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2.5 stars
"Innovative, but poor quality player"
Pros: 2-4 gb capacity, beautiful color screen, click wheel, tiny, looks great, no moving parts
Cons: scratches very easily, poor battery life, small formatted capacity, mediocre sound quality with terrible bass.
Summary: The good:
This is the nicest flash-based player I've seen, but not the best I've used. It looks and feels incredible in your hand (extremely lightweight, small, and the build quality is pretty good) The color screen is beautiful, and the quality of photos is exceptional despite the small size. The click wheel is still my favorite method of control among all of the mp3 players I've owned. The best part about this player is that it's flash based, and therefore has no moving parts. This means no skipping of songs and no broken hard drives.
The bad:
As mentioned by almost everyone, this thing scratches very easily so a case is absolutely necessary if you wish to be able to read the screen. Even after being extremely careful with it, my Nano still has a number of scratches on the body. Trying to wipe off fingerprints with my shirt caused scratches on the screen =(.
This player is rated at 14hrs battery life, which alone is very very low for a flash based player with a lithium ion battery. However, if you even turn the backlight on a few times per hour you drain the battery quickly. I average 3-5 hours on a full charge, which is, in my opinion, unacceptable.
I know 'actual formatted capacity may vary,' but my 2gb Nano has just under 1.8gb space on it. That's 10 percent difference, which equates to almost 50 songs.
Lastly, and most importantly, is that this unit (like most iPods) has mediocre sound quality with terrible bass. If you are satisfied with the headphones the unit comes with, then the sound quality of it will suffice. If, however, you have a high end pair of headphones or earphones you will most likely be disappointed with the sound quality of this unit. If sound quality is important to you, as it is to me, Cowon makes products with terrific sound quality.
Final word:
The iPod Nano is an achievement in size and capacity, but falls short in the important categories of battery life and sound quality.
Where to buy
Apple iPod Nano (2GB, black):
$294.75
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