First look at Apple's new iPod nano (images)
A first look at Apple's new iPod nano digital music player
Apple's new flash memory-based iPod nano has been available to the public only for a matter of hours. Most Apple retail stores are reporting stock of the new digital music players but say they expect sell through their first shipments by evening. According to our checks, the average retail store received less than one thousand units.
The black iPod nano is expected to become scarce over the next few days, as it appears that Apple is only shipping one black nano for every five to eight white nanos. In the few hours the players have been on the market, the black nanos appear to be outselling the white models in some stores.
We'll have a lot more to say about the new iPod nano in the coming days. In the meantime, below you will find our first look at the players in the form of a 32 image gallery.
Apple's new flash memory-based iPod nano has been available to the public only for a matter of hours. Most Apple retail stores are reporting stock of the new digital music players but say they expect sell through their first shipments by evening. According to our checks, the average retail store received less than one thousand units.
The black iPod nano is expected to become scarce over the next few days, as it appears that Apple is only shipping one black nano for every five to eight white nanos. In the few hours the players have been on the market, the black nanos appear to be outselling the white models in some stores.
We'll have a lot more to say about the new iPod nano in the coming days. In the meantime, below you will find our first look at the players in the form of a 32 image gallery.
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And I understand there can be deadlines and all kinds of crap that can hinder us from doing a good job sometimes, but COME ON!!! If you can't do a good job for any reason, don't show it to anyone until you can! Let alone post it on a website! When I saw the thumbnails I got all excited and immediately clicked, but then I was dissapointed to see the poor photography on some of those. I know you guys can do a much better job than that, I've seen you do it. Don't let up!!!
BTW if you guys send me those as gifts I'll gladly photograph them for free Even if it's just the black one.
Originally posted by sCreeD
Shorter RANSOMED: Man, the RDF is so strong it's now bending light!
Pardon my ignorance... What's RDF?
If RANSOMED reshoots the black one I would be happy to reshoot the white one. Or vice-versa, or something.
I have no idea what RDF is either. *shrug*
Either that or they were referring to the UK group Radical Dance Faction.
--B
But what a beautiful little thing it is. (Especially compared to that ghastly ROKR.) Must... resist...
Originally posted by bergz
It's Jobs' Reality Distortion Field. Read about it at wikipedia.
Either that or they were referring to the UK group Radical Dance Faction.
--B
Very interesting...
Originally posted by RANSOMED
...I must say some of the photographs you guys took of the iPod nano are, I'm sorry to say, unacceptable.
I have to agree. In particular, the photographer totally missed the boat on showing the nano's thinness. Yeah, there's a picture of the nano next to a #2 pencil, but the picture should have been taken from TABLE LEVEL. The current pic only shows from ABOVE what a #2 pencil looks like sitting next to a nano.
Originally posted by CosmoNut
I have to agree. In particular, the photographer totally missed the boat on showing the nano's thinness. Yeah, there's a picture of the nano next to a #2 pencil, but the picture should have been taken from TABLE LEVEL. The current pic only shows from ABOVE what a #2 pencil looks like sitting next to a nano.
Yes the isometric views are crap but the sharpness/crispness with better ambient lighting would help most of all.
Originally posted by fng
Small correction for this article. This is not a flash memory iPod. It has Microdrive in the form of a compact flash card.
That's correct. Checked the specs "2MB or 4MB flash drive". How does it qualify as a drive, as opposed to being flash memory?
But I have some impressions.I/m cross posting this from another thread here because it seems to fit.
"I just came back from my Mac User Group meeting which is held in the NYC SoHo Apple store.
http://www.metromac.org
During the meeting our Apple rep showed us the new products. He passed the new black and white Nano's around.
They look and feel better than I had expected from the pictures. Despite the fact that they only weigh 1.5 oz. they feel surprisingly heavy, due to the fact that they LOOK lighter than they are. My daughter (just turned 14) had expressed doubts as to its durability, but when she held it, she changed her mind. He plugged it into the sound system on the stage, and it sounded pretty good. The screen, though noticeably smaller was bright, colorful, and sharp, making it very easy to read. The higher rez really does help.
I think it's a winner, even though I wish that the 6GB Mini was kept in the line-up. They tell me it's been selling like hot-cakes, and I'll miss that jewel-like look."
Originally posted by coolfactor
That's correct. Checked the specs "2MB or 4MB flash drive". How does it qualify as a drive, as opposed to being flash memory?
doesn't mean anything - says the same thing for the shuffle.