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| Brand: Apple
Category: CE
Buy New: £123.99
New (4) Used (3) Refurbished (3) from £74.99
Rating:  19 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 2.8 x 20.5 x 27.6
MPN: MA980ZO/A
Model: MA980ZO/A
UPC: 885909193820
EAN: 0885909165056
Release Date: September 13, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 16-19 of 19
 Neat hardware spoiled by poor software support for PC users January 9, 2008
Mr. P. J. S. Duckworth (Fakenham Norfolk)
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
My previous player was a 2 gig Zen V which I bought because it allowed me to convert all my old jazz tapes and vinyl discs etc to digital files on the PC hard drive along with my CD's. It's the only player that lets you do this, and I liked it a lot. Having run out of memory I decided to go for an 8 gig player and chose the new nano because of its slim case and larger screen.
First impressions were very favourable as it is very slim and seems well made. Although the quick start guide is very skimpy and basic, I soon had itunes downloaded and the musical contents of my hard drive into the player. Watch out though, as Apple try to get you spending money in their shop straight away and start to hustle you for a credit card number, saying you cannot be properly registered without it.
Getting photos - I have more than 100 selected ones - onto the player was slightly more difficult but installing my movie clips from Digicam files became a major problem. Unhelpful error messages said this nano could not play them. After printing out the 72 page handbook and spending hours in 'Help', I fixed the problem by using the 'advanced' itunes settings.
Music sounds very good indeed on the little earplugs, having clarity and depth. My zen sounded similar by engaging the 'classical music' equaliser.
The screen is bright and clear but don't get carried away. It has only gone from being tiny to being small and although just about OK for viewing 30 sec movie clips, it is not practical to use for full length videos etc, without prodigous eye strain.
Photos were a big disaapointment as Apple have not included a zoom function. This is really crazy as it badly needs it. Pocket digicams always have it for viewing photos as does the Zen, making a great feature of it.
The cover flow function is a nice idea but I could only get 7 covers to download from itunes, out of 200 albums, making the function quite useless. It simply would not allow the transfer of the album covers from Windows media player into the itunes library. It became quite clear that the detailed instructions I followed for many hours of trying , applied to Mac computers only. By contrast, the Zen showed all the album covers with no problem. Apple say that you will get 100% Album cover support if you buy them from the itunes store!!!.
Ratings. Because of the above software difficulties , lack of a photo zoom function and no album cover support for PC users, I can only give it 3 stars which is a shame. I would like a player of the same physical size sponsored by Microsoft instead of Apple, then I could be sure of better support using my PC.
New nano - and support (Sept/07) September 24, 2007
Seren Ade (UK)
20 out of 24 found this review helpful
I'd give this version of the iPod a full five stars... for a few gigs more, cheaper video releases from iTunes, plus either a screen protector or a simultaneous release from an Apple-partner who makes cases!
As a novice the the world of digitised personal music I loved my iPod shuffle (G1) so much that I bought a (4gb G2) nano... and was then given an 80GB (G5) iPod with video. I found the latter disappointing. I spend a lot of time on 2+ hour train journeys and was looking forward to the ability to watch films/favourite TV shows during my travels. In the end, the promise of iPod-release movies was not brought to fruition (other than a small quantity of expensive Pixar shorts available via iTunes) and the hard-drive based format, though portable is still on the clunky side and far from pocket friendly.
With the third generation of nanos built around flash memory technology, Apple has brought video playback into a pocket-friendly format. (Yay!) The new nano is narrower, shorter and about 4x thicker than a credit card. A number of TV shows have now been made available to download via iTunes (still no films outside of the US iTunes site)... though since these are, in a number of cases, significantly more expensive than their DVD counterparts it's hard to imagine anyone favouring the downloads. At the time of writing, feature films are not yet available via the UK version of iTunes... although the Apple UK website and promotional literature do not reflect this, focusing instead on the new nano's technical abilities in terms of video playback.
After the scratching problems associated with earlier versions of the nano, it was disconcerting to receive my brand new nano without a screen protector... and I found myself unwilling to take it anywhere for the first few days of owning it, since the dimensions of the new nano are completely different to those of previous generations (of any model) so that the only currently available case/protection system appears to be the iPod sock. Since iPod socks are only designed to protect the unit from knocks when inside the sock, I'm still constrained on video playback when travelling!
Please, Apple... when releasing a new format of player, could you make sure there's an appropriate case for it to allow usage and protection, because otherwise iPods might be portable, but they ain't useable.
 Very disappointing quality July 15, 2008
J. Beattie (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Unfortunately my experience of this iPod was not as positive as from previous reviewers. The first one only worked for 1 months and then froze, so I had to send it back to Amazon. Amazon was great in responding and quickly replacing the item! However the next iPod was even worse - only lasted for a week, and also the same problem - froze! I had to ask for a full refund. Very disappointing quality from Apple!
Outdated September 17, 2008
kkbuster7
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This iPod looked dodgy ever since it came out. It looks more or less a miniature version of the ipod classic. It's just 50 than a classic. This only store 8 GB while classic store 80 GB and it has no extra features whatsoever. Finally the 4th generation is out and that can do things the classic can't so don't buy this.
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