The nano is simply amazing

[Mag]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/23/ip...ano_scratching/

 

When the point was put to the head of Apple's iPod division, Jon Rubenstein - who in the past oversaw the development of the Titanium PowerBook - the one that killed off Wi-Fi reception, because metal cages do that - he replied: "Nah, you don't really think that? It's made of the hardest polycarbonate... You keep it in a pocket with your keys?"

 

Actually, not so for owners we've heard from. "I found that my black 4GB Nano scratched within minutes after peeling off the protective wrapper and wiping it with a cotton T-shirt. I put it in a pocket just once and it was inside the soft case that came with my third-gen iPod," comments poster number 188 in that monster Apple thread.

 

Now my mistake, I purchased a black nano 4gb a few days ago.. Luckily, I did not open it (it's still sealed in shrink wrap), I'm planning to return this to the apple store very soon. Until then, I will wait til they made a new nano with a new improve layer that can resist to scratches (hopefully alluminum), especially resist to metal scratches.

 

So it's hard to believe how nano can be scratch easily... quoted from a dozen of nano owners who said the nano can be scratch after just leaving in your pocket for a while.. or scratches from just wiping it with a cotton material or even soft cloth. This issue has got out of hand.. what the hell was Apple thinking? they probabbly even never heard of "field testing" or doesn't need to give it a test before shipping it out.

 

The reason why I got myself a nano was because I was at the apple store the other day after hearing about the nano. I play around with it, and I did notice a tremendous amount of scratches which I thought it was just caused by a bad handle of care when the people were trying them out. Now what amazes me the first time I try it out is holding it.. hehe no doubt it is featherweight, this thing woulda been nice around my neck or so. Overall it just feels like an ordinary ipod except very damn smaller.

 

But what suprise me the most is that when I was trying holding the ipod.. I was tending to grip it as hard as I can thinkin this thing might torn in half in any second despite the shape and thinness of the nano, I could of assure this thing could be broken in half.. But not at all.. the nano is different from the other ipods.. this can take more abuse than the others...

 

and this should be an interesting 4 page read for those that wants to know what this group of people did in order to kill a nano, it has pictures of everything they did, so give it a read:

 

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/1

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/2

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/3

http://arstechnica.com/reviews/hardware/nano.ars/4

 

[L.S.D]

Interesting read

Make me want to get one too

[oshisama]

I wish I had enough money to where I could destroy technology!

[LoRd_SnOw]

i wish i was a rich guy i think it would be too costly to spend that much on on a new and more smaller ipod...

 

Well atleast i have my PSP

[Inky]

I must resist..... urge for....white gadgets....gnnnaaaa.

[miko]

i wish i was a rich guy

Daidle deedle daidle

Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum...

[Thraxen]

Meh... it has a battery that is soldered in. I think it's a bad idea buy anything that expensive that doesn't allow you to change the battery yourself. The battery will lose its charge capacity over time as do all rechargeable batteries... which could be a bad thing if you use it all the time. People have complained about this with previous iPods yet Apple has yet to get the clue.

[Thoop]

This just makes me wanna buy one too, too bad I have no money

[Ryuken]

Meh... it has a battery that is soldered in.  I think it's a bad idea buy anything that expensive that doesn't allow you to change the battery yourself.  The battery will lose its charge capacity over time as do all rechargeable batteries... which could be a bad thing if you use it all the time.  People have complained about this with previous iPods yet Apple has yet to get the clue.

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and by that time better mp3 players will be out and u wouldn't want to keep the nano unless u want to rock it old school

[Weirdy]

if I had the $$, I'd only get it for the aac support. Otherwise, I'd rather find something with FLAC support

[Sultan]

I'm an apple authorized retailer and I'm planning to start selling them at my store soon. Just gotta make a nice display for them first. I played around with a demo model and it was pretty impressive. Not the best for pictures because its so small. The average camera phone has a larger display. And it did scratch easily. however, these scratches can be buffed out of the plastic. Don't let the scratches scare you away from it.

Anyway, if you are a student remember that you get a discount with apple. Just go to the education link at the apple store. Its good for $20 off a nano.