Nano vs. Video? Is the Nano just like the other IPODS, where you just set a radio station and you can play the music.
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I have a nano they suck, mine has broken three times and every time i send it in it takes forever to come back if you must get one be careful dont drop them at all or the screen will split then it is imposible to see what your playing.
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I'm waiting for a 128gb flash player that SOUNDS good, and can be loaded with a standard usb cable, and not requiring some proprietary software (read itunes). I test drove a 64gb ipod touch when it first came out, because my 16gb cowon iaudio7 is too small, but it sounded terrible, admittedly it was a stock set of tunes ripped at a low bit rate, but when I wanted to load up my own max bit rate tunes to it, the geniuses at the apple store couldn't fathom why someone would want to listen to tunes they'd ripped themselves, or how to make it happen. Hopefully someone raises the bar on storage space and sound quality, neither of which should be hard at this point. I wish someone would swing for the fences and do a flash 256gb player. I have to admit, I'm anachronistic, in that I don't want internet access, apps, videos, etc. just a gigantic music player that's not disk based (use it on a motorcycle, drop it constantly on the commute), that sounds fantastic and has great battery life. The more things a device does, the performance of each of those things suffers.
210619
As long as your Nano has a standard speaker or headphone jack. I use it for my iPad and it works great. I just plug it in and set my iPad on it and I'm good to go.
2221374
My ipod nano has a touch screen with volume slide at bottom when the artist playing is displayed. Once it was turned all the way down when I was using it in my car and it took me a while before I could figure out why the heck my car radio volume control knob wouldn't work. Hope this helps.
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Biggest benefit to running off an MP3 player like an iPod is you can set up a playlist and have it randomized, whereas when you play off a USB stick it just plays them in file order. The downside, as stated by Anthony, is that you can't used the controls on the top to skip songs.
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yes..... i love mine. this is the third one ive bought, both of my previous players were lost and stolen. The only feature that i find has any hinderances, is to configure a video to play on the player. The movie or video must be a certain format to play. a plus is tha fm radio, which a ipod does not have.
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Here's the dowside of using a Shuffle to listen to books - it is really easy to accidently lose your place in the book. When this happens, it's a pain-in-the-neck to get back to where you were. I know you can lock the shuffle so this doesn't happen but then it's a hassle to pause it if, say, someone wants to talk to you. I have used a Nano for about 4 or 5 years mainly to listen to books. There are several advantages besides being able to see on the screen exactly where you are in the story. I love the sleep timer feature. I set it for 15 minutes and if I happen to fall asleep, I don't run the battery down and I know I only have to go back, at most, 15 minutes. This is not something you can do with a Shuffle.
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My justification for iPod is the ease and convenience of content purchase, particularly video. iTunes is seamless in this regard, and I am able to purchse the sort of content I like (typically science and history documentaries) with ease. iTunes has a lot to choose from, and the iPod Touch is a great experience for this.
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I had a nano 2nd generation until recently when I upgraded to the classic 120. The nano and I had good times and I consireded keeping it for the gym and what not. BUt I love my music so much and my taste varies from hour to hour that I would rather keep the classic with me at all times with my entire music collection and create several playlists within it than keep my nano and not have everything I want at any given moment. So the nano will be inherited by my mom this Christmas. Yep, thats right, some seriously early "Christmas shopping" ;-)
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iPod Touch 8GB 4th Generation is my favorite. But since you had a nano, maybe you might not like it since it has a touch screen,etc. I like it because watching videos on the retina display is AWESOME!!!!!! Plus music too. I don't really use it for much else besides Playing Music/Watching Videos/Pandora. I don't use apps, use the internet sparingly, etc. You should probably wait until September because a new nano will be coming out then.
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No - not built in. If your iPod/mp3 player has built in radio/internet radio capabilities then it can/will play radio; this is a speaker system, any signal it plays is dependent on the docked player. But the sound is incredible!
264355
It absolutely perplexes me, when people come up with this bogus "why would I want a radio with a 250 dollar mp3 player". Well, some people like listening to the radio. For instance, I always listen to radio shows on stations such as rock/metal. They are nice to listen to on the way home, and at work, some reasonable human beings might really want to listen to their favorite radio show at work. All these USELESS features that ipod lovers glorify, all they do is clutter the device. Keep it simple, a higher quality ,MUSIC player is better than a device which tries to cram useless "stuff" to try to please everyone. Coverflow?????? someone tried saying ipod is superior because of coverflow????? That makes about as much sense as Mike Tyson teaching organic chemistry. Lets move on to the build and quality. Ipod classic has a cheaper sound chip. And if you look back to previouis generations, where zune and ipod had the same one, zune sounded better. Because, ipod has cheaper internal engeneering. Cheaper internal engeneering, and a cheaper soundchip, and you have a music player who does not focus on music, but darnit if it doesnt have all those amazing features. Zune has a stronger, more durable build, which sounds better. IT tends to focus on music. Screen size....they have the same resolution......SO if you have te same resolution screen, but zune is bigger.....I think most "rational" human beings would rather watch movies on the larger screen... Not to mention, ipod is just plain white menus. ANd that half screen menu thing, I dont know what they were thinking there? Zune has custom backgrounds, and a more pleasing interface. Thats all for now, Good day
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WMV sounds as good or better than MP4 AAC. Anyone who has spent any time encoding audio files would tell you that it is the encoding step that gives you the quality so even an MP3 can sound as good. The audio circuitry is so much better in the Creative devices, does your iPod have a 96db signal-to-noise ratio? That's right, your iPod does not. Have fun being an individual just like everyone else with your iPod.
24552
Sorry, Zikar, I don't know. I don't use my Shuffle any more because it is inferior to other iPods.
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iPod Classic? I'm afraid that won't work. The Classic line has no video out or other computing capabilities. It is just a media player.
1013747
I prefer anything to iPod...so I am hardly the best resource; however, I liked this player so much that I immediately bought another one immediately. Sound quality is excellent, videos are okay but the screen is small (I do not use it for videos anyway so it did not matter), and it is easy to use.
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You cannot surf the web on this nano. It is not an iOS device like the iPad or iPod Touch. You can only watch movies, listen to podcasts, listen to the radio and listen to your music with this device.