I recently bought the previous generation 4Gb Nano for my wife and she was very pleased with it. I wanted one for myself and was about to purchase one when I saw the new version was launched. I was surprised that you could get 8gb for only £10 more than the old 4gb version.
I bought the black one and I am glad to say I am delighted with it.

The only thing to note is that you need to have version 8 of ITunes installed once i upgraded it was plain sailing.

I particularly like the ability to shake the Ipod to shuffle the tracks. I note there are other new features so I shall be experimenting.

Would recomend the purchase.


Incredible technology

I bought one of these on first sight. OK, it was a little treat to myself and I have had a Nano since 2005 and pretty much used it every day since. That was a great little gadget but this has gone to another level completely. I can t get over how light and thin it is AND contain 8Gb. My previous Nano wasn t exactly podgy but this new model makes that look positively obese in comparison. Even the naysayers would have to admit that the technology is very impressive, I don t know how they are going to top it next time bar including some sort of video capture device... maybe?

OK, before you think this looks like it has been written by some sort of Apple employee I have to point out 2 aspects which I don t like.

1) why the hell is the headphone socket placed at the base of the nano? That just seems plain illogical, there s nothing at the top that could prevent it from being plugged in there. It s just not right.

2) as with other reviewers here I don t like the fact that it can no longer charge from things like docks etc. I have a small radio dock and it was good to know I could charge it up without having to occupy a USB port on my Mac. I hope, in time, there will be a work around this. Having said all that it does seem to charge up very quickly, much quicker than the 2005 Nano.

If you do have a radio dock tho you will be impressed that it comes with its own dock adaptor. That was something I wasn t expecting but it was a nice bonus - just a shame it can t charge from the radio dock.

Apart from the 2 gripes mentioned above I think it is great and would recommend it.

looking good

I have read the descriptions and I must say so far it looks something special. A big improvement over the 3rd generation and now it has an accelerometer and voice recording along with making it slimmer than the 2nd generation. I am really looking forward to getting one.

Truly a wonderful little gadget

I already have an iPod Nano 3rd generation, and I said to myself I wasn t going to purchase a new one this year. However I couldn t help myself when I visited the Apple Store and was completely won over by this little beauty. I was drawn to the purple one this time round (my previous ones being blue), and I just had to have one! It really is a fantastic gadget - design and function wise. You can t help but look at it in amazement. I can t fault it apart from the fact the battery doesn t seem to last as long as the 3rd gen and there s still the same old problem of missing artwork on cover flow. However the new functions and voice recorder capabilities (you will need to buy Apple s upgrade earphones with mic to use that function), make up for this (yay!) Also, it seems a lot lighter than the 3rd generation.

I can see the other reviews are complaining that the Nano 4th gen is not compatable with previous iPod accessories, in particular an fm transmitter to play it in your car. A couple of months ago I bought a Griffin ITrip Autopilot from Amazon for my 3rd Gen Nano. Well it works perfectly with my 4th gen too!, so I totally recommend it.