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“More powerfull than older versions.8gb”

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Product Features

Storage Capacity in GB 8
Screen Size in Inches 2
Music Playtime (hours) 24
Video Playtime (hours) 5
Screen Resolution (pixels) 640x480
Weight (g) 40
Weight (g) 49.2
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) 52x70x7
USB Yes
Release Date 12 Sep 2007
Colour Multi

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Impartial Reviews

500 shoppers have reviewed this product.
89% of people would recommend it.

out of 10
Display Quality9.5
Design9.2
Sound quality9.0
Range of features8.8
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.5
Battery life8.4
Ease of use8.9
Portability9.5
Design/build quality8.0
Overall rating9.0
Score: 9.5/10

Anonymous

more powerfull than older versions.8gb

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8 people found this review helpful

20 Nov 2007

Score: 9.6/10

Stuart, Derby

There are so many good points, I use my ipod when i'm at the gym and it's just the right size to put on your arm when your doing your exercises, the sound quality is very good and so is the battery life.

Can't think of anything that is bad about it apart from could do with being just a little bit cheaper apart from that than there's nothing bad about it

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7 people found this review helpful

14 Mar 2008

Score: 9.4/10

Laura, Liverpool

It's Small, Girly & Had Good Memory

None At The Minute

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4 people found this review helpful

04 Mar 2008

Score: 6.8/10

Anonymous

keeps losing songs from memory. lost all games from memory. keeps freezing. after two weeks it stopped playing songs all together.

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4 people found this review helpful

02 Apr 2008

Score: 8.1/10

Anonymous

compact- brightly coloured-not easy to lose-sound quality good- the ew stretchy cases are good

the on/off switch very small need to use a pen etc to turn on and off, could do with standing out slightly more so it can be switched easier

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3 people found this review helpful

18 Oct 2008

Score: 9.9/10

Karen, Alness, “I love music”

Compactable, easy to use and great selection of colours

Can't think of any

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3 people found this review helpful

20 Aug 2008

Score: 7.9/10

Dan Crosfield, Somerset

It has many updated features from the old ipod. Genius feature, shake and shuffle, sleek design, Games, video are all great. Sounds brilliant too.

It doesn't charge on my IPOD speakers like my previous IPOD meaning I have to charge when on computer, The battery runs out a lot quicker than on the 3rd generation Ipod of which I had previously. The shake and shuffle can be problematic if you don't want to put it on hold.

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3 people found this review helpful

21 Oct 2008

Score: 8.4/10

Charlotte, Liverpool

The screen it clear and big. The games are good. The sound quality is very good and its just the right size to carry around with you.

The battery drains quite quickly.

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3 people found this review helpful

21 Oct 2008

Score: 7.1/10

Anonymous

slim and easy to use

Expensive. Earphones do not last

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3 people found this review helpful

23 Jun 2008

Score: 8.4/10

Anonymous

looks great and very compact. Holds a lot of stuff which is great!

battery life isn't great and sound isn't as good as old nano.

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3 people found this review helpful

23 Jun 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Rhiannon, Bishop's Waltham

Like the design, very easy to use, a great present :-)

None!

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3 people found this review helpful

28 May 2008

Score: 9.5/10

Paul, Derby

Brilliant display features

Better manual should be supplied

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3 people found this review helpful

18 Dec 2007

Score: 8.8/10

Emma, Filey

the slim sleek design makes the ipod easy to handle and carry around, its easy to use and the updated software is great. the sound quality is also excellent.

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3 people found this review helpful

23 Dec 2007

Score: 10.0/10

Yvonne, Caterham, “I Love Music”

I already have an ipod nano. I bought this one as a birthday present for someone. Its compact and holds a large amount of music, videos and films ideal for taking on holiday,walking, jogging and general music enjoyment. Sound is good and picture excellent on videos and movies.Well worth buying.

A bit fiddly if you have large hands.

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2 people found this review helpful

19 Aug 2008

Score: 8.5/10

Anne, Sheffield

Light, compact and easy to use. Bought this just before new nano was released, but i am happy with this version, due to shape and size.

Headphones are not very good, and i bought a pair seperatley - this is the case with most ipods though

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2 people found this review helpful

06 Nov 2008

Score: 8.0/10

Anonymous

small and slick design making it comfortable to use sensitive control circle making use easy good range of colours to choose from good quality images on screen making it an attractive piece of equiptment

all the wires that go with it - bluetooth would be class

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2 people found this review helpful

21 Oct 2008

Score: 9.4/10

Anonymous

Small...easy to use

holds about 0.6 of a GB less than it said on the packet and you don't get a charger with it, which means you have to wait until you go on itunes on your computer to charge it.

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2 people found this review helpful

18 Jun 2008

Score: 8.8/10

Anonymous

compact

a bit tricky to manouver at first

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2 people found this review helpful

08 Jun 2008

Score: 9.3/10

Anonymous, “retired electrical engineer”

loks good and verry portable and easy to use

none I've found

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2 people found this review helpful

05 Jun 2008

Score: 8.0/10

Ryan, Hastings

Great looking device, massive range of accessories available, and available in many colours

Not great battery life, headphones supplied with it are shocking

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2 people found this review helpful

12 Jun 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Anonymous

Overall this is an excellent product, everyone should have one!

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2 people found this review helpful

28 Jun 2008

Score: 9.5/10

Peter., Ashford,kent

Great design, good looks,easy to use,very compact.

A bit expensive compared to others on the market.

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2 people found this review helpful

28 Jul 2008

Score: 9.1/10

Shirley, Winsford, Cheshire

Great product, lots of features, great sound looks great too

sometimes freezes

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1 person found this review helpful

26 Aug 2008

Score: 9.4/10

Matthew, Birmingham

Size of product and ease of use are fantastic

Trying to find a docking station that will also charge the ipod at the same time is proving very difficult as this is still a relatively new ipod design.

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1 person found this review helpful

18 Oct 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Haydn, Cardiff, “i'm simplistic and practical.”

easy to carry around. long battery life.

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1 person found this review helpful

18 Oct 2008

Score: 9.9/10

Anonymous

absolutely fantastic piece of technology. Easy to use, brilliant, clear & larger screen. Find your favourite artist/album in seconds. I will never go back to the older versions of nano ipods.

The 4th generation ipod does not charge when used with docking system.

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1 person found this review helpful

18 Oct 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Anonymous

Not having the software disc with it and having to sownload the correct software is a bit of a pain plus the real lack of clear instruction on how to set things up. other than that once you get it set up and started its pretty easy to do.

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1 person found this review helpful

17 Oct 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Stacey, Millar

Easy to use and upload songs, videos and pictures!

None!

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1 person found this review helpful

15 Sep 2008

Score: 8.8/10

Laura, Exeter, “i like loud music”

it has games and quizes on the ipod which yu can play at the same time as the music. the ear plugs are quite comfortable.

the sound isnt that loud, although it is loud enough to hear the music well.

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1 person found this review helpful

15 Sep 2008

Score: 9.1/10

Anonymous, “great device”

great and easy to use

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1 person found this review helpful

23 Oct 2008

Score: 8.3/10

Adam, Stockport

Earphones aren't the best

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1 person found this review helpful

01 Oct 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Katie, Beverley/ East Yorkshire

easy to use, fantastic range of things to keep you busy either listening or watching. And its so dainty!!!

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1 person found this review helpful

20 Oct 2008

Score: 8.1/10

Kev, Coventry, “Young male, first ipod”

Easy to use, excellent sound quality.

Supplied headphone quality / earpiece type. Lack of protective case as standard.

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1 person found this review helpful

05 Oct 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Anonymous

battery lasts longer than i thought! quiz game on it is good.

should come with a case found it hard to get used to i tunes to start with...

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1 person found this review helpful

19 Jun 2008

Score: 9.1/10

Eddie, Kilmarnock, “I enjoy good music”

Quality of sound , capacity for storage , design.

Information booklet very poor to someone like me who is not used to gadgets

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1 person found this review helpful

20 Jun 2008

Score: 8.6/10

Angela, London

Very easy to use. Good sound and very clear picture on video and film.

Scroll wheel a little too sensitive.

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1 person found this review helpful

11 Jun 2008

Score: 8.1/10

Pauline, Cambuslang

can store all different media on one tiny item - photos, music, video. Looks really good.

The price compared to other MP4's

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1 person found this review helpful

27 Jun 2008

Score: 9.4/10

Anonymous

The best on the market right now

N/A

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1 person found this review helpful

09 Jul 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Fiona, Winchester, “love my music”

Fit's perfectly in your pocket/bag. Got a few games on to cure boredom. Can store about 2000 songs on it,,i found with the others 1000 songs was not enough! It is a tad expensive but it's worth it for the amount of music/video's/pictures it can hold. And of course the colour is great :)

Not sure if this is the i-pod or my car stereo but i've had it set up in my car and the sound quality is not as good as you'd get from a cd.

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1 person found this review helpful

29 Jul 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Anonymous

everything about this product is fantastic, it is easy to use, the sound quality is amazing and the display is exceptional.

in my opinion there are no bad points.

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1 person found this review helpful

18 Jun 2008

Score: 7.3/10

Anonymous

Very slim and portable and easy to fit in your pant pocket. Good quality video.

Scratches easily without cover.

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1 person found this review helpful

02 Aug 2008

Score: 8.9/10

Anonymous, “novis of technoligy”

amount of songs on such a small item good sound portability

can be a little fiddly

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1 person found this review helpful

16 Jun 2008

Score: 9.5/10

Tony, Oldbury

The design and ease of use were great.

For the price I'd expect descent headphones(sound quality and fit not the best) and maybe a protective case, had to buy both later.

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1 person found this review helpful

27 Jun 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Karen, Ascot

I personally do not have an IPod, I purchased this for my daughter and she is over the moon with it.

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1 person found this review helpful

16 Jun 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Gill, Barnsley

excellent product sound quality excellent colour screen out of this world

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1 person found this review helpful

23 Dec 2007

Score: 9.9/10

Henry, Bath

Everything-its stylish,produces high quality sound and is easy to use

A little bit pricey and of course you are tied to i-tunes to buy music

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1 person found this review helpful

05 Jan 2008

Score: 7.8/10

Anonymous

Small and easy to use

Now charging pack included, could be a better battery life

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1 person found this review helpful

23 Dec 2007

Score: 10.0/10

Anonymous

Its very good, its worth the money

nothing

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1 person found this review helpful

13 Dec 2007

Score: 8.3/10

Andrew, Herne Bay, Kent

v stylish and sound quality is good, very good range of add on products from many suppliers. all latest tracks available for download.

appears to be very delicate (probably isnt)

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1 person found this review helpful

25 Apr 2008

Score: 8.9/10

Minty, Kent

A much easier design than the last ipod I had

Previous experience with ipods, they freeze and can jam up on you. I am hoping this one is much better.

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1 person found this review helpful

24 Apr 2008

Score: 9.3/10

Richard, Brentwood, “Middle aged man”

Great design, easy to use and feature packed. Love it

ITunes a bit slow sometimes.

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1 person found this review helpful

23 Apr 2008

Score: 8.3/10

Melanie, Doncaster

the nano is neat and tidy.. my daughter thourully enjoys useing it .....

no enough info on how to load the music

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1 person found this review helpful

13 Jan 2008

Score: 9.3/10

Simon, Melton Mowbray

Superb design. quality build and screen

None !

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1 person found this review helpful

14 Jan 2008

Score: 8.0/10

Anonymous, “Girl, 16, london”

Small, portable, light, sleek design, clear screen

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1 person found this review helpful

01 Apr 2008

Score: 9.3/10

Becky, Glasgow, Scotland

It's just an awesome ipod, you can put so many songs onto it and i luv the fact you can see the album cover wen you play the song...and the design is gorgeous i especially luv the blue! The ipod is definatley a buy!

It was very hard to set up and work the features...and the back scratches very easily...but thatz all, they're not really a problem, just not-so-good points about it.

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1 person found this review helpful

14 Mar 2008

Score: 8.6/10

Steve, Leicester

I pod is so unbelievably small, yet holds so many tracks. Very impressive.

I Tunes, whilst easy to use, is not user friendly with media player and drag and drop!

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1 person found this review helpful

20 Jan 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Anonymous

Brilliant

None

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1 person found this review helpful

11 Dec 2007

Score: 9.0/10

Anonymous

STYLISH

BATTERY LIFE

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1 person found this review helpful

10 Dec 2007

Score: 8.1/10

David, Lytham St Annes

Design and portability

Poor robustness of supplied earphones and lead

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1 person found this review helpful

13 Mar 2008

Score: 7.5/10

Anonymous

size sound

chargeing keeps changeing playlist when attached to computer cant have sepperate list

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1 person found this review helpful

22 Jan 2008

Score: 9.9/10

Anonymous

Great sound

bit too sensitive in rotative selection

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1 person found this review helpful

12 Feb 2008

Score: 8.6/10

Anonymous

Small and easy to use

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1 person found this review helpful

28 Jan 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Anonymous

so small yet holds so much music.

none I have found as of yet

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26 Jan 2008

Score: 8.9/10

Tracy, Sheffield

I got a good product.It was what I wanted and it was worth the price.

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16 Jan 2008

Score: 7.4/10

Anonymous

It's very light.

As with all iPods, it's not the easiest to switch off, esp. quickly.

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16 Oct 2008

Score: 9.9/10

Anonymous

It is light and also good for portability.

I don't have really any bad points about it.

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14 Oct 2008

Score: 9.4/10

Karen, Warrington

Sound quality and ease of use is excellent. This was bought for my son - I was so impressed that I now want one myself

Little bit expensive when you see that the new shape was about to be released.

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06 Oct 2008

Score: 9.5/10

Charlotte, Hampshire

I had an ipod for my 10th birthday and I think that it is brilliant. Excellent sound quality and really cool - mine is the green 8gb one.

My mum says she likes a bargain so perhaps the price could come down slightly.

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05 Oct 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Anonymous

GREAT PORTABILITY,WITH EX. FEATURES

PRICE AND EAR PHONES,I CHOOSE TO CHANGE THESE AS IN TODAY SOCIETY YOU DON'T REALLY WANT ADVERTISE TO EVERYONE THAT IS A I-POD THAT YOUR LISTENING TO WHICH IS A SHAME BECAUSE THEY'RE GREAT

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02 Oct 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Alison, Worcester Park, “Mature lady.”

Easy to use, great value for money.

I havn't found any

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02 Oct 2008

Score: 8.5/10

Nick, Edinburgh

Easy to use and attractive with fantastic colour screen and great quality also good price, good memory, good sound quality.

the back is to easy to scratch and volume limit is sloghtly too low for my liking but still good

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15 Sep 2008

Score: 9.9/10

Anonymous

Everything

Hard to use for begginners need easier to follow instructions.

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15 Sep 2008

Jamie, Norwich, “avid podcaster”

Well supported by i Tunes, makes podcast searching so simple for the busy.

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15 Sep 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Lee, Penrith, “i like music >.>”

it works >.>

i have big ears and the earphones always fall out >.>

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16 Oct 2008

Score: 9.3/10

Keith, Southampton, “small, easy to use”

ease of use, look, size

cost

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15 Sep 2008

Score: 8.8/10

Anonymous

Earphones dont work properly

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13 Sep 2008

Score: 8.6/10

Anonymous

Small and light weight. Great sound too. Perfect for its price.

Screen scratches quite easily. Even by money in the same poket.

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27 Aug 2008

Score: 9.6/10

Anonymous

Small, nice looking and sounds great, you can also put photos and audiobooks on it.

It can be quite confusing to Sync the right things when you use itunes to put more music on etc.

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16 Oct 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Claire, Scunthorpe

Its small and compact and is very easy to use.

I don't find the headphones very comfortable

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19 Aug 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Janie, Kent

easy to use even for me!!

you need to buy all the accessories separately

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19 Aug 2008

Score: 9.3/10

Diane, Newcastle Upon Tyne

Easy to use and great value for money

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19 Aug 2008

Score: 8.9/10

Patrick, Edinburgh, “Interested in technology”

Can watch films on it

Does not automatically put music on where early versions did.

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19 Aug 2008

Score: 7.6/10

Paul, Essex

good memory

has to be charged a lot

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17 Aug 2008

Score: 8.9/10

Anonymous

size and data capacity

cost.

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14 Aug 2008

Score: 9.4/10

Ashlee, Greyabbey

Ipod is great, small yet brilliant!! would recommend it to anyone.

So far iv found none!!

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13 Aug 2008

Score: 9.0/10

Pat, Manchester, “over 50”

tactile, easy to use

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13 Aug 2008

Score: 8.6/10

Anonymous

Ease of use after loading

Difficuly to load single items and to set for Music, audio , video, loading into individual folders is a nightmare.

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13 Aug 2008

Score: 8.1/10

Anonymous

lovely design very good portabilty

no software cd with it which really annoyed me an also the battery life is quite short

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05 Aug 2008

Score: 9.8/10

Alix, Orpington

Choice of colours, and a full range of accessories, docking stations etc to go with it.

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16 Oct 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Jacqui, Dundee, “thirty three bubbly blonde”

Great fab ace.

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17 Oct 2008

Score: 8.1/10

Anonymous

It has an excellent memory - now I can fit my whole music collection onto one device! It looks cool too, and you can accessorise it. The sound quality is great.

It took me a while to get used to iTunes which is the only way you can put music and video onto the iPod. Also, you can only put music/video on that has been downloaded from iTunes or comes from your existing CD collection.

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24 Jul 2008

Score: 9.5/10

Debbie, Bicester

Very easy to use, it was bought for my 9 year olds birthday and they found it easy to use and very durable.

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23 Jul 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Anonymous

No bad points, I have already recommended this to a friend at work

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23 Jul 2008

Score: 10.0/10

Anonymous

not a bad thing to say great buy

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23 Jul 2008

Score: 8.3/10

Anonymous, “young and going travelling”

small, good storage

cant use transmitter yet

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23 Jul 2008

Score: 9.1/10

Des, Bristol

Attractive and portable

Interface with PC is a bit restrictive, prefe Creatives interface.

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23 Jul 2008