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
Overall, the new 4G iPod nano looks like a solid upgrade in most areas, despite slightly-shorter video-watching battery life (and, to some of us, a step backwards in shape). Perhaps most important - from Apples perspective, at least - the new design,...
Abstract: Apples latest iPod Nano has the same 2in 320x240-pixel colour screen as the previous Nano (see Shopper, Whats New 238), but its in portrait rather than landscape orientation, giving more room for long lists of songs. Like the iPod Touch, the Nan...
Built-in video camera, mic, and speaker. Larger display, but same-size frame as previous-gen nano. Excellent user interface. New Genius Mix and VoiceOver features. Adds an FM tuner, and a pedometer.
So-so file support. Video camera can’t capture still images. Ships with Apple’s signature subpar earbuds.
Sleek Design, Good Screen, Great Sound, Responsive Controls
Dependance on iTunes, Subpar earphones, UI needs to be more refined, Expensive
The Apple iPod Nano’s fourth iteration maintains its reputation as an excellent MP3 player. However, in terms of design it has gone under the scalpel and emerged looking sleeker and more svelte. It still retains winning features such as its click whee...
Ultra-sleek and Light-weight, Built-in Accelerometer, Good audio and video quality, Decent battery life, Intuitive User Interface, Good data transfer rates.
Drag-n-drop of media not possible, Screen a bit too small for videos, Basic features like FM radio and voice recorder still missing.
The 4th generation of the iPod Nano 8 GB sells at approximately Rs. 9,000 while the 16 GB sells for around Rs. 11,500. This is completely against Apples theory of keeping the price of the newer edition the same (at least here in India, since in the U...
The battery life has reduced compared to the previous-gen nano. One movie is enough to drain the battery. But music lasts plenty of hours. Remember, if you are upgrading from an old iPod, you will still need to get iTunes 8 to work on the new nano. You...
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Published: 2008-09-12, Author: Donald , review by: asia.cnet.com
More attractive and colorful than its predecessor; includes Apples new Genius playlist tool; tilt sensor; accessibility features for the visually impaired.
Upgrade to Apples iTunes 8 software with its laundry list of hardware requirements a must; the rounded screen invites glare; sound quality is only average.
The fourth-generation iPod nano is easy on the eyes and the wallet, and you cant beat its hardware and user interface design. Just be sure to give iTunes 8 a spin before committing.
Gimmicky Shake mode; included accelerometerbased game could be better.
LEAN AND MEAN: The new iPod nano is one sexy beast. APPLE amazingly comes up with a slimmer version of their iPod nano each year. This year is no different as the fourth generation of iPod nanos make their triumphant return to the slender long slim des...
