The Glory That is the iPod Nano

iPod Nano 3rd Generation

It blows me away how much technology continues to increase and constantly out due itself. Just when I think I have seen the coolest and greatest thing out there I get slapped with something brand new from the minds of people way smarter and cooler than me! The iPod Nano was probably one of the last things that really made me stop and say “Wow”.

I remember when CDs first came out. Until that time I had only known cassette tapes and the idea of a laser reading information off a disk blew me away. My parents got a CD player boom box that sat on our living room cabinet. About six months later I got my first CD, “Use Your Illusion I” by Guns and Roses. Oh yes my friends, it was all kinds of awesome. I would sit there in the living room with headphones on while my little sisters watched Barney videos and rock out to GnR for hours! The sound quality was insanely clear and I knew that the world was changing.

Maybe I watch a little bit too much science fiction but I love to hop in a time machine. Not only would I tell past me to save his allowance and put it all in Yahoo!, Google and Apple stock but I would let him know about the future. I would take his Guns and Roses CD and break it into about eight pieces. I would then explain that every song in his CD collection, every song he has ever heard or could think about hearing would fit on a device about the size of that shard of plastic! Not only would it hold an insane amount of music but the quality would be killer.

It might further impress past me that this device was not just for the rich and powerful of the world. They will give these things out for opening a new bank account in the future and everyone who works out with have them on.

Apple always manages to impress me like that. I was amazed by the original iPod, the video iPod and now the iPod Nano with video. I strolled by the Apple store when these bad boys came out and had to go inside and play with one. The small device cranks out crystal clear video as well as audio. The new iPod Nano also comes in a variety of cool colors. No more are you limited to black or white when it comes to your iPod; you can get a wide range of colors to fit your unique sense of style. To continue with this theme both come with free laser engraving from Apple.

The new iPod Nano comes in either 8GB or 16 GB versions. The 8GB version can store about 2,00 songs or 8 hours of video and it’s bigger brother can hold about 4,000 songs or 16 hours of video. The smaller will set you back $149 while the larger will run you $179.

Apple is the king at mixing functionality and style together flawlessly. The new iPod Nano is a perfect example of what they doing right and why they are the king of the tech hill.

Photo Credits: Andrew*

Originally posted 2010-01-14 03:25:06.

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Posted by MacNation on August 23, 2010 in Nano, iPod.