Apple iPod nano 16 GB Black 4th Generation

Apple iPod nano 16GB Black (4th Generation) New design, new features, iPod nano rocks like never before! For those about to rock, we give you nine amazing colors. But that’s only part of the story. Feel the curved, all-aluminum and glass design and you won’t want to put iPod nano down. And brains, too.The new Genius feature turns iPod nano into your own highly intelligent, personal DJ. It creates playlists by finding songs in your library that gogreat together. Made to move with your moves! The accelerometer comes to iPod nano. Give it a shake to shuffle your music. Turn it sideways to view Cover Flow. And play games designed with your moves in mind. Features: * A musical Genius.Say you’re listening to a song you really like and want to hear other tracks that go great with it.The Genius feature finds the songs in your music library that go great together and makes a Genius Playlist for you. It’s like having your own highlyintelligent, personal DJ. * Find your music faster. It’s even easier to find the song you want tohear. Now you can view your album art in Cover Flow. Or just press and hold the Center button to browse by album or artist. When you find the right song, press the Center button to add it to your on-the-go playlist. * Rock and roll over. Tilt or turn iPod nano on its side, and you’ll listen, watch, and play in new ways. You can flip through youralbum art with Cover Flow. Or, vertically speaking, see more albums and artists on the screen at one time. * Shake your groove thing. Sometimes, wecould all use a little unpredictability. And now you can shake to shuffle your music. Just give iPod nano a shake and it shuffles to a different songin your music library. You’ll always be surprisedby what you’ll hear. * Let the games begin. Nowyou can get in on games made especially for iPod nano and the accelerometer. T

User Ratings and Reviews

3 Stars why so pricy?
Ladies and gents! you can get an 80gb for the price of this 16bg. I LOVE my 80gb 5.5 gen iPod and have NO plans to upgrade. The last iPod Nano (the first iPod nano to feture videos) is also a gem. I bought one for my Dad and it really is so lovely and tiny and he can sneak it anywhere he wants. However, Appel might have fallen victim to over design.

Im glad the TOUCH is not going to be the stadard. I think the classic wheel is the best way to go for music, videos, and games. The wheel is the best invention since… well… the wheel.

I like the classic white and these colors are a bit to fruity for me. Personally I would like a Black or Silver iPod so it would match my iPod speakers.

Also, Im not sure about the Genius playlist it makes. I listen to a LOT of audio books I have on CD format. I dont normally buy them off iTunes but borrow them for free from the library and download them to my iPod to save money. How will this iPod read that?

I may be wrong and it may be a great iPod. Appel iPods have yet to disapoint me. I will not buy a cheep MP3 player, I will only go iPod but I plan to buy a 6th gen 80BG silver iPod for my spouse instead of this new one. After all, its the same price as this one’s 16 GB.

1 Star Disappointing On Every Level!!!!!!
I have to hand it to Apple because their iPods really beat every other competitor to the market. With everything that’s happening, expecting a yearly new round of iPods every September has become a yearly ritual.

Once again everything that i expected to happen with the Nano happened. It got a make over including new colors as it always does. While the classic iPod goes completely ignored with 2 dull colors as always. I am glad the white iPod is gone in place of the Silver and of course there is black but the classic uses a cheap plastic cover for the black one while the silver has a fresh coat of shine to attract your attention. I always thought the classic was Apples reigning iPod money maker but i guess i was wrong because this one always gets ignored while the Nano’s get all the interesting changes including new colors and the new full screen art work when music plays, while that feature is completely lost on the new upgraded classic. I don’t understand why is it so hard to make the classic in other colors? I don’t even want to call this an upgrade because i thought the classic was getting bumped up to 220GB but instead it’s dropped to 120GB from the 160GB model. How again is this an upgrade? Even if the GB didn’t get bumped up i would have settled with the classic getting a smaller scroll wheel the size of the Nano and then having the screen increased to the size of the Zune. Well, that didn’t happen either.

Another disappointing note is that i was actually looking forward to purchasing an iPod Touch and anticipated a 60GB model being release. Of course that didn’t happen. Only a new metallic back with a volume rocker and a price drop of $100.00 each. The current model shouldn’t even be advertised at 32GB because when you get home it’s really 29.78 with the other 2GB plus memory used for Apple’s UI etc.

Once again Apple has disappointed the masses with their non-existent yearly upgrades. I’ve just picked up my Zune 120GB and will still utilize my 160GB iPod as well. But with the amount of movies i have I’d like to watch them on a bigger screen instead of the small screen that the iPods have. So I’m a Zune fan for life till Microsofts next upgrades in September 2009 or till something better comes around.
5 Stars New Nano with Accelerometer & More Storage
I’m always skeptical if they can improve the next iPod. I just got the brand new iPod Nano 4th generation. It’s quite the impressive device. The thinness blows my mind.

COOL NEW FEATURES – This new generation iPod Nano features accelerometers like had been in the iPhones and iPod Touch. This sensor knows when you rotate the device sideways, so that cover flow view appears automatically. Brilliant! Furthermore, if you want to change up what you’re listening to, just shake the device. Some games will also use the accelerometer.

The new Genius feature is also great. Select a song, and then tell the iPod you want to use the Genius feature. It will find songs in your collection similar and create a playlist to suit the mood you’re in. You’ll be amazed by what it finds!

The way they curve the metal and glass is so incredibly impressive, when you see the device in person. Next, the device has a very solid feel to it, and the colors are gorgeous, all of them.

Space – This is the 16 GB version, which I think is great to put lots of files on. However, if you are sure you don’t want the extra space the 8GB will save you a few dollars.

Overall, the new interface of the Nano is gorgeous. You’ll enjoy using this device.

Finally, if you’re looking for a solid music player, the iPod Nano delivers fantastic features and continues the solid iPod line. Really, what else could you need in a small music player? I think it’s fantastic, and I can’t wait to go continue to enjoy the music on mine. The new features have really impressed me. I didn’t think they had anything to add, but they did, and the features are useful.

4 Stars More storage, more features, more colors
I’ve purchased every generation of the iPod Nano. My favorite form factor was the second generation – thin, light, tall. My favorite feature set was in the third generation, the first to offer video and Coverflow. The 4G Nano combines the best aspects of Generations 2 and 3, bumps the maximum memory to 16Gb – I’d hoped for 32Gb – and throws in some of the more useful features of the iPod Touch as well: accelerometer, portrait/landscape mode for video and pictures, voice recording.

If you’re looking for a top video experience or need an Internet appliance, the iPod Touch is the better way to go, especially with the 2.x firmware and AppStore support. The Touch is beautiful, and approaches a PDA/Palm device for functionality. But for a light, easy to operate audio player, it’s hard to beat the Nano. The “missing” features (FM radio/recorder) mean nothing to me; I don’t use them on the device that do have it. Of the dozen-plus MP3 players I’ve used, nothing else comes close for speed, ease of use, and in-pocket operation.

Limitations of the device are more about iTunes: no subscription service. If Apple ever offered one, I’d drop Rhapsody and the Sansa player in a heartbeat. The new iPod / iTunes Genius feature, similar to Pandora and the Rhapsody Channels feature, could close that gap, but only with my existing library. If you really want Pandora, the iPod Touch (with active WiFi) has the actual Pandora app for streaming music.

Other limitations that for the moment aren’t a big deal to me: stereo bluetooth support, FM play/recording, lack of support for FLAC, OGG and WMA files; screen isn’t 16:9 for optimal widescreen video; memory expansion via micro-SDHC. If these are important to you, look elsewhere.

I confess I preferred the understated colors on the 3G Nano and the black of the earlier generations; the electric-rainbow ROYGBIV color scheme is too much for me, though my wife is thrilled. The black one speaks to me.

All in all: the best keeps getting better. The Nano is my go-to device over 90% of the time for no-hassle audio, chiefly podcasts and audiobooks. Audio, the least interesting feature of the Touch, is the Nano’s specialty. For about the price of the first-generation 32Gb Touch, you can get a 16Gb 4G Nano and a 16Gb 2G Touch, and enjoy the best of both worlds.

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