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Apple iPod Nano 4GB 2nd Generation

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Score: 8.9/10

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671 shoppers reviewed this product

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“Easy to use, nice to look at and great sound quality.”

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Product Features

Hard Disk Capacity in GB 4
Screen Size in Inches 1.5
Music Playtime (hours) 24
Video Playtime (hours) 6.5
Screen Resolution (pixels) 176x132
Weight (g) 42
Bluetooth No
MP4 Playback Yes
Photo Viewer Yes
Built-In Radio No
Built-In Microphone No
DAB Digital Tuner No
WMA Playback No
WAV Playback Yes
Colour Screen Yes
Dimensions (mm) 41x89x7
USB Yes
Miniature Card No
Multimedia Card No
Secure Digital Card No
Compact Flash Card No
xD-Picture Card No
Built-in Camera No
Memory Stick No
Smart Media Card No
Audio Line-In Interface No
MP3 Playback Yes
Release Date 1 Sep 2006
Colour Display Yes
Colour Multi
Direct Radio Recording No
AAC Playback Yes
OGG Playback No
Depth in mm 14
Height in mm 103.5
Width in mm 61.8
Storage Medium Built-In Memory
Storage Medium Hard Disc Drive
AVI Playback No
Direct TV Recording No
Display Technology TFT Display
DivX Playback No
Number of Display Colours 65.536
WMV Playback No
Horizontal Resolution in Pixel 320

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All prices for Apple iPod Nano 4GB 2nd Generation on 09 Jan 2009

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Impartial Reviews

671 shoppers have reviewed this product.
90% of people would recommend it.

out of 10
Design9.2
Sound quality9.0
Range of features8.6
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.8
Battery life8.4
Portability9.5
Ease of use8.9
Overall rating9.0
Score 8.0/10

Alex, Essex

+ Easy to use, nice to look at and great sound quality.

- scratches too easily which is very annoying, since you pay alot of money for just one item. the battery life doesn't last as long as it describes.

overall good product except for the design fault in how easy it is too scratch.

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14 Nov 2005

Score 8.0/10

Bryan, Norwich

+ overall design is excellent, sound quality is good, interface is very good.

- its very prone to scratches so needs a skin from day one! would have been a good idea to have one included in the price

i am very pleased with it in general, but having seen the ipodvideo, wished i had waited and bought one of those for the little extra they cost

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62 people found this review helpful

13 Nov 2005

Score 7.0/10

Adrien, London

+ a must have for a short time!

- a bit to fragile

if not in urge fir it, wait for the next generation!

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36 people found this review helpful

19 Nov 2005

Score 6.5/10

Bart, Marlborough

+ Very small and easy to carry in pocket. Easy organisation of music.

- Scratches too easily especially on back. Battery goes fairly quickly as backlight has to be on for you too see anything.

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34 people found this review helpful

14 Nov 2005

Score 5.5/10

Anonymous

+ Small Design

- Scratches far too easily

Really nice product executed really badly, the main selling point of an Ipod is the look of it but it looks terrible with all the scratches.

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30 people found this review helpful

21 Nov 2005

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous

+ Great item, my boyfriend loves his Nano

- Scratches and damages very easily, a good protective cover is essential - maybe even two!

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16 people found this review helpful

22 Dec 2005

Score 9.0/10

Elaine, Glenrothes/fife

+ Battery life is very long. Great volume. Compact and easy to use.

- Charger isn't included in price. Alternative is using computer continuously to charge. Difficult to download music as MP3 tracks need to be converted first. ITunes need to be downloaded first. Easily damaged. Need to buy seperate holder. More accesories should be included.

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15 people found this review helpful

12 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

Clare, Buckinghamshire

+ This IPOD is so little and light, even months after having it-I still cant get over how many songs it can store on something so teeny! Sound quality is excellent-earphones that don't hurt my ears (unlike so many walkmans/discmans I've bought in the past).Great picture quality- all in all I couldn't be with out it now!

- As it is just so little, plugging in the charger I have found to be very fiddly as I'm often scared of breaking it. Both the socket and the IPOD charger are rather rigid-handle with care. Buy a carrying case-it only take s seconds to scratch-buy a leather case and not the plastic ones as these tend to attract and hold in dust!

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14 people found this review helpful

28 Jul 2006

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous

+ Came up to expectations

- Reviewer left no comment

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13 people found this review helpful

27 Feb 2007

Score 8.3/10

Aaron, Enniskillen

+ imposably small !

- needs itunes to put music on it, itunes is not very easy to use

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12 people found this review helpful

18 Dec 2005

Score 7.7/10

Anonymous

+ Very light and easy to use. Good sound quality.

- Screen easily scratched.

A good purchase but a protective case would be useful as the screen is easily scratched.

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12 people found this review helpful

02 Feb 2006

Score 9.3/10

Anonymous

+ smart, lighweight stores loads of songs

- If reboot computer or get new computer you loose itunes so when you next update your ipod you will have to load all the songs on again which takes hours.

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12 people found this review helpful

26 Feb 2007

Score 9.8/10

Anonymous

+ its easy to use, light weight and pink!

- so small it can be easy to loose

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11 people found this review helpful

28 Feb 2007

Score 6.0/10

Anonymous

+ competively priced

- Product faulty after 1 month of careful use.

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10 people found this review helpful

18 May 2006

Score 7.2/10

Anonymous

+ The ipod is very sleek and very small.

- battery runs out quickly and only comes with USB charger which is inconvenient when not near a PC.

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10 people found this review helpful

27 Feb 2007

Score 9.9/10

Anonymous

+ Love it, it goes everywhere with me

- None I can think of

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01 Nov 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous

+ Great product doing what it was bought for !

- Reviewer left no comment

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9 people found this review helpful

24 May 2006

Score 9.8/10

Sandra, Liverpool

+ A very good buy.

- None

The best way to listen to music on the go.

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9 people found this review helpful

06 Feb 2006

Score 8.3/10

Anonymous

+ Very easy to use and ideal size to fit in your pocket. Sound quality is excellent.

- Battery life not the best.

On the whole, great little mp3 player.

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9 people found this review helpful

18 May 2006

Score 7.3/10

Dudley, Sidcup

+ Brilliant compact and stylish design.

- Fiddly navigation through menus. Easy to select the wrong option. Needs to be more precise.

Best on market to date. Apart from battery life and navigation of menus it would be hard to improve upon. A bit pricey though.

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8 people found this review helpful

27 Apr 2006

Score 9.3/10

Emma, Solihull

+ Slim,easy to carry around, quick set up, and easy to download music to

- If carried around in pocket can sometimes accidentley turn it on

Good product, glad we decided to purchase the apple nano

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8 people found this review helpful

02 Feb 2006

Score 7.7/10

Anonymous

+ Good quality sound

- Sometimes difficult to switch off and sometime freezes. needs recharging gegularly.

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8 people found this review helpful

07 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

Sara, Northumberland

+ easy to use & easy to upload music on to.

- Ipod Earphone break easily, wires seperate from casing near the jack.

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8 people found this review helpful

27 Feb 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous

+ Able to listen to music wherever I go.

- Haven't found any so far.

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8 people found this review helpful

27 Feb 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous

+ Sound quality is great and the unit so small and light - excellent

- A handbook would have been really useful.

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8 people found this review helpful

22 Dec 2005

Score 9.3/10

John, Cheadle

+ Size, suits my use at the gym.

- Can't think of any yet

I have used with Logic3 i-station whilst on holiday, and the quality was as good as having a hi-fi unit with us

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8 people found this review helpful

21 Sep 2006

Score 8.4/10

Russ, Leeds

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Better earphones that don't fall out

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7 people found this review helpful

12 Oct 2007

Score 10.0/10

Theresa, Bicester

+ easy to down load songs from i tunes and cds

- Reviewer left no comment

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7 people found this review helpful

02 Apr 2007

Score 9.5/10

Stuart, Colchester Essex

+ Small and easy to use

- I think that the product should be sold with a docking device and some kind of protective case/cover.

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7 people found this review helpful

19 Oct 2007

Score 7.7/10

Sharon, Mansfield Notts

+ its very neat and compact so is easy to use when running or when bike riding

- Reviewer left no comment

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7 people found this review helpful

14 Mar 2007

Score 8.7/10

Stephane, Portsmouth

+ - Battery Life - Smart Design - Capacity - Size

- - A touch expensive

I think it's a touch expensive but it's money well spend. There are also other application like calendar, contacts, even game and can always be use to transfer any data from on PC to another.

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6 people found this review helpful

19 Sep 2006

Score 8.4/10

Marie, Warwick

+ Easy to use, stores loads of songs, good quality of sound, skips tracks quickly, shuffle function, ideal size, hardly weighs a thing

- Battery doesnt last as long as I was expecting, crashes quite often as well so have to reset it - athough that's no hassle once you know what to do

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12 Oct 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous

+ Brillant product very happy, great value for money

- Reviewer left no comment

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23 Apr 2007

Score 8.2/10

Ann, Leeds

+ Small and compact

- Occasional screen freeze

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23 Apr 2007

Score 7.2/10

Anonymous

+ Looks nice. Very compact, light and fits easily into pocket

- The pad for selecting options very anoying as either does not move the way you want or skips fast past the option you want to select

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19 Feb 2007

Score 8.2/10

Anonymous

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Reviewer left no comment

The iPod was purchased as a present for Christmas and so I personally have not used it so it is very difficult to comment

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06 Jan 2006

Score 9.8/10

Anonymous

+ Sound quality and easy use

- None

Would reccomend this product to anyone

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6 people found this review helpful

18 Jan 2006

Score 9.2/10

Vincent, Willaston

+ great looks sound and design

- none

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6 people found this review helpful

28 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

Karl, Fareham, Hampshire

+ Sleek, slim & very, very sexy.

- Can never get enough capacity!

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6 people found this review helpful

04 Apr 2007

Score 5.2/10

Tina, Belfast

+ Size

- LCD went faulty after 28 days

Would not reccommend this product

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02 Feb 2006

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Reviewer left no comment

very happy

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06 Jan 2006

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous

+ Good size memory

- Earphones not very personal

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27 Feb 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous

+ VERY GOOD

- Reviewer left no comment

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5 people found this review helpful

03 Apr 2007

Score 9.0/10

Denise, Newmarket

+ my teenage daughter loves it!

- Reviewer left no comment

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5 people found this review helpful

03 Apr 2007

Score 8.8/10

Samantha, Cardiff

+ size and memory size

- Reviewer left no comment

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5 people found this review helpful

02 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous

+ design and memory

- freezing occassionally

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26 Sep 2007

Score 9.2/10

Anonymous

+ It is very small, all data clearly catalogued and eaasy to use.

- The touch sensitive buttons are easily knocked when traveling.

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5 people found this review helpful

23 Jan 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous

+ easy to use holds large number of songs

- none

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5 people found this review helpful

05 May 2007

Score 7.8/10

Anonymous

+ smart and stylish with good sound quality

- takes a long time to turn off

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5 people found this review helpful

03 Apr 2007

Score 9.5/10

Samantha, Dudley

+ everything. best gadget purchased

- wish i had brought the bigger ipod

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5 people found this review helpful

06 Jun 2007

Score 9.5/10

Angela, Lincoln

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Earphones plug into the bottom.

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25 Apr 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous

+ everything

- none

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27 Feb 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous

+ very slim & light

- easily scratched

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19 Jan 2006

Score 9.0/10

Danny, London

+ I purchased two of these for my daughters for christmas the love them

- None

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05 Apr 2007

Score 8.7/10

Kelly, Gosford Nsw Australia

+ Looks good. Sounds great. Is small enough to fit into handbag or top pocket.

- Needed some help setting it up.

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13 Mar 2007

Score 10.0/10

Chris, London

+ Really good way for the average music listener to carry their music around, without the stress of changing cds or radio stations to hear those tracks youve been wanting to hear.

- The battery does become weaker as time goes on, but this is the ONLY problem with this product which is easily sorted.

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08 Oct 2006

Score 7.1/10

Rachel, Newcastle Upon Tyne

+ The nano can hold photos as well as sound, I didn't know this before I purchased it.

- It comes with almost no instructions so if you have no experience of itunes or an mp3 player or you're not very computer savvy you'd have no idea what to do with it.

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5 people found this review helpful

26 Jul 2007

Score 8.3/10

Chris, Bagshot, Surrey Uk

+ Slim features.

- Difficulty in shutting it off

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4 people found this review helpful

12 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

Estelle, Ballymena

+ excellent product,easy to use, constantly used,easily carried around

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 people found this review helpful

12 Sep 2006

Score 8.9/10

Sarah, Horham

+ You can always play games and listen to music. it is really easy to store and use.

- You can't switch it of as easy as on.

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4 people found this review helpful

06 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

Amanda, Blackburn

+ Top of the range, 1st class gadget. I love it!!!!

- No bad points

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4 people found this review helpful

12 Mar 2007

Score 8.2/10

Greg, Cardiff

+ Its a good looking easy to use Mp3 player.

- I bought it for my girlfriend so she could listen to it in the car. I bought the most expensive connector I could find but its still really crackly on some occassions.

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12 Mar 2007

Score 9.6/10

Anonymous

+ Very easy to use

- None

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22 Nov 2007

Score 6.5/10

Kelly, Romford, Essex

+ You can play games on the Ipod whilst you're listening to music.

- I always seem to have a problem unplugging the charger from the Ipod.

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27 Feb 2007

Score 8.8/10

Anonymous

+ longer battery life compared with earlier versions of Ipod

- Should be sold with case and choice of earpiece attachment for earphones as current design does not stay in ear.

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06 Aug 2007

Score 8.5/10

A Gillnore, Wickford, Essex

+ CAPACITY OF STORAGE OF MUSIC

- IT'S SO THIN i'M FRIGHTENED OF BREAKING IT ALTHOUGH I KNOW THERE ARE CASES YOU CAN BUY

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17 Jun 2007

Score 8.8/10

Anonymous

+ attractive and easy to use

- Reviewer left no comment

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05 Oct 2007

Score 8.2/10

Anonymous

+ Swish and plaesing to own, a fashion icon that very practacle

- Screen easily scratched

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04 Apr 2007

Score 9.2/10

Anonymous

+ Classic design. Excellent build quality.

- None to speak of!

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02 Apr 2007

Score 8.3/10

Anonymous

+ all good

- no bad

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10 May 2007

Score 8.8/10

Anonymous

+ good sound,easy to find tracks,able to store a good volume of tracks

- ipod a little fragile

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30 Apr 2007

Score 8.5/10

Rosie, Whitby

+ great sound, good memory, quite cheap, great design

- No simple delete function on the actual Ipod and you need a computer to charge it up and you have to pay separately for a portable charger which is not ideal for holidays, long journeys etc . . .

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25 Oct 2007

Score 9.2/10

Anonymous

+ Compact but not too small.Plenty of song storage. Ideal for teenagers.

- Recharging can be awkward depending on the case you buy.

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24 Jan 2007

Score 9.3/10

Fiona, Cambuslang

+ I purchased it for a xmas present and was very well like and received. It was everything that was asked for and more. It is stylish and the sound clarity is fantastic.

- Reviewer left no comment

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30 Dec 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous

+ easy to use, small, compact. colourful!

- hmmm, not really

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02 Apr 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous

+ Compact Attractive

- iTunes can be confusing

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16 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

Des, Eastbourne

+ pocket size

- none

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03 Apr 2007

Score 10.0/10

Jackie, Aberdeen

+ Love the colour, very compact great sound and holds plenty of tracks.

- none

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10 Apr 2007

Score 7.8/10

Ian, Leigh

+ LOOKS SIZE AND SOUND QUALITY

- BATTERY LIFE

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18 Apr 2007

Score 8.6/10

Charlotte, London

+ It's small and light so easy to carry around

- Reviewer left no comment

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25 Sep 2007

Score 8.9/10

Anonymous

+ Reviewer left no comment

- setting it up isnt explained properly also u need the net to do it and cant down load tunes from any were other than itunes to put on to ur ipod

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28 Dec 2007

Score 8.9/10

Zakya, Birmingham

+ it was good value for money and was everything i expected it to be. it was easy to use and worked perfectly.

- I found nothing bad about the product, i was very satisfied.

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25 Dec 2007

Score 9.5/10

David, Perth

+ good design, light and easy to use

- none

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18 Oct 2007

Score 8.5/10

Nick, Hilperton

+ Simplicity and style

- Reviewer left no comment

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28 Feb 2007

Kris, Dingwall

+ Reviewer left no comment

- my ipod has stopped working

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30 Oct 2007

Score 10.0/10

Fraser, Glasgow

+ Fantastic 3rd generation ipod they really have got it just perfect

- Reviewer left no comment

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29 Oct 2007

Score 7.3/10

Beverley, London

+ Compact and sound quality good

- No disc or instructions come with this ipod and so unless you are pc literate you may incounter problems as I have!

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24 Apr 2007

Score 7.5/10

Stuart, Chepstow Monmouthshire

+ Its an ipod

- It broke when it was 3 months old!

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24 Apr 2007

Score 9.0/10

Michael, Bedford

+ An excellent player

- A little pricey - but hey its good

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27 Feb 2007

Score 8.2/10

Sarah, Berkhamsted

+ Clear sound and lots of capacity for songs

- Reviewer left no comment

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25 Apr 2007

Score 10.0/10

Adele, Liverpool

+ It's small so easy to carry in bag/pocket etc, good value for money.

- None so far.

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26 Oct 2007

Score 8.5/10

Anonymous

+ Was great for taking on holiday and really easy tp update with music

- Reviewer left no comment

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