Apple’s new 8-gigabyte iPod nano lets you carry over five days worth near-CD-quality music or a combination of your favorite songs and photos in a sleek, brushed aluminum package. Smaller than a credit card, this ultra-thin player displays your photos and album cover art in bright, vivid colors on its LCD screen. And Apple’s elegantly simple Click Wheel lets you zoom through menus quickly to find the song or picture you’re looking for.
The iPod nano comes with some handy extras. Its clock has a sleep timer and alarm function, plus a multiple time zone display and a stopwatch. You can transfer your calendar and personal contacts from your PC. The player’s screen lock keeps your information safe.
The rechargeable battery lasts up to 24 hours, so you’re sure to have entertainment at your fingertips. And with its embedded flash memory, the iPod nano never skips — no matter how active you are.

Specifications

General
File Formats MP3
AAC
Protected AAC/WAV/AIFF/MP3 VBR
Storage Capacity at 128 kbps 132 Hours
Storage Capacity at 64 kbps 264 Hours
Voice Recording —
Radio Tuner —
FM Presets —
Display Illumination Yes
Display Color Full Color
Included Headphone Type Earbud
Equalizer Presets —
Maximum Battery Life 24 Hours
Included Battery Type —
Weight with Battery (ounces) 1.41
Width (inches) 1-5/8
Height (inches) 3-1/2
Depth (inches) 0-5/16
Parts Warranty 1 Year
Labor Warranty 1 Year

Media Types
Built-In Memory 8 GB
Built-In Memory Type Embedded
Removable Media None

Inputs & Outputs
Headphone Output Earbud
USB 2.0 Highspeed

Review

The bottom line:
This is the finest flash player out there in terms of look and feel. Other players have the iPod beat in terms of features, but I like the iPod’s lossless compression and Audible support, as well as the cool new search feature.

The pros:
Sturdy metal casing. Very slim. Bright screen. Supports Audible and lossless compression. Very good sound quality. Cool new search feature. Excellent software integration. Gapless playback. Long battery life.

The Cons:
There’s a glitch in the time indicator when you scrub through longer MP3 files encoded at variable bit rates. No integrated FM tuner, voice recorder, or video playback. Nonremovable battery.

Source:
http://www.pcmag.com

* Storage: Available in either 8GB or 16GB Flash drive capacities
* Display: 3.5-inch (diagonal), 480 x 320 pixels at 163 DPI
* Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
* Audio formats: MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), WAV, and AIFF
* Video formats: H.264 video up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 x 480 pixels
* WiFi (802.11b/g)
* Audio: 3.5mm stereo headphone minijack
* Power: Rechargeable lithium polymer battery (up to 22hrs of audio playback time and
5hrs of video playback time)
* Size: 4.3 x 2.4 x 0.31in (110 x 61.8 x 8mm)
* Weight: 4.2oz (120)

Package Contents

* iPod touch
* Earphones
* USB 2.0 cable
* Dock adapter
* Polishing cloth
* Stand
* Quick start guide
* Apple stickers

To say that the iPod touch is just an iPhone without the phone,
really isn’t an accurate description. At first glance, the touch does look like an iPhone, I’ll give you that. But once you look a little closer, you’ll see that it’s an entirely different device. One that just happens to look like the iPhone…

The touch is almost half the thickness of the iPhone. It’s also a little bit shorter and the select button is smaller in diameter. You will also notice that the rim around the display is Black instead of chrome like the iPhone.

After carrying around my iPhone for the past few months, the touch feels considerably thinner. It is comfortable in hand although a bit on the slippery side. Squeezing it yields no flexing creaking or cracking. It’s definitely a solid device.

Oh look, it has a chrome back. Yay. Not. Apple, please stop this madness!!! Chrome is smudgy and way too susceptible to scratching. It’s time to move on. Really!

Along the bottom edge, you’ll find the universal dock connector and a stereo earphone jack. Unlike the iPhone’s earphone jack, this one can accommodate any type of 3.5mm earphone connector.

The only other button on the touch is located on the top of the device. This thin button turns the screen on and off. The lack of hardware buttons to adjust volume, pause playback, and navigate forward and backwards through tracks was immediately evident. Without such buttons, you have to turn the display on and use the onscreen touch buttons for these functions. This can be a bit annoying.

To give you an idea how the touch compares to the iPhone size-wise, take a look at the image above. The touch is on top, iPhone on bottom.

The touch’s color display is the same size and resolution as the iPhone’s display, but it has a slightly higher density of pixels. The iPhone’s DPI is 160, while the touch’s DPI is 163. Is this difference noticeable? Only when viewing images side by side like you see here. Comparing the exact photo on both devices, I think the touch has a slightly sharper picture and brighter colors. That said, some people have been complaining about issues with their touch’s display. They are saying that they have negative Black problems when viewing video with dark scenes. The picture will wash out and be hard to see. I’ve also heard reports of dead pixels. Luckily, I’ve not seen either of these issues on my own iPod touch.

User Interface
As soon as you turn the touch on, you are greeted with the same screen that you would see on the iPhone. It’s obvious that the iPhone’s interface has been stripped down and pumped into the touch.

Don’t like the earth wallpaper on the opening screen? You can change it to one of your own photos using the settings dialog.

The built in features / applications are represented by 11 icons. In my opinion, Apple should have created larger icons and filled the entire screen. The way it is now, it just looks lame to me. It’s like, what happened to the rest of the apps? It’s too iPhone-ish.

Let’s take a look at each one… First up, Safari.
Safari
The touch has WiFi built in, which makes it a great little surfing device. Safari is the best web browser for small devices, that I’ve ever used. With those remarkable pinch and spread finger gestures, that allow you to shrink and enlarge sections of the page for easier viewing, surfing is a lot of fun. There’s also the automatic changing from portrait to landscape mode when you physically rotate the display. The two images above are the same web site shown in both portrait and landscape orientations.
YouTube
If you’re addicted to watching user submitted video content, then the YouTube app will keep you busy busy busy. You see thumbnails of featured and most viewed videos, and also have the ability to search for other videos.
Oh joy! A Harry Potter puppet show video on YouTube. Can life get any better than that? I think not!

Calendar

Just like the iPod classic and nano, the iPod touch also has a calendar app. It looks like the same calendar app that you find on the iPhone, minus one important feature: the ability to edit and add new events. I guess since the touch is an iPod, that means that it is not privileged to have those features. Grrrrrr…
You have three views, agenda (List), Day and Monthly views.

Contacts
The touch makes a nifty rolodex for all your addresses. Pictures even sync with Apple’s desktop contacts app (Not sure how and what it syncs with for Windows users).
Hmmmm, look what we have here! The ability to add and edit new contacts records. What is up with that? Doesn’t it seem odd that Apple says it’s ok to edit and add new addresses on your touch, but it’s not ok to edit and add new calendar events? Are you as confused as I am?

Music
The touch interface on the touch (sorry) makes finding music almost as fun as listening to it. Scrolling through lists of artists with a flick of your finger has the be the greatest way to navigate content ever invented. The music interface on the touch has been lifted directly from the iPhone. I haven’t noticed any differences.
While music is playing, you can see the album cover art.
Tapping on the list icon in the upper right corner of the now playing screen, will pop you into the album song list screen. From there, you can rate the song by tapping on the 5 dots at the top of the screen. You can also jump to a specific song by tapping on it.

Rotate the iPod touch into landscape orientation while in music mode, and it will convert to cover flow. In this mode, you flip through your albums by their cover art.
Tapping the small i in the lower right corner will display the songs in the facing album.

The touch’s audio quality is very good. I rip all my music at 192 kbps VBR (Variable Bit Rate) and am more than happy with the way music sounds through even the stock earbuds.

Video
Watching video on your touch is very enjoyable. The screen is large, bright and vivid.

iphone
The iPod touch does not have a built in camera like the iPhone, but you can sync your photos to it and view them.
The touch makes a great little digital photo frame when you put it in slide show mode and set it up on the itty bitty plastic stand that comes with it.

iTunes
Finally, a feature that the iPhone doesn’t have (yet), but the touch does… iTunes! Yes, you can now browse, preview and purchase music directly from your iPod touch using a WiFi connection. It’s extremely easy… too easy really… which of course, Apple is banking on.
When you find a song (or album) that you want to purchase, you just tap the BUY NOW button with your finger. You’re then prompted for your iTunes password. After you type it in using the on-screen keyboard, your song will download directly to the device.
Entire albums can be purchased, or individual songs. At the moment, you can only find and purchase music. Videos, TV shows and movies are not available. Of course you can purchase them with your desktop version of iTunes and sync them to your touch.

A must for any U2 fan. The U2 Special Edition iPod incorporates the distinctive jet black and red graphic design inspired by the band’s “How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb” album cover art. The black metal case back features engraved signatures by all four band members. The player comes with a coupon that lets you download an exclusive 30-minute bonus video of U2 interviews and music, from the iTunes® Store.

Apple’s newest 30-gigabyte iPods give you a wealth of entertainment options

Specifications

General
File Formats MP3
AAC
Protected AAC/WAV/AIFF/MP3 VBR
Storage Capacity at 128 kbps 500 Hours
Storage Capacity at 64 kbps 1000 Hours
Voice Recording —
Radio Tuner —
FM Presets —
Display Illumination Yes
Display Color Full Color
Included Headphone Type Earbud
Equalizer Presets —
Maximum Battery Life 14 Hours
Included Battery Type —
Weight with Battery (ounces) 4.8
Width (inches) 2-7/16
Height (inches) 4-1/8
Depth (inches) 0-7/16
Parts Warranty 1 Year
Labor Warranty 1 Year

Media Types
Built-In Memory 30 GB
Built-In Memory Type HDD
Removable Media None

Inputs & Outputs
Headphone Output Earbud
USB 2.0 Highspeed

Review

This new edition fot eh iPod U2 is simply fantastic. You can spend days listening to the music without repeating any of the songs, and you can also watch videos, photos and graphics. Also, it comes with a coupon so you can download free a 30-minutes U2 documentary on iTunes store. It’s actually a little expensive, but it’s totally worth it!