iPod nano
September 8th, 2005 -- Posted in product design | 3 Comments »Apple has finally revealed their newcomer of the iPod family. Running on flash memory like the iPod Shuffle instead of hard drive memory, it comes with a colored display like the new iPod 4Gs.
Grab a standard American business card. Now, get a pair of scissors and trim the long side of the card by 20%. That’s all the space you need to hold over 1,000 songs, plus audio books, podcasts and photos if you buy Apple Computer’s newest iPod model, the gorgeous and sleek iPod nano.
Ranging between US$199 for the 2GB model to US$249 for 4GB, it sits exactly into the price range of the iPod Mini, which come with 4GB to 6GB. Reason for the price hike per byte for the new model is the use of flash memory instead of mini-hard drives as anticipated before. Another difference will be the colored display, which explains the shorter 14-hour battery life compared to the 18 hours in Mini. But hey, this is amazing battery life for the size already!
So who would want this new baby? Someone who wants only 47g and not a 102g Mini in their shirt pocket, and someone who prefers a 0.69cm thin card to a 0.84cm chewing gum pack.
