iPod nano all about music

"There is no way a 1, 5-inch touchscreen-going to work."

Famous last words.

Apple iPod Nano has always been in a difficult situation as the middle child in the iPod family.It has never the capacity, the flair or the tiny size of his brothers, but the sixth generation Nano is something anderes.Denken on it like Frankenstein of iPods. (This is a good thing, BTW.)

Starting with the obvious, the Nano is significantly smaller than its predecessor and now rivals the same anodised aluminium frame as the previous generation Nano but the shuffle as the smallest iPod and touch as one of the coolest and "funniest" iPods per gemacht.Es it now houses a 1.54 multi touch inch (240 x 240) touch screen with one iOS - like interface, a built-in clip and comes in seven different colors.It weighs close to nothing (21 g) and is, for example, cut off do hardly noticeable once on your pants headphones connected were not, would probably forget it was truncated even click.

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Everything you knew of the previous generation Nano is forgotten. No longer bottom, camera, microphone or speakers. You can listen to check out photos or audio. The latest sport of only three hard buttons: loud, quieter and power/sleep. There is simplicity.

Sure the screen is small, but it is not very difficult to navigate, and the multi touch, while limited, work can Groß.Sie the screen with two fingers depending on the orientation of the nano or double tap on photos turn zooming. Like all other Apple touchscreen devices is the Nano is extremely respond. As I mentioned, the interface reminds other iOS devices but its not actually running iOS, Apple says. Not in a position, you will add apps or games, but the existing range of shortcuts or apps can be moved to based on your preference. A number of points at the bottom of the screen specify how many pages that exist and which page you just are whether you navigate the menu system or within an app like fitness or FM radio.Long press shoot back to the home screen from any screen and swiping right within certain functions, such as the fitness app bring back to the previous screen.

Edit existing playlists is possible to see but you must scroll down in an existing playlist to the hidden dialog.It does not appear as if "Unterwegs" playlist though possible has creation modified.system FM radio feature on have been carried out and still can it live streams to caching.To access this special functionality need to start the radio, select your preferred channel and swipe card reader to the next page pause, play, fast forward or rewind of the stream.The fitness app with Nike + can be synchronized and the pedometer steps.You can set daily goals and give your weight, sowie.Die contains built-in clock a stopwatch and you can set the clock as the default screen timer and Apple, if the Nano is aufwachen.Eine voice recorder app on the Nano, but it will not display until you connect headphones that contain a microphone.(More Techland: ten apps, the Apple APP store guidelines break)

While the previous Nano trying to do this is concentrated too much current generation Nano on one and one only - Musik.Es may have lost a number of features, but if you are in the world of Apple are already deeply rooted the Nano is a perfect complement to your arsenal of fruit Produkten.Und if you not, it's a simple way, your toes in Apple's touch screen family of devices the water to testen.Die 8 GB and 16 GB models are priced at $ 149 and $ 179, respectively, which should replace the cheapest available option it lose diving, but its small stature and intuitive user interface make it from the rest stand out.

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