“In its almost-seven-year lifespan, the iPod has often changed form and function as Apple has scrapped old versions to give this gadget new capabilities,” Rob Pegoraro reports for The Washington Post. “Apple’s latest updates arrived last week. It yet again redesigned the iPod Nano, long the best-selling model, to make it a far more useful video viewer.”
“The new Nano (available in nine colors, at $149 for an 8-gigabyte model and $199 for a 16-GB unit) could be mistaken for the one Apple sold two years ago. But it’s thinner, especially at its edges, and features a much larger screen,” Pegoraro reports. “And it hides an accelerometer that, like a Nintendo Wii controller, responds to how you hold the thing.”
Pegoraro reports, “When you tilt the Nano on its side, the image on its screen flips automatically from portrait to landscape mode, providing much more room for viewing photos, videos, TV shows and movies. (With music on, turning the Nano sideways brings up the Cover Flow view of your library, as a list of album covers — and, annoyingly, stops the Click Wheel dial from adjusting the volume.) Hold the Nano upright, so the screen is on top, and the display reverts back to portrait mode.”
“This clever trick allows this year’s Nano to pack the same size screen as last year’s model into a smaller and lighter package,” Pegoraro reports. “That accelerometer also lets you shuffle music with a vigorous shake of the Nano.”
Pegoraro advises, “If you’re looking for a new music player today, my advice would be to get the iPod nano.”
Full article here.
Duh! I should be a “journalist”.
And just as you get used to “shake and shuffle”, you borrow the wife’s iPod classic and give it a vigorous shake.
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Does anyone know if the new Nano works with Nike+ ? (or any materialization of the iphone version?) I haven’t found any documentation that states it is compatible. So far all I have is really fancy shoes.
“Does anyone know if the new Nano works with Nike+ ?”
Yes.
http://www.apple.com/ipod/nike/run.html
“Grab your iPod nano or iPod touch, a pair of Nike+ shoes, and the Nike + iPod Sport Kit or Sensor. Put the sensor in your Nike+ shoe — there’s a built-in pocket specifically designed for it under the insole. Then connect the receiver to your iPod nano. iPod touch includes built-in support for Nike+, so no receiver is necessary. The sensor tracks your run, then sends the data to your iPod.”
You could also grab your iPud and give it a vigorous shake!
But only the Zune provides you with that warm, squirtastic satisfaction.
Jeez, Wandering Joe, I was just drinking red wine when I read your post. Talking about a mess!
@Nick – I think that squirtastic satisfactions is actually diarrhea as you poop out a brown zune…