Apple ipod nano 4th gen vs. 5th gen: Any suggestions?
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Below is my review, I would go with an unopened gen4! ============================================= Last year for Christmas, my wife gave me a gen4 Nano that I absolutly love. This year, I decided to return the favor and get her an ipod for Christmas. I gave it to her early so she could enjoy our Christmas cd's on it. I have to say that while my wife does like it, there are obvious issues with gen5. Fist off, the outputs on the base of the unit have been reversed so the gen5 requires it's own mount to use it on any docking station! Why csn't Apple stick with one body style for the nano. So now all the included adaptors in home theater systems are obsolete once again; makes no sense what-so-ever. The gen5 has a built in speaker that is completly useless! Sound is emitted out of the base of the unit. At best it sounds like and old time transistor radio, only without the volume! The video recoder is very awkward to use with little relivence to listing to your favorite tunes. The genius is still with us, another useless feature if you have an eclectic musical taste. The playlist feature works alot better and is much more fun. The unit works ok and we did not find any defects with it. We did not have any of the click-wheel issues that other reviwers have commented on. For me the bottom line is that Apple has takin a good thing and cluttered it with a bunch of new features. The Ipod classic would of been a much better platform for this stuff with it's 160gb's of storage. All of these features that have been added to gen5 take up precious storage space for your rockin tunes or arias, whatever the case my be.
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Yes, until it died that is the ipod that I used to have and it sounded great. I now have a 5th generation 160 gb which I just use a 30-pin to lightning adapter.
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Basically other than the shape/size there are two basic differences. I will only go into the one since I am assuming you want to know why the nano is priced as high as the video. Basically the difference is that the 30GB Video uses a Harddrive whereas the 4GB Nano uses Flash memory. Flash Memory is solid-state, in other word no moving parts. A harddrive is constantly spinning while in use. So whats the big deal? Being as flash has no moving parts less battery power is used to "put it in motion" therefore the battery will last much longer. Also without those moving parts it is less prone to shock damage, making it a perfect candidate for jogging. And again without moving parts flash has been know to last longer. So does that make the Video a bad player? No The battery still lasts for as much time as anyone would need it too, It can still be used for jogging, but the player may not last as long. What it all comes down to it when and how you use it determines what you should get. I don't jog much and have a large collection of music so I got the 30GB iPod. My friend goes jogging every morning and she has a large music collection as well, she bought the Nano and loves it, not all of the music will fit on it at once, but 4GB is still a lot of music. Just a few thinks to think about before you buy
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I have looked everywhere as I got my 14 year old the Nano 16 gb- best I can figure out there are allot of subtypes of the IH9BR - it was very confusing- and it is next to impossible to figure out if this one will fully support NANO 16gb. IHOME and Apple have them on their site with some info- I may just wait a few months to get her a dock (Birthday) as I think think they are still trying to get rid of some older models not compatible with the NANO 4th generaiton and it is buyer beware....If anyone else finds out about this I would be interested,
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I have the latest iPhone 4S and it works marvelously. I love the sound of this docking station. I know the connection changed wtih the iPhone 5, and it will not work with this docking station (w/o an adaptor). I do not know what the connection is for your 7th generation iPod Nano, but if it differs from the iTouch and iPhone 4 connection, then it probably won't work w/o an adapter (adaptor must fit the iPhone 4 and earlier).
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I'll give that a shot. I've noticed that they only claim to support the 5th gen and newer Nano, as well as the iPhone/iTouch. I was using a 4th gen Nano and an old classic (at that time just called the iPod). Now I have a 5th gen Nano, and it seems to work? I'll report back after more testing.
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The 5th gen iPod Touch is almost a half inch taller and a bit thinner than the 4th generation .
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I bought it to use with my generation 4 iPod shuffle, but the directions say it can be used with iPod nano 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th generation iPod nano. Unfortunately, it doesn't mention 6th generation. Sorry, I couldn't be more help.
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Hi I'm not to shore bout the nano,but for the iPod touch 4th generation which I have. It is perfect, not a bad little btof kit for the money !! Hope this helps.
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hello, the ipod touch 4th gen can only be updated to the IOS 6 that is as high it can go the only can be updated is ipod touch 5th gen to the late IOS, this all Apple, i hope this will answer your question
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Yes, i got this at xmas and everything worked fine (remote, recharging, playing) with the 4th gen Nano. The only thing to be careful of, is make sure you push it all the way down into the base. if it isn't fully seated it will play, but won't recharge and the remote won't work. it's a good little unit.
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Connector is different for ipads and 5th gen. Ipod from the larger connector for iPod Touch 4th gen.
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by now it is impossible to update software or apps or get {many} new apps on either of the models. if you are reading this now a third gen AT LEAST. my 8gb fourth gen has worked almost flawlessly on ios4 for 13+ months now. only its almost out of storage and i want more music so i am getting a 32 or 64g w/ios5. (dont want to update my current 1 bcause i dont want to lose my data. :( boooo. :)
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In my opinion, the ipod 5th generation is so much better because it has a bigger screen to play games on and it's slimmer so it's not as bulky in your pocket
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I recently bought the 8GB Nano from Amazon and returned it within a week due to the problems you describe. I thought I was the only one. 8GB Nano would freeze up at least once a day, and would sometimes turn on unexpectedly (when it was turned off and I would just pick it up) with a solid white screen that would not turn off and would not respond to button presses - I would have to reset it. I was so disappointed with my ipod experience that I requested a refund (rather than a replacment) so I can buy a competitor's product. I am jaded about Apple/iPod now.
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The 5th generation has a better display when compared to the specs of the 4th - I find the 4th to have a great display though. The 5th generation has a faster processor (A5 chip-this is not as fast as the most current A6 processor) and RAM (512mb) whereas the 4th generation has a slower chip/processor (A4) and 256mb of RAM. The size is a difference as well as the 5th generation has a 4 inch display making it slightly larger (longer) than the 4th generation. The cameras on the 5th generation are 5 megapixel (rear) and 1.7 megapixel (front facing) while the 4th generation cameras are &lt;1 megapixel (rear) and VGA (front facing). Hope that cleared things up a bit for you! And I hope I got all the differences right :D
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The instruction manual lists the following models for use: iPod Touch (1st, 2nd, 3rd gen), iPod Nano (2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th gen), iPod Classic, iPod (5th gen). I have a 7th Gen iPod Classic and it works fine. The additional software from the app store can only be put on an iPod Touch though.