AidenShaw said:
Genius?
The Nano breaks no new ground - it does less than its predecessors (in general), has less memory (than most), and costs more than some
It's smaller than Ipods with more memory, and larger than iPods with less.
The major advance seems to be the end of white plastic (although Apple still needs to get rid of the white plastic ear buds).
And even the sacred Apple UI seems to be violating a number of patents and prior art....
It's a cute new Ipod - but "genius", "revolutionary" and similar superlatives are a stretch.
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I wonder how many new Ipod owners the Nano is going to get. Most of the people here seem to have picked up Nanos as their 4th (or 4th and 5th) Ipod....
I should mention that I mean the iPod range as a whole, while including this nice addition to the lineup.
Well, this is the first high end flash memory MP3 player. Not only does it offer more storage space than most flash memory MP3 players, but it adds capabilities that have not been offered in a flash memory MP3 players before, except for a radio function. I don't think that it is possible to be smaller than iPods that offer less memory, so I am going to disregard that point, especially since it has a color display, and can do pictures and album covers.
The feature that I think is most left out of MP3 player comparisons is the inclusion of iTunes. Other MP3 players may be cheaper, but they do not offer instant access to a program as good as iTunes. Not only can iTunes store the music you have, and the music you buy or otherwise download, but it also has a great built in Podcast function. iTunes is the software complement that competing companies cannot offer yet, and has the widest selection of music to boot.
Whether or not it uses White or Black plastic, it is in the form that has become the standard for MP3 players. Not only that, but it is very durable as well. The Nano is small, but making a product too small could also be a detriment. I mean, you don't want to have to use tweezers to access the buttons. When it comes to size and usability, there is a happy medium, and I think that the Nano has successfully met that medium.
I wasn't meaning the Nano specifically when I said genius. I was referring to what Apple did as far as making the MP3 player a product that is incredibly popular. The Nano builds upon that. I liked the Mini, I own one, but the Nano is no small improvement upon the mini. Making such leaps in quality is head and shoulders above what a lot of companies tend to do.
The iPod revolutionized the MP3 player market. Not only that, but Apple continues to work on improving what they already offer. The Nano is head and shoulders above the Mini Pod, which is admirable.
You may disagree, but the MP3 player market was not what it is now before the iPod was introduced. The Nano may not be as groundbreaking, but for essentially being the 2nd gen MiniPod, its impressive. I hope you understand the context in which I said what I said now.
When looking at what other manufacturers have to offer, including software and quality, I think that the Nano furthers the reasons why the iPod holds the position it does in the MP3 market.
The other point I was making, concerns the computers Apple makes, which are just as good. But, for whatever reasons, not as acclaimed as the iPod has been. This is a fallacy I hope is corrected through people associating iPods with Apple Computer.
Apple has been doing better lately, but can do a lot better still, considering what they have to offer.
