- 16 GB capacity for about 4,000 songs
- Up to 24 hours of audio playback on a single charge
- 1.54-inch (diagonal) color TFT display with 240-by-240-pixel resolution (220 pixels per inch)
- Support for AAC, Protected AAC (iTunes Store), MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible, Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV audio formats
- One-year limited warranty
Pros: very small size is able to fit in the key pocket of running shorts; minimal weight doesn't feel like you're wearing it; little to no need for straps, holders, etc. for use; ability to rotate the screen a welcome feature
Cons: Has no key lock or powersave feature, resulting in frequent unintentional power drains; Difficult to control when on the move; Touch navigation quite irritiating over such a small footprint; lack of single dial for volume, stop, advance sorely missed; analog clock of limited value; clip length is such that certain waistbands won't hold it in place
Recommendation: Its predecessor is larger but is easier to use. There is very little incentive for this version unless you don't have a working 5th generation iPod or demand the very smallest device possible.
Form & Fit: When you use this iPod, you'll be shocked how easy it is to forget you're wearing it. I've even had the embarrassing search for the item only to realize it was still on the waistband of the last pair of shorts I took off. So the "footprint" and awareness factors are fanastic. Keep in mind that you will occassionally find that the clip, being so small, won't be able to get its "jaw" around a thicker waistband securely. It will also not keep a secure hold on a magazine holder of a treadmill. As for wearing it on a t-shirt, you'll find the novelty of that wear out quickly, as it bounces when you move, gets in the way of exercising, is irritating to be on one sleeve, and would be too low to be at the bottom of the shirt. I prefer to clip it onto the waistband of shorts,
Function: The plus and minus buttons for volume are welcome, but you'll notice there's no button to pause. Barring special earphones, you have to tap the screen while music is playing to get a screen that shows a pause button. Worse, if your music has been playing for 30 seconds or so, the screen goes black, so you then have to press the power button to get the screen to appear, then tap the screen to get to the screen that has the pause image. This is irritating, and makes it difficult to quickly pause to greet or answer someone. Worse still is advancing a song. Unless you have earphones with a button that will advance on double-click (not provided), you must again go through the ritual of pressing the power button on your discretely hidden iPod, then pull it out, then tap the screen, then tap the "next track" button. Unlike the 5th generation nano, there is no "key lock". This means that the iPod nano 6th generation can easily have its feather-sensitive power button activate in a zipper pocket in your bag. Countless times I've been ready to go, only to see the little red sliver of minimal power appear, forcing me to go back to the older version.
The touchscreen is almost too small to be useful. My index finger can easily cover half the space, and there is quite a bit more scrolling when you can only see four or five songs in a playlist at one time. Since there is no dial, you are not able to navigate quickly by starting letter, as is the case with its predecessor. There is also the phenonmenon of menu burial, where I power the nano, the clock appears, and it seems to take way too many finger scrolls to get back to the playlist or options. On a positive note, orienting the screen on demand by rotating your fingertips is great, preventing the ackward neck straining earlier when wanting to check what the next song will be.
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I'm one that uses the Nano solely as a music player, therefore the subtraction of video features was not a issue for me. I have now owned my iPod Nano 6th gen for a little over a year and this is what I think of the player.
-[POSITIVE ASPECTS]-
+ I'm not a touch fan because of the inconvenience of having to look at the screen anytime I wanted to do anything with it but adding the armband has virtually eliminated this complaint, yes you still have to look at the screen but you can do it quickly and painlessly. I find its usability (with the armband) to be just as great as the previous generations.
+ The screen is responsive and despite being so small it is quite easy to quickly navigate. The quick letter scrolling on the right side of the screen is actually very responsive and surprisingly easy to use despite having such a small screen. I've had very few situations where the screen was not immediately responsive when I swipe or touch the screen, the only time there seems to be a delay is when I'm loading a playlist that has a lot of songs (over 1,000) and even then it doesn't take that long.
+ Sound quality is probably the best of the current generations of iPods, its louder and sounds more full compared to the iPod Classic and even the iPod Touch. I actually found the SQ to be better than my iPod Classic, even with the 128kbps AAC conversion turned on vs full bitrate music (at least 256kbps) on my iPod Classic.
+ navigation is extremely quick and effective for a touch screen. tap the (i) in the corner of the now playing screen and a list of songs from that album will show up along with the ability to rate the song. A simple swipe to the right goes back to the Now Playing screen. You can also swipe to the left from the now playing screen to get access to fast forwarding/rewinding a song, genius list creation, repeat and shuffle functions. This device actually offers the quickest navigation for rating songs than any other iPod I have used; which includes iPod Video, iPod Classic, iPod Shuffle 2nd/3rd/4th gen and iPod Nano 1st/2nd/4th generations.
+ Physical button functions are added with the 1.2 software update, as such you can customize the power button to function as a start/stop button or skip forward button when the user double taps the power button. This is excellent for those times you can't or don't want to look at the screen but want to skip to the next song or if you are interrupted and need to quickly pause the music.
+ Software update 1.2 adds the ability to change the main navigation screen to make it easier for those who had trouble touching the small icons on the home screen. Now the device will display one giant icon and you can swipe through them instead of having 4 small icons per screen.
+ Device is solid. Nano is made out of aluminum & glass while all the other competition (outside of the now defunct Zune) is using cheap plastic to make their players. This is one thing that always stood out to me with iPod products, they are definitely built to last versus the competition.
-[NEUTRAL ASPECTS]-
-/+ Colors aren't very great this year. I find the orange to be far too gold looking for my taste. Green and blue have a real pale look to them versus the last generation. The ones that look good are graphite and red (red looks EXTREMELY rich this year), sadly the standard silver is also pale in comparison to the previous generation.
+/Incredibly small and versatile. Being as small as it is and light the player can go virtually anywhere on you and will take no space in your pockets (depends on where you clip it of course). The clip is strong enough to be sturdy but not have a death grip on your clothes either. You'd really have to shake, rattle and roll if you wanted the device to fly off your body. There is a drawback to this, if you're one of those types that lose things this device would be easy to lose and since it has virtually no weight this thing could easily end up in the washing machine.
+/iTunes, while bloated, is one of the best products you can use to sync music players. None of the competition even comes close to the options iTunes allows with Smart Playlist, virtually any rule you can think of can be created in iTunes. At the same time the software can be buggy and in extreme cases, some upgrades can even cause you to lose you're entire library (happened to me twice)!
-[COMPLAINTS]-
No capacity updates going on 4 years now; It should be hitting 32GB by now at the same price point but for whatever reason Apple has decided capacity is no longer important. Sad coming from the company that was once light years ahead of the competition in this department. Would like to see Apple bump up the capacity at the next iPhone/iPod event. That being said, I think my space requirements is in the minority, 16GB should be plenty for those of you that don't have 100s of gigs of music. For me, 16GB even with 128kbps conversion turned on does not allow me to put on all the music that I enjoy listening to (songs rated 4+) so if I have a song that I want to listen to I have to hope it synced this time around.
Screen is prone to scratching as well as cracking. My first 6th generation nano got a cracked screen a little over a year after ownership and there were no drops or unnecessary roughness done on my part. It also ended up pretty scratched even though it spent most of its life on my upper arm in a armband. So I recommend one invest in a clear screen cover to help prevent scratching.
Downgraded from previous versions, no camera, no speaker, no video support or built in microphone. Something that ultimately should have dropped the value of the device rather than keeping the device at the same price point when it first came out.
Pricing is still high for what you get. Even though the price has been dropped in 2011, you can get a Sansa ClipZip @ 8GB capacity for less than half the price of the 8GB nano, plus buy a 16GB expansion card (giving a total capacity of 24GB) and still come out ahead. $130 for 8GB with no option of expanding in 2012 is a little absurd. What I think the pricing should be is, $100 for the 8GB and $130 for the 16GB.
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Believe it or not, this is my first iPod purchase. I've always had numerous other MP3 players with I was very happy with, except for the integration with iTunes. The iPod certainly solve the iTunes issue, but it isn't quite the 'perfect' product I was expecting for the price.
*The touch screen is nice in some ways, but it doesn't always respond to my touch since I have short-medium length fingernails. I can imagine that someone with large hands would have issues. Also, the integrated clip was a great idea, but half the time when I'm unclipping it, I end up pushing buttons since the device is so small.
*I planned to use the Nano at least 50% for the time for listening to Audiobooks, and I was a little disappointed here. The Nano goes to standby mode while you're listening to save battery life. BUT when I need to pause my book, You have to wake it up, then navigate back thru 3 screens to get where I can pause. By then, I've missed 30 seconds of dialog while my kids were screaming! And when rewinding thru an Audiobook, the seconds/minutes are not displayed. So it is very difficult to find your place. Also, while you're listening, neither the chapter nor times are shown on the main screen. My Sansa Fuze and Creative Zen are FAR superior for listening to Audiobooks (Both of which cost me less than half the price, with equal or more storage capacity).
So, for me, I guess the Nano will primarily be used for music, and I'll be forced to carry around a second device for Audiobooks.
But it is very cute!
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I bought this product thinking that the battery will lasts enough time duriag the day. The battery only lasts 4 hours eventhough it was fully charged. the manufacter says it lasts 24 hours charged
I've never been a huge Apple product fan and usually for good reason. Most of the Apple products I've owned in the past have been riddled with glitches and technical problems, but so far so good with this Nano.
The Nano is small (obviously) and it performs pretty well. The sound quality is good, too. The only real con I can think of with this Nano is the battery life. I thought most Apple products had very long battery life but this thing dies much quicker than most other MP3 players that I've owned in the past. Compared to a SanSisk Sansa MP3 player I had recently I would say it needs to be charged twice as often. Still a solid purchase.
