I am seriously considering an ipod nano(black), but I only have a USB 1.1 and Firewire connections on my computer. I was wondering if the Nano is only USB 2.0 compatible or if it is compatible with 1.1 too.
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Ipod Nano.. does it have USB 1.1 compatibility?
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kgarner said:
Yep it will still work. Its not incredebly slow i used it for my first mini.
PS: I just got a black 2gb nano. It rocks
It doesn't support firewire because building in FW data transfer would cost extra, and most iPod buyers never use FW so it's not worth it. Hard to argue with that, since USB 1.1 is there in a pinch anyway.
No boycott is going to change the above business realities. And I too have transferred large amounts of data over 1.1 and found it tolerable. So small amounts of data (a song here and there) should be fine until you get a newer Mac someday.
No boycott is going to change the above business realities. And I too have transferred large amounts of data over 1.1 and found it tolerable. So small amounts of data (a song here and there) should be fine until you get a newer Mac someday.
Just a bit of info, using USB 1.1 wont power the ipod while its transfering. So just make sure you dont run out of battery power when you're transfering your music or something crazy might happen... like something real crazy
I wish the iPod nano had FireWire. I'm curious to know what most Mac users use to sync their iPods. I've never even taken the USB cable out of the box for my iPod. I always use the FireWire cable. It seems like most Mac users use FireWire, while most Windows users use USB. Do you think that's true? Not all Macs (or PCs for that matter) had USB 2 until somewhat recently, whereas FireWire has been standard on Macs for quite a while now, and a lot of PCs have it too I think, because digital camcorders use it. I know that all three of the PCs we have in our house have FireWire, although admittedly one has it through a PCI card, though that card did come with the computer when we bought it.
EDIT: Fixed a typo that made it so the first part of my post made no sense.
EDIT: Fixed a typo that made it so the first part of my post made no sense.
Indeed, USB 1.1 compatible. I know because I'm doing the initial transfer on my Nano right now with USB 1.1 ( a.k.a. USB Hillbilly). Kinda slow, like watching grass grow, but I don't care this thing is ***** amazing. And yes, it charges with USB 1.1
mduser63 said:
It does have USB 2.
I bought one (white, 4gb nano) , and i have a 1GHz TiBook (usb 1.1) Other than the initial load of music, i don't see this being too annoying. The device is meant to be used for listening to music, not testing how fast or slow your music gets transferred to it.
Using USB 1.1 will be fine for the Nano as it has a small capacity, it would take about 40 mins to fill up the 4gigs via USB 1.1, USB only for the standard iPods though would be unacceptable as there is too much to transfer if you have USB 1.1 only....In my Opinion firewire is still far superior to USB2 and i think its a real shame that the Nano has no support for it......
Can anyone confirm that USB 1.1 charges the nano? Also does the Nano come with a dock in the box?
ShadoW
Can anyone confirm that USB 1.1 charges the nano? Also does the Nano come with a dock in the box?
ShadoW
eXan said:
Purely because they want to win over the Windows market who are not used to firewire as firewire doesnt come with many PC's these days....
I love Firewire its the greatest way of data transfer i use it all the time to transfer data beetween macs....It's great, i hope macs in future will keep the firewire ports,
ShadOW
shadowmoses said:
Yeah it charges it. Not sure if it's as effective at charging as USB 2.0, but I'm assuming it is. It doesn't include a dock, but what is apparently a dock adapter so the thing sits correctly. I really wouldn't know what it's for though because I don't have a dock.
MBHockey said:
Oops, I meant to say that I wish it had FireWire. Fixed now. With a device as small as the iPod nano, USB 1.1 isn't too bad. Trying to load my 40 GB iPod with the 33 GB of music that's in my library wouldn't be too fun though.