iPod nano
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$249 for 4GB, it sits exactly into the price range of the iPod Mini, which come with 4GB to 6GB. Reason for the price hike per byte for the new model is the use of flash memory instead of mini-hard drives as anticipated before. Another difference will be the colored display, which explains the shorter 14-hour battery life compared to the 18 hours in Mini. But hey, this is amazing battery life for the size already!
So who would want this new baby? Someone who wants only 47g and not a 102g Mini in their shirt pocket, and someone who prefers a 0.69cm thin card to a 0.84cm chewing gum pack.
September 08 2005 07:51 am | product design
September 9th, 2005 at 12:04 pm
Argh…. another temptation! If only it’s in Ringgit, not US$ XD
September 9th, 2005 at 11:18 pm
mel:
“As much as I wish I
can afford any ipod
now, I’m happy I get
more choices by
buying later. kekeke”
rekraine:
“damm the ipod nano
look nice.. mayb i
should convert…. :S”
Schweetiee, I agree it might be a good idea to wait for the next new model. Perhaps even an iPod shuffle with a colored screen.
But bear in mind there is never going to be ‘more choices’. Not now nor later. There’s only ‘next choices’. It’s just like the change-cell-phone-like-tissue-paper syndrome. By the time newer models come out, older models will be outdated and believe me they might not be regarded as ‘choices’ anymore. That’s the way marketing works these days especially with fast-moving technological products.
That’s consumer behavior of the 21st century. Things move fast, our preferences move faster. These days we replace things not coz they need to be replaced, but because we WANT to replace them. So if you really like it and want it… get it. Alternatively, realize that you just want it for the function and not for the iconic symbol it represents… then might as well go for other brands. Possible third alternative is just acknowledge that you WANT but DUN NEED… then dun buy. (Unless you are someone who wouldn’t mind obsolete models, which you might as long as you really like it… which I think you are.)
rek… mai tu liao! Get it before newer ones comes up and you’d go on waiting for the ‘next model’ forever.
Asyra… we pay higher prices for the form factor of the design.
September 10th, 2005 at 7:21 pm
The thing is….. muah cannot afford one now lor… hehehehehe Like i’ve said, “if only I can afford one now”. Well, I gues I’ll wait for the next choice. (The thought of that serves as a consolation for the deprivation)