The iPod Nano arrived a couple of days ago.
It’s white, and shiny, and lovely looking, and comes in that delicious Apple packaging that makes you not want to unpack it… but you do. There’s not much to be said about using the device; it’s an iPod - it has the same scroll wheel, the same screen, and the same options as its larger siblings. If you’re looking for a aesthetically scrumptious, flash based mp3 player, the Nano should be everything you want. Unless you have some form of irrational hatred of Apple products.
A few things that may be worthy of note:
The scroll wheel is very sensitive. Numerous people have mentioned this to me, so its not just my big, clumsy fingers. I’d like to see Apple post a firmware update that allows you to set the sensitivity of the wheel.
I had a little trouble getting mine to sync. I think my PC was a little jealous of the Nano’s good looks, and decided that shunning the new arrival was the best idea. After half an hour of furious plugging/unplugging of USB cables, I eventually resorted to rebooting the Nano (hold the centre button, and menu). After that, PC and Nano got along fine.
The Nano flatly refuses to sync using Firewire. Literally. Upon connecting a Firewire cable to the Nano, a message appears on screen: “Firewire sync is not supported, please go away” (or words to that effect). This isn’t a massive problem - there’s a USB2 cable in the box - but its mildly annoying for those of us who own bigger iPods and want to use the same cable.
Last thing - do not, under any circumstances, allow any of the women in your life within a 15 yard radius of the iPod Nano. Trust me on this - if you want to spend any time with your shiny new friend, don’t let the women see it. My wife thinks its officially the best thing ever, as does Ashleigh’s. You have been warned.