Apple iPod Nano 8GB 4th Generation MP3 Player Reviews

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This MP3 player is a good all rounder. “Sound, ease of use and features.” Caroline, Birmingham View all 1819 real customer reviews

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1819 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
92% of people recommend it.

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Battery life	8.4
Design	9.4
Design/build quality	8.6
Display Quality	8.7
Ease of use	8.9
Portability	9.6
Range of features	8.9
Sound quality	9.1
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.8
Overall rating	9.1

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Chris, Milton Keynes , “music lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ I love my ipod nano. It's very easy to use, especially as it will connect with my kitchen stereo as well as the computer or as a stand alone device.

- When I first connected this to my computer it took about 8 hours to convert all my music (over 2000 songs) to a format that would be compatible with my ipod.

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purchased 20 Nov 2008

Lynne, Doncaster , “Music lover”

+ Easy to use and nicely designed. More than one way to set up your play lists.

- No internal speakers. Could easily fall out of your pocket - so could do with a device to clip it on yourself.

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purchased 02 Jun 2009

Kim, Coalville,Leicestershire , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ portable & play music easily

- cost

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purchased 16 May 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ Colour, shape, tactile

- battery life

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purchased 25 May 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent sound quality even for classical music.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 21 Jun 2009

Margaret, Birmingham , “Music lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ sleek style and portability

- none so far except possibly battery life

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purchased 24 Jun 2009

Sandra , Normanton , “Music lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ Nice light and sleek

- Face easily scratches

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purchased 23 Jul 2009

Olivia, Colchester , “Music lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ beautiful colour.

- quite expensive

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purchased 27 Jul 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Films, Music videos, large storage

- Battery life, too sensitive to touch/movement

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purchased 28 Jul 2009

justine, reading , “Music lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ the ipod nano is easy to use and to can be transported anywhere you wish.

- the only thing i cna really say at this point is that I have had to store all my music on to here again, but that not a bad thing as once its done its done.

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purchased 01 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Very portable, but loads of memory.

- None.

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purchased 09 Jun 2009

Danielle , Leeds , “Music lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ Lightweight; easy to use.

- Battery life isn't very good; and the shuffle feature doesn't always work when you want it to!

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purchased 08 Sep 2009

sri, Bath , “Music lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Fantastic design and sound quality. Must have for every music lover

- Only bad point is that the earpiece on the headphones is not the best of its kind.

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purchased 06 Jul 2009

MICK, BIRMINGHAM , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ SLIMLINE,COMPACT EASILY PORTABLE, LOOKS GOOD

- EASY TO LOSE

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purchased 24 Jun 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Attractive appearance, totally unblemished,sound quality excellent, if I hadnt known that it was a refurbished IPOD i would have thought it was brand new.I was so pleased with it that I recommended it to a friend who also bought one.

- I haven't found any.

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purchased 12 Aug 2009

Megan, Peterborough , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Can hardly tell that it is a refurbished product!

- Sometimes the slider in the middle is slightly stiff

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purchased 01 Aug 2009

Alison, Carlilse , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Great little toy!

- I tunes not user friendly.

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purchased 05 Aug 2009

Shortie, Herefordshire , “Music lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Easy to use and on line help brilliant.
Sleek design and so light to carry around.
Battery life fantastic

- Headphones are not that good I changed these for some other known brand.

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purchased 09 Aug 2009

Mark, Ashford, kent , “Music lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ compact and easily to use. Jogging will never be the same again.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 18 Sep 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ style, colour range,

- short batter life

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purchased 12 Jul 2009

rachael, northumberland , “Music lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ excellent sound and really easy to use

- none so far!!!!!!!!!

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purchased 21 Jun 2009

Rab, Dumfries , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Light, slim and very usable in many situations

- Not found any yet

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purchased 20 Jun 2009

Shona, Stockton , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ It's small and easy to carry around as it fits in my pocket and it can hold a lot of songs.

- The rotator wheel can be fiddly to use as it's very delicate and the battery seems to go pretty fast.

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purchased 04 Jun 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music lover”

+ Its light, and fits everywhere, you can take it anywhere....it's perfect

- The Headphones do fall out quite a bit, but i guess its because my ears are small and its not that much to buy seperate headphones

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purchased 07 Jun 2009

Marie, Fleet , “Music lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ stylish and sleek

- none

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purchased 26 Jun 2009

Peter Morrallee, Stoke on Trent , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Small, lightweight, lasts a while

- Battery could last longer.

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purchased 23 Jul 2009

Stewart, Needham Market , “Music lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ nice upgrade from the third gen i pod nano better screen and easier navigation bought this for my wife and it is a lot better than my older version

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 22 Jul 2009

karen, Teynham,sittingbourne , “Music lover”

Score 6.0/10

+ all that you need is on one gadget, rom films to music and tv shows

- It's very small, so buttons are very close together, can be complicated to use especially as my purchase was for my 11 year old, just seems very fragile.

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purchased 04 Sep 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Music lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ This was purchased for my sons 9th birthday and he loves the fact that it holds so many songs. It is easy for him to use and is very hard wearing.

- It is very hard to control as it seems to scroll quickly

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purchased 31 Aug 2009

LINDA, AYR , “Music lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ The product is very light to carry about, good to look at and very easy to use, a fantastic buy!

- None!

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purchased 22 May 2009

Karen, Halesowen , “Music lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Size and flexability of product

- non

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purchased 04 Jul 2009

stevie, rolvenden , “Music lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ never had an ipod before - the sound quality is marvellous

- runs out of playing time very quickly ie it doesn't seem to charge for long enough to give a good long playing time

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purchased 08 Jul 2009

Cathy, Kent , “Music lover”

+ Fantastic. We now have three in our family and our children find it just as easy to use also.

- None that we've come across.

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purchased 28 Aug 2009

Bill, CRAIL Anstruther , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent Capacity

- Radio Reception

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purchased 16 Oct 2009

Andrew, Swansea , “Music lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Compact design, easy to use, good sound quality

- Poor headphones

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purchased 18 Jul 2009

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Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB	8
Hard Disk capacity is measured in GBs which stands for Gigabytes. A gigabyte is 1000 MB or megabytes. The more GB you have the more info like photos and music you can store.
MP4 Playback	Yes
MP4 is a video format, a bit like MP3 for video. Simply speaking, an MP4 player is an MP3 player that can play common video formats like MP4.
Built-In Radio	No
Some devices have analogue radio recievers built in so you can listen to the news or the sport on the move.
Colour	Yellow
The main colour of the product.
Colour	Purple
The main colour of the product.
Colour	Green
The main colour of the product.
Colour	Blue
The main colour of the product.
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.
Colour	Pink
The main colour of the product.
Colour	Silver
The main colour of the product.
Colour	Orange
The main colour of the product.
Colour	Red
The main colour of the product.
Touchscreen	No
Touchscreen technology allows you to move and click things directly on the screen using your finger or a stylus pen.
Music Playtime (hours)	24
How long the device’s battery will last when playing music. The number is usually provided by the manufacturer, and should be used as a guide only.
Video Playtime (hours)	4
How long the device’s battery will last when playing video. The number is usually provided by the manufacturer, and should be used as a guide only.
Screen Size in Inches	2
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	240x320
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Weight (g)	37
The weight of the product in grams.
Colour Screen	Yes
If you’re into watching video or viewing photos on your mobile phone, MP3 player or iPod you’ll want to make sure it has a colour screen.
Photo Viewer	Yes
Ability to display your photographs and jpegs so you can show them off to your friends.
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Built-In Microphone	No
A microphone will allow you to record notes or musical ideas on your device. You’d have no need for that voice recorder or dictaphone!
WMA Playback	No
Windows Media Audio is a popular compressed music format, like MP3. If you’re planning to play WMA files, you’ll need to check that WMA playback is supported.
WAV Playback	Yes
WAV files are Microsoft’s standard uncompressed music file format. If you like listening to high quality audio files and use Windows, make sure your device supports WAV playback.
OGG Playback	No
AAC Playback	Yes
WMV Playback	No
DivX Playback	No
A yes means this device is able to play video compressed using the popular ‘DivX format.’:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divx
Dimensions (mm)	38.7x90.7x6.2
The size of the device in millimetres, in width x height x depth.
Release Date	16 Sep 2008
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Apple iPod Nano 8GB 4G Green, Apple iPod Nano 8GB 4G Orange, Apple iPod Nano 8GB 4G Yellow

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Manufacturer's Description

Rockalicious. Colour isn’t the only brilliant new iPod nano feature.

Colour isn’t the only brilliant new iPod nano feature.

A musical Genius.
Say you’re listening to a song you really like and want to hear other tracks that go great with it. The Genius feature finds the songs in your music library that go great together and makes a Genius playlist for you. It’s like having your own highly intelligent, personal DJ.

Rock and roll over.
Tilt or turn iPod nano on its side, and you’ll listen, watch and play in new ways. You can flip through your album art with Cover Flow. Or, vertically speaking, see more albums and artists on the screen at one time.

Let the games begin.
Now you can get in on games made especially for iPod nano and the accelerometer. They respond to the way you move, so they’re immersive, addictive and a blast. iPod nano comes with Maze, which lets you work your way through vast mazes by tilting and moving. You can find even more games on the iTunes Store.

Even your photos rock.
Pull hundreds of photos from your pocket and share them wherever you go. Hold iPod nano upright and see your photos in portrait view. Turn it on its side to see them in landscape. Your photos look beautiful in their proper aspect ratio on the vibrant, 320-by-240-resolution display.

Find your music faster.
It’s even easier to find the song you want to hear. Now you can view your album art in Cover Flow. Or just press and hold the Centre button to browse by album or artist. When you find the right song, press the Center button to add it to your on-the-go playlist.

Shake your groove thing.
Sometimes, we could all use a little unpredictability. And now you can shake to shuffle your music. Just give iPod nano a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library. You’ll always be surprised by what you’ll hear.

World’s biggest small screen.
Watching movies, TV shows and videos is big fun on iPod nano. And the high-resolution picture looks crisp and vivid on the 2-inch widescreen display. So you can always have a little video with you.

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