Gideon reports, “The big news here is the inclusion of a video camera, a mic, and a built-in speaker on the back panel… Adding a video recorder to the nano without increasing the size of the device is an impressive feat. And the camera makes good use of the nano’s accelerometer; you can switch between landscape and portrait mode while filming. There’s no question that a built-in videocam makes the slim iPod nano a far more attractive option than a (relatively) bulky, single-purpose, standard-definition handheld video camera, such as the $140 Pure Digital Flip Mino or the $100 Creative Vado. You’re not going to get HD, but despite its low resolution (VGA, 640 by 480 at 30fps), video captured with the nano is crisp and vibrant and rivals footage from the Mino or the Vado. And it looks and sounds better than video from the iPhone 3GS.”
Gideon reports, “The built-in mic doesn’t provide stellar audio, but high-quality audio and video aren’t the point; you just want to be able to quickly capture a moment and store it without carrying an extra device. The nano does this quite well, organizing your videos by date on a scrollable list under the Video menu. Once imported using iPhoto, sharing your video via Facebook or uploading it to YouTube is a snap… The fact that no other portable media player offers a built-in video camera negates many of its shortcomings.”
Gideon reports, “Nothing else in this price range comes close to its ease-of-use and graceful design. The video camera is merely a bonus. Sure, I wish it captured still images, and that the earbuds sounded better, and that you could do more with radio recordings, but these are minor gripes. Apple has once again improved on a fantastic product. Simply put, you won’t find another player with a video camera, and even if you take that variable out of the equation, given its other features, the iPod nano would remain our Editors’ Choice for portable media players in the $100-200 price range.”
Read the full review here.
Bigger screen, speaker, mic, pedometer, time-shifting radio, and video camera. All those take up space. Somehow crammed into the same tiny sliver as the previous model. Pure cool. I wish I didn’t have a cam in my iPhone, so I could justify getting one!
Maybe I’ll find a $150 dollar bill on the ground and get it anyway. Yellow por favor.
I give it a week or two before someone films a crime in progress and the nano saves the day!
Hmm I read the FM Radio has DVR type function? You can pause live and resume?
Jubei: Yes, you can “pause” FM for up to 15 minutes with Apple’s new 5G iPod nano models.
More info here.
All Crammed In: If you find a $150 bill on the ground don’t bother picking it up.
already ordered one for the GYM,
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HELLO LADIES and PILATES/YOGA!!!
Flip Mino Executives… time for a diaper change!
@ JKPinPDX — LOL
These will be on many an x-mas wish list.
The iPod touch may be the “funnest” iPod ever, but this new nano is surely the coolest.
This player plus a small cheap non-smartphone with low cost (or pre-paid) plan is what a lot of people will want to carry around, versus even an iPhone. You can’t surf the web with that combo, but a lot people would rather not have to pay $70 a month.
The new nano seems very cool, but why do they have to have that ugly printing on the side with the lens. I guess that’s the ‘back’ of the device, but when you use it as a camera – it becomes the front.
It cheapens the look – which would otherwise be perfect.
I don’t know what you MAC fangirls see in these feature bloated MP3 players that don’t come in brown, don’t play WMA files and I’ll remind you that I-Tunes doesn’t take Zune points. A video camera? Give me a break.
Like a an overserved party guest you’re embarrassing yourselves, MAC.
Your potential. Our passion.™
Zune Tang has a point. I think glossy root-beer brown would look sweet on these iPods.
Zuen Twang I see you haven’t fixed your memory leak. You probably don’t remember how you went on and on and on so much about the Zune’s FM radio that it caused the company that makes Energizer batteries to drop.
You already know that the same process that is used to make Zunes brown could be used on iPods, all you have to do is follow the video guide. Here it is again:
But hey I’d be more than willing to give you a break. Where would you like it, the arm, the leg…both perhaps?
Oh speaking of parties, how are the plans for the Windows 7 party at your mom’s house going?