for display of song, album and artist information: Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Ukrainian

• Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)

• Non operating temperature: 4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)

• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing

• Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

• Input and output: Dock connector, 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

• Power and battery: Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery; playtime: Up to 14 hours when fully charged; photo slideshow with music viewing time: Up to 4 hours when fully charged; charging via USB or FireWire to computer system or power adapter

• Fast-charge time: About 1.5 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)

• Full-charge time: About 3 hours

• Height: 3.5 inches

• Width: 1.6 inches

• Depth: 0.27 inches

• Weight: 1.5 ounces

Conclusion

Get the full iPod experience in an impossibly small design. The pencil-thin 4 GB iPod Nano Black includes all the features of a normal size iPod, like the Apple Click Wheel, bright 1.5" color LCD display and completely skip-free playback, in a sleek package. Holds up to 1000 songs and features full-color album art, and can play podcasts, audiobooks and store up to 25,000 photos, too. Features the same 30-pin dock connector as previous iPod and iPod mini, so accessories are interchangeable.

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