Apple today introduced the iPod nano, a revolutionary full-featured iPod that holds 1,000 songs yet is thinner than a standard #2 pencil and less than half the size of competitive players. The iPod nano features an ultra-portable, lightweight design with a gorgeous color screen, Apple’s patent pending Click Wheel and the ability to hold 1,000 songs or 25,000 photos. iPod nano works seamlessly with the iTunes Music Store, the world’s number one digital music service. The iPod nano is available immediately in a 4GB model priced at just $249 and a 2GB model priced at just $199, with both models available in stunning white or black designs.
“iPod nano is the biggest revolution since the original iPod,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO in the press release. “iPod nano is a full-featured iPod in an impossibly small size, and it’s going to change the rules for the entire portable music market.”
iPod nano, thinner than a standard #2 pencil and weighing only 1.5 ounces, comes in two models — the 4GB iPod nano holds up to 1,000 songs and the 2GB iPod nano holds up to 500 songs. iPod nano features Apple’s innovative Click Wheel for precise, one-handed navigation, and its ultra-portable design fits into even the smallest pocket making it easy to take iPod nano to the gym, in the car, traveling, commuting or anywhere you go.
The most fashionable and wearable iPod ever, the iPod nano features optional accessories including lanyard headphones, which integrate the headphone cables into the lanyard, so users can wear their iPod nano around their neck without dangling headphone cables. For customers looking to personalize their iPod nano with colors, an optional set of iPod nano Tubes in pink, purple, blue, green and clear offers fashionable protection in a sheer casing while enabling full operation of all functions including the Click Wheel. Optional armbands available in gray, pink, blue, red and green allow users to wear their iPod nano as the ultimate fashion and sports accessory.
iPod nano features the same 30-pin dock connector as the iPod and iPod mini, allowing it to work effortlessly with a wide range of over 1,000 accessories developed for iPod, including home stereo speakers and iPod car adapters for an incredible music experience at home or in the car.
Featuring seamless integration with the iTunes Music Store and the iTunes digital music jukebox, iPod nano includes Apple’s patent pending Auto-Sync technology that automatically downloads a user’s digital music collection, photos or Podcasts onto iPod nano and keeps it up-to-date whenever iPod nano is plugged into a Mac or Windows computer using USB 2.0. With its stunning, high-resolution color screen, iPod nano allows users to display album art while playing music, view photo slideshows or play games in full color. iPod nano features up to 14 hours battery life and completely skip-free playback, as well as new stopwatch, world clock and screen lock applications.
The 4GB and 2GB white and black models of iPod nano for Mac or Windows are available worldwide immediately for a suggested retail price of $249 (US) and $199 (US) respectively, through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. All iPod nano models include earbud headphones, a USB 2.0 cable and a CD with iTunes for Mac and Windows computers.
New optional accessories designed for iPod nano with the following suggested retail prices include: Lanyard headphones for $39 (US), armbands in five colors each for $29 (US), dock for $29 (US) and a set of iPod nano Tubes in five different colors for $29 (US) and will be available within the next 30 days.
iPod nano requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port and Mac OS X version 10.3.4 or later and iTunes 4.9 (or later); or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows 2000, XP Home or Professional (SP2) and iTunes 4.9 (or later).
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“iPod nano requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port and Mac OS X version 10.3.4 or later and iTunes 4.9 (or later)”
USB 2.0 only? If it has the standard dock, it must still work with FW.
Will Robin Williams resurrect Mork for the ad campaign?
not out yet.
where the pics then????
Nano-nano!
I have a Mac with FireWire and USB 1.1
I’m SOL
it is sweet…i want a black one…apple.com pics are up
I also do not have usb 2.0 I’m using a fruit imac, running 10/3 fine though, and running itunes fine. I just can’t use a damn ipod.
Apple has abandoned its FireWire-only computers. It started with the “optional” FireWire cable last year, and now USB 2 is a system requirement.
I’m a bit pissed at them for that, considering Apple was releasing USB 1.1 computers only two years ago.
2gb for $200 and 4for $250? I think I like the iPod mini better. I’d rather have more space for my music than a smaller player. Hopefully I can still get the mini.
Am I the only one that thinks the iPod Nano is a rip-off?
Yesterday, $199 could buy you a 4 GB mini… today you only get 2 GB!
Yesterday, $249 could buy you a 6 GB mini… today you only get 4 GB!
What is Apple thinking here?
actually quite desirable
If that really is USB 2.0 only, then it sucks.
USB 2,0 is too recent an addition to the whole Mac lineup, and there are too many AOI macs that can’t take a card to add USB 2.0.
It was bad enough when they ditched the firewire cable.
Not a single rumour site saw this coming. Apple’s ability to keep a secret is impressive.
Heaven forbid any announcements about Macs…sigh. Anywho, I must have an iPod Nano, and I WILL HAVE ONE!!! This is a superb product that takes KEWL to a whole new level. Is this the big media even announcment? A little anti-climactic.
Kim Jong II
Check out the specs page – It will work with USB 1.1, but USB 2.0 is recommended.
Very Cool, I must have one.
It holds 25000 photos – WOW!!
I want one
The mini will still be sold, surely ? Even if maybe only the 6GB model. So not a rip off. It’s a choice. The same choice as was introduced when there was a 4GB mini for not much less than a 20GB regular iPod.
These things look really nice too. Much nicer than the mini.
So rival MP3 player makers are going to compete with Apple on design, huh? Well, they’ll need a whopping hunk of good luck now. This little marvel is going to sell like nothing we’ve ever seen. With its tiny size and color display, plus the almighty click-wheel, it’s going to be a huge hit, and will further cement Apple’s dominance in the space. I’m pretty sure it’s also going to really put a dent in the sales of the iPod shuffle, addressing as it does the criticism about the shuffle’s lack of a display or navigation controls.
OMG – I just wet my pants!
The iPod mini is no longer available form the online Apple store… looks like you don’t have a choice.
Wonder how many nano-seconds of music it holds…
I guess I better order one for the girlfriend… yup, here we go again.
I rokr would be great for the jog though… I wonder if they’ll have a carrier in Canada????????
Ipod Mini is now legacy. The Nano is awesome. Yes the mini had more storage for the same price, BUT the Nano has a color screen, has photo capabilities and is 62% smaller. The Nano is Bad Ass!
“Yesterday, $199 could buy you a 4 GB mini… today you only get 2 GB!
Yesterday, $249 could buy you a 6 GB mini… today you only get 4 GB!
What is Apple thinking here?”
Two words: Color Screen.