Testseek.com have collected 108 expert reviews of the Apple iPod Nano 4G 8GB / 16GB and the average rating is 83%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Apple iPod Nano 4G 8GB / 16GB.
September 2008
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The editors liked
Triumphant return to the stick design
Hooray!
Support for new headphones with clicker and/or iPhone headphones
New features make it the best click-wheel iPod yet (shake to shuffle
Genius playlists
Accelerometer)
Return of slim form factor
Decent sound quality
"Genius" recommendation system
Excellent screen and video quality
Simple UI
Large selection of games
Accelerometer works well in games and video
Roughly 30 hours battery life
Light weight
Accelerometer
Voice prompts for the visually impaired
Voice recorder (have to supply your own mic tho)
Feels amazing in the hand
With onethumb clickwheel control
Unique new convenience (and coolness) features
Attractive slimline design
Motion sensors
Slim and curvy design
Very good sound
Accelerometer enhances many features
Sharp and bright screen
The fourth-generation Apple iPod Touch
Winner of CNET's 2011 Editors' Choice Award for portable media players
Has been upgraded with new software and a boost in capacity
Most capacious nano yet
More features than the iPod classic
Genius feature works directly on iPod
Better-than-estimated battery life
Spoken Menus and larger menu fonts improve accessibility
Improved interface with optional preview panel
Audio-crossf...
Sexy
Thin
Rounded design. Same excellent user interface as in previous nanos. Built-in accelerometer shifts screen for horizontal viewing (like on the iPhone and iPod touch) and lets you shuffle songs by shaking the player. Genius feature creates on-the...
Enough colors to make you second guess dropping that third hit of acid before hitting the Apple store. Up to 16 gigs of storage. On the fly Genius (should be called Lazy) Playlists let you quickly suit your music mood. Energy saver mode is clutch. 8 gigs...
Accelerometer enhances interface and games
Extremely thin design and lots of color choices
Very good AV quality
Useful new features like Genius
Adjustable font size
And spoken menus
Apple’s highest-capacity mid-range flash player to date
With an outstanding array of nine color options that for the first time are available at a $149 base price rather than as a premium option. Preserves most of the features of last year’s...
The fourth-generation iPod Nano is more attractive and colorful than its predecessor and includes Apples new Genius playlist tool
A tilt sensor
And accessibility features for the visually impaired.
Return to more pocket-friendly form factor
Accelerometer makes small screen more useful
Speedy Cover Flow navigation
Great screen
Light
Improved interface
Accelerometer is useful and fun
Easy to use
Well made
Lightweight and very portable
Lots of content for it on the iTunes store
Videos and pictures look sharp
Great design
Plays both video and audio
FM tuner
External speaker
Included video camera
Very slim and lightweight
Supports voice recording
The editors didn't like
Apple is hitting a dead end with UI innovation for these things
Many games made for click-wheel iPods dont make use of the accelerometer
And therefore suck (but some do!)
No firewire breaks support for many 3rd party chargers
No built-in microphone
No OGG Vorbis or FLAC support...
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Expensive
Battery life slightly shorter for video than previous generation
Some might squint at video on the twoinch screen
A little more expensive than rival models
16GB storage won’t be enough for some
Average battery life
No wireless feature
The fifth-generation iPod Touch offers a larger screen
Faster processor
And superior photo and camcorder quality
Iderably under-hyped is the 4G nano’s new Spoken Menus feature
Which actually “reads aloud” as you browse the iPod’s menus
Offering nearly-complete navigation even if you can’t see the iPod’s screen. Designed to incre...
No built-in mic—you need to upgrade earbuds to use the integrated voice recorder. Apple still hasnt upgraded those lame bundled earbuds.
Why no love for the squarePod? Shaketoshuffle is a nightmare during parkour outings
Switching off the muchneeded French Hip Hop in favor of our knitting podcasts whenever jostled. Tapered design is just curvy enough to be fey
But not quite severe enough...
No wireless features
No custom EQ
Mediocre battery life
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Battery life for video and game playing has dropped from prior version
Though audio playback time is roughly the same. New tapered shape feels like a dull knife in the hand
Versus the softer curves of prior iPods and nanos
And requires rotation for
To use the new Nano
You must upgrade to Apples iTunes 8 software with its laundry list of hardware requirements
The rounded screen invites glare
Sound quality is only average.
Requires upgrading to resource-hogging iTunes 8
Audio recording requires additional Apple purchase
Genius feature needs education
You must twist the device 90 degrees to watch videos
Earbuds don’t offer the best sound quality and they aren’t very comfortable
Light weight, Accelerometer, Voice prompts for the visually impaired, Voice recorder (have to supply your own mic tho)
Expensive
Autumn is my favorite time of year for a couple different reasons. I love the cooler weather, the changing colors of the leaves and ... new Apple iPods! For the last 4 years around this time, weve been introduced to a new iPod nano and this year is n...
There's no doubt that the fourth generation iPod nano is the best so far. The design is beautiful, even by Apple's high standards, and the user interface is as intuitive as it always was. Crossfade is superb, and makes listening on shuffle even more enjoy...
Abstract: So where else could Apple take the Nano? I think it’s obvious that the iPod Classic with its big hard drive is eventually going to go the way of the dinosaur. Maybe Apple could expand the screen to 2.5-inches along with maybe 32 to 64GBs of flash storage?.
Slim and curvy design, Very good sound, Accelerometer enhances many features, Sharp and bright screen
Average battery life, No wireless feature
While the $149 iPod nano 4G doesn’t incorporate wireless features like the similarly priced, flash-based Zune, it has a more compelling design. We like the accelerometer and the Genius feature; iTunes is an easier service to use in regard to pricing...
So, should you get the 4G iPod nano? Probably. If you have an older 1G or 2G nano, you should upgrade, if only for the improved screen, increased storage capacity and better battery life. Some 3G nano owners may not want to upgrade, particularly i...
Abstract: Apple has a knack for manufacturing hype and consumer interest for their iPod lines. With multiple iterations debuting annually, it has become increasingly hard to determine just how much necessity there really is for the latest and arguably greatest i...
Abstract: The new iPod nano has added some compelling features, writes reviewer Chris Maxcer. The aluminum frame is incredibly thin but also has a nice solid feel, and the screen plays back video with great clarity. The accelerometer -- a feature familiar to use...
Accelerometer enhances interface and games, Extremely thin design and lots of color choices, Very good AV quality, Useful new features like Genius, adjustable font size, and spoken menus
No wireless features, No custom EQ, Mediocre battery life, *
Overall, were pretty satisfied with the new nano, even though its nowhere near as sexy as the newly revamped iPod touch. And on a small, dedicated audio player thats focused on slim design and pocketability, we dont feel too slighted that the nano ...
Abstract: Now you might us may not have thought we needed a new iPod Nano, after all what was wrong with the old one? But like everything in gadgets the latest upgrade is around the corner and here the new 4th generation Nano from Apple jumps from 4 and 8gb to 8...
