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
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)
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!)
As an Apple-made portable media device, the 4G iPod nano is quite solid—surprisingly so, given the fact that half the world has already moved on to the iPhone and iPod touch. But the new nano gives potential buyers—including many of our own re...
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...
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...
Aesthetic changes aside, the fourth-generation iPod nano isn’t the dramatic overhaul last year’s nano was. If you’ve already got a 3G nano, the 4G model’s new features may not be compelling enough to get you to upgrade—especi...
Published: 2008-09-15, Author: Prince , review by: appleinsider.com
Abstract: For its third anniversary, the highly portable 4G iPod nano gets a new tall and slim design, Genius Playlists, audio recording and other new software features, twice the storage at the same price, and a new array of colors. It continues to offer high...
Abstract: The nano line is new and improved with some great feature additions and a whole rainbow of available hues, and the new Touch is curvier and more functional than the last. Genius playlists are everywhere, and they just may make you happy when you want to listen to a good selection without putting too much work into it.
This text will be replaced We wont miss the older, square, postage stamp-shaped iPod nano 3G; we definitely welcome the return to Nano form in the new Apple iPod nano 4G. This iPod nano is sharp, almost in a literal way, the edges are so tapered an...
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...
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
A Note From the Editors of iLounge: Though all products and services reviewed by iLounge are "final," many companies now make changes to their offerings after publication of our reviews, which may or may not be reflected above. This iLounge article pro...
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...
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
A Note From the Editors of iLounge: Though all products and services reviewed by iLounge are "final," many companies now make changes to their offerings after publication of our reviews, which may or may not be reflected above. This iLounge article pro...
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...
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...
