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Apple iPod nano 4th Generation
First seen: 30 october 2007
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User Score (790)8.4
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Expert Score (46)8.2
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Design (72)10
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Value for money (91)8.8
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Features (178)9.9
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Ease of use (114)10
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Performance (9)9.7
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Sound quality (214)10
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List All 61 PricesPros & Cons
- genius playback, handy features and controls, small and slender size, many different colors, new color screen
- having to charge it, headphone socket in base, itunes and quicktime, slightly stiff click wheel, when you shake it
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 highly intelligent, personal DJ.
Find your music faster. It’s even easier to find the song you want to hear. Now you can view your album art in Cover Flow. Or just press and hold the Center button to browse by …
With the 4th iteration to Apples iPod Nano Apple has made "the thinnest iPod yet". The Nano now features a built in accelerometer that gives it similar functions as the iPod Touch or the iPhone were you can flip it to the side and see music in cover flow mode. A added new feature for the Nano 4G is that you can "shake it" to switch song.
At the same time as the release of Nano 4G Apple …
See moreWith the 4th iteration to Apples iPod Nano Apple has made "the thinnest iPod yet". The Nano now features a built in accelerometer that gives it similar functions as the iPod Touch or the iPhone were you can flip it to the side and see music in cover flow mode. A added new feature for the Nano 4G is that you can "shake it" to switch song.
At the same time as the release of Nano 4G Apple also released iTunes 8.0 which now included HD TV Shows and a new feature called Genius. Apple Genius is suppose to help you find similar music to what you are listening to and build new and interesting playlists based on your preferences. The Genius feature is also built in to the Nano 4G so that you can with the click of a button create a new playlist with based on your music preference.
The new display is a 2" Widescreen display with 320-by-240-resolution. It comes in either 8GB or 16GB and a wide variety of colors.
The Apple Nano 4G is also capable of playing games designed for the Nano. The Games can be controlled via the built in accelerometer.
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Reviews of Apple iPod nano 4th Generation
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Apple iPod Nano (fourth generation, 8 GB)
Reviewer: Mp3.com11 September 2008- Overall 9
The fourth-generation iPod Nano is easy on the eyes and the wallet, and you can't beat its hardware and user interface design. Just be sure to give iTunes 8 a spin before committing. Read more
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Apple iPod Nano 4th Gen 8gb Product Red Color
Reviewer: Testfreaks blog8 October 2008- Overall 9
- Design 9
- Performance 9
The 4th Generation iPod Nano offers a few more features over the last generation that I think people will appreciate. The interface is great, the screen is bright and vivid and works well for pictures, videos and everything else it does. The built in accelerometer is a a nice added feature that adds another dimension to using the iPod, and makes it kind of fun to use as well. Read more
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Apple iPod Nano
Reviewer: Wired12 September 2008- Overall 7
4th Gen iPod Nano — We Want Our Square Form Factor Back! Here's a hard truth: Even if Apple decided to carve its new Nano out of petrified poo and bless it with a Braille display, the interface alone would still make Cupertino's latest flash-based music player leagues better than the competition. So what's our opinion of the new Nano? Well, it's just like the old Nano, just a little roomier (fine) and shaped like an airfoil (weird). This new aerodynamic form doesn't... Read more
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Apple iPod nano (4th generation)
Reviewer: PC Magazine9 September 2008- Overall 8
Apple's slimmed-down, slicker-than-ever iPod nano responds to your movements, creates playlists it thinks you'll like, and makes the competition look like a bunch of clunkers. Read more
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Apple iPod Nano (fourth generation, 16GB, orange)
Reviewer: CNET15 February 2010- Overall 9
The bottom line: The fourth-generation iPod Nano is easy on the eyes and the wallet, and you can't beat its hardware and user interface design. Just be sure to give iTunes 8 a spin before committing. Read more
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Shipping concern
Reviewer: Curtis W. Whitmore, Amazon26 October 2008 See Product at Amazon ($129.99)- Overall 8
I received this item along with another item. i am satisfied with the products but was disappointed with the packing. the shipper used small airbags. the problem was the bags deflated and the contents were loose inside the box and subject to bumping around. my ipod had initial problems with charging then freezing up but now seems to work properly. the problems may or may not have been a result of being bounced around during shipping. Comment Read more or see product
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It works. Always. Besides, it looks simply beautiful.
Reviewer: andig73, gdgt7 July 2009This iPod has been running in my car for 5 years now, connected to an Alpine mobile media system. It never stopped working, not even in cold German winters at -20°C. That was the main reason for me to buy an iPhone 3G last year (which I didn't regret, either) and to look forward to buying an iMac later this year. I like Apple's simple and robust products. I've got the 40GB model - that's just the right size to hold all my music and to back up some personal files (in HDD... Read more
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Huge storage with great feature. ~RED~ is awesome.
Reviewer: Kevin Lynch, Amazon9 March 2009 See Product at Amazon ($129.99)- Overall 10
The iPod Chromatic (or nano 4th generation) is better than any previous version. With a larger screen, twice as much memory, accelerometer, new genius playlist creator, and colors that are POP'N hot, this iPods a keeper. My first iPod was the iPod nano 1st generation white. I loved it. Second I had a second generation nano in the color red. <WOW> the color was awesome with the same great features. Until 2008 I had the second generation. I had no idea what I was missing.... Read more or see product
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"I carry this more than I wear a watch"
Reviewer: CNET23 July 2009- Overall 6
I received this as a gift, about 20 minutes after my 2nd gen nano was pronounced dead due to a stuck hold switch (though this switch had only been used twice, and not for 6 months), and a corroded logic board (moisute entered through docking port). I was 10 minutes into researching Creative mp3 players (sturdy, virtually unbreakable. My 10 yr old Creative Nomad II still works although it has fallen more often than snow in the northeast), when the 3rd gen nano arrived.... Read more
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A 16 GB Dark Purple IPod Nano Is Cool, But Not Ideal For A Cinephile.
Reviewer: Shopping.com9 November 2008- Overall 6
As the links at the bottom will attest, it's a bad time at the Swarts household for independent, fre Read more
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