iPod Nano now with video, FM tuner
The Apple website has been updated to reflect the changes to the new iPod nano. Along with a new polished aluminum exterior, the iPod nano boasts a shiny new video camera, larger display, FM tuner (finally), and now 8 or 16GB of internal memory.
A hefty list of brand new features, all finely-tuned and perfected in the way people expect from Apple. Remember how fun Photo Booth first was on a Macintosh, playing with filters and picture distortions? Video recording on the nano features some of the same real-time special effects, to include a total of 15: Sepia, Black and White, X-Ray, Film Grain, Thermal, Security Cam, Cyborg, Bulge, Kaleido, Motion Blur, Mirror, Light Tunnel, Dent, Stretch, and Twirl. Playback on the iPod nano, like the new iPod touch, is also enhanced with a built-in speaker.
The FM tuner isn’t half-assed either. It features RDS technology—like the Zune—so you can view station-transmitted information. Then, there are the two great new features: live pause and tagging.
Live pause is just what it suggests—it allows you to pause the live FM transmission. No need to exemplify the practicality of this. Tagging allows for the Shazam-like tagging of songs. As Apple puts it:
It’s quite a dilemma: You’re listening to the radio and you hear a song you like, but when you go to iTunes, you can’t remember the name or even who sings it. Enter iTunes Tagging. Now, you can use the Click Wheel on iPod nano to tag the song. iTunes creates a list of all your tagged songs so you can easily preview or purchase them when you sync iPod nano to iTunes.2
With this you can find out the title of a song playing on the radio, then purchase it on iTunes. A brilliant move on Apple’s part, and will definitely give a boost in iTunes music sales.
Genius, the shuffle VoiceOver, and a pedometer are among the list of new features. Though despite all these extra bells and whistles, in my eyes the tuner takes the cake. The new iPod nano starts at $149 for the 8GB version, and $179 for the 16GB model.
[via Apple]
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