New iPod Nano

[hogo]

Friday is payday, Might have to go and pick one up its been a while since I've had a nice MP3 player.

[Mulkero]

I want one but don't think I need one, I have Creative MuVo2 4gb which is still working perfectly after an year for abuse.

[Pearl Jam]

Or if you don't like looking / don't need to look at a screen.

that was kind of implied

[Sufficient]

I bought a nano the day they came out. Excellent player - it has the very best sound quality of any mp3 player I've tried.

They are highly durable and just will not break... there's this blogger who bought a 2 gb one just to destroy. He ended up dropping it from very high places then running it over with a car... several times. It took a massive amount of abuse and kept on ticking.

One word of warning, I've noticed that they're somewhat prone to scratching. They'll scratch quite easily due to the soft polycarbonate screen it has. This is okay because you can easily polish it (or any other plastic object with scratches) out using something like Meguier's Plaxtix plastic cleaner and polish. The day I got mine I put a fairly decent scratch in it by putting it into my pocket with my keys. Never again - it's going to need a case before it goes back in there.

Someone said that you can only polish it up to a certain pt because those chemicals are usually mild abrasives ... so it's not like you can keep on getting rid of the scratches.

[genocidal]

I've had a 20 gig for a while and these things peaked my interest, so I got a black colored 2 gig (1000 songs, approximately) one. $229 with the student discount. I've had it 2 weeks and already dropped it a couple times and it's fine. They're about as sturdy as something that small could possibly be, in my opinion.

One thing I can sympathize with is the paranoia. It's so small, so expensive and so popular that I'm constantly checking to make sure I know exactly where it is...which isn't necessarily that difficult of a task, but it definately can cause some worry.

On the positive side: completely badass. The only shame is that they don't make one bigger than 2 gigs. This thing is perfect for when I'm walking to class, working out (i could never run with the clunky 20gig one) or just studying. It's the perfect size for just slipping into my pocket. I bought the armband for it and you can disconnect the little plastic case from the band, so I just keep it in that. Color screen, all the advantages of an iPod, and as thick as a pencil.

Bottom line, I dig it. Worth buying.

EDIT: I have an iPod shuffle too...if you don't feel like dropping that much coin on a nano, that's your next best bet.

You're so tech savvy.

[DoCk>]

Someone said that you can only polish it up to a certain pt because those chemicals are usually mild abrasives ... so it's not like you can keep on getting rid of the scratches.

That's not true, abrasives are the most common polishing agent around. Using very fine grained or extremely mild abrasives makes things shinier.

[Golden Sun 1]

my mate has a nano, its sexy as! im gettin one next month

[Evasive]

I got one 2 days ago.

I got the same one as Pearl Jam, the black 2gig.

Even if you take really good care of it, it will get scratches. It's easier to see the scratches on the black coloured one, so you might want to get a white one.

Fucking Apple should be more responsible and not let a $300 product be so suspectible to scratches.

But overall, its a good buy, everything about it is good except for the scratches.

[RATTY...]

I got one 2 days ago.

I got the same one as Pearl Jam, the black 2gig.

Even if you take really good care of it, it will get scratches. It's easier to see the scratches on the black coloured one, so you might want to get a white one.

Fucking Apple should be more responsible and not let a $300 product be so suspectible to scratches.

But overall, its a good buy, everything about it is good except for the scratches.

Isn't there some kind of thing you can put on to protect the screen?

[NaiLed]

buy a case for it

[Golden Sun 1]

nailed thinks outside of the box

[K2Grey]

Make use of the case. Although, I'm not really a fan of having to case a flash mp3 player (the whole point of flash is so that it's more durable than hard drive mp3 player and thus you shouldn't need to take as many precautions with it...)

[Krusnik]

The sound quality is pretty good, on the nano. As Evasive said the black one does a good job on showing the scratches. Otherwise its tight, and goes well with all the other junk that I won't be using in 1 year.

[DoTheFandango]

Just use some plastic buffer stuff and its all gravy.

[Pearl Jam]

You're so tech savvy.

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