And three! The iPod Nano comes in its third version, but keeps the incomparable look which makes it a very special player. Very nice and very little, he went from the category of music players to that of the players. This is the main innovation: the Nano finally lit videos.
Like previous versions, the iPod Nano (3G) is available in several colors
Therefore, it is a new world opens up to him. First, podcasts are finally available. And this use is breathtaking ease. It must be said that, for once, iTunes is a great help. Just visit any site offering podcasts, and click on the link to subscribe - making sure that you choose the format for iTunes - for the podcast automatically appear in iTunes. Last videos will be synchronized with each connection of the iPod Nano. It is very easy to look at the news of the day or the weather by visiting, for example, in his work.
Unfortunately, the management of films is much less practice. Innocents that we are, we have sought to place a film in the iPod Nano like a load of music: by dragging the file into iTunes. If the operation is carried out successfully in audio, it gratified us an error message with most films. ITunes is not the conversion to video formats read by the Nano. These formats are the same as those supported by the QuickTime Player. It is therefore necessary to encode the films. M4v,. Mp4 or. Mov codecs using the H.264 and MPEG-4. Here are a compatibility reported on the Apple website:
Size and weight
- Height: 2.75 inches (69.8 mm)
- Width: 2.06 inches (52.3 mm)
- Depth: 0.26 inch (6.5 mm)
- Weight: 1.74 ounces (49.2 grams)
Capacity
- 4GB or 8GB flash drive
- Holds up to 1,000 or 2,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format
- Holds up to 3,500 or 7,000 iPod-viewable photos
- Holds up to 4 hours (4GB) or up to 8 hours (8GB) of video
- Stores data via USB flash drive
Display
- 2-inch (diagonal) liquid crystal display with blue-white LED backlight
- 320-by-240-pixel resolution at 204 pixels per inch
Audio
- Skip-free playback
- Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
- Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
- User-configurable maximum volume limit
Video
- H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
Windows system requirements
- PC with USB 2.0 port
- Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
- iTunes 7.6 or later
Languages
- Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, and Turkish
- Additional language support for display of song, album, and artist information: Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, and Ukrainian
Power and battery
- Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
- Playback time : Music playback time: Up to 24 hours when fully charged, Video playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged
- Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter (sold separately): Fast-charge time: about 1.5 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity) , Full-charge time: about 3 hours
An encoding iTunes is not able to realize from other formats. It is therefore necessary to have a software and addtionnel up his sleeves to convert an entire library. It must be said that the screen size of the 3G iPod Nano does not predestined for this purpose, but rather from reading video clips, or podcasts, as shown above.
You will understand our small allusions, iTunes is not our “favourite”. In fact, it is not the software, strictly speaking, which we deplore, but particularly this policy of protection that makes Apple iTunes inescapable, and which is assigned to a single computer. We want to say that it is impossible to place audio files into iPod bypassing iTunes, no drag-and-drop””therefore, unlike MP3 USB keys. But above all, this synchronization with iTunes can only take place on a single computer. Whenever you connect an iPod to another computer, it is impossible to add titles … At least to empty all securities précédemmant loaded into the device.
In summary, this is one iPod music library in a single computer.
A usage and listening, iPod Nano remains as convenient and enjoyable. The sound quality is good … Provided to change the original earphones that produce sound a little dry, aggressive, and lacking in the medium. Note that the device now offers the CoverFlow Apple; a system that scrolls through the covers of albums thanks to the wheel. The effect is most aesthetic.
