Apple iPod nano 4GB Review
Specifications
Technical Specifications: iPod nano
Capacity
- 2GB or 4GB flash drive
- Holds 500 to 1,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format
- Holds up to 25,000 iPod nano-viewable photos
- Stores data via USB flash drive
Display
- 1.5 inch (diagonal) liquid crystal display with blue-white LED backlight
- 176 x 132 pixel resolution, .168-mm dot pitch
- Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously
Audio
- Skip-free playback
- Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
- Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Music Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV
- Upgradable firmware enables support for future audio formats
Headphones
- Earbud-style headphones with 18-mm drivers using Neodymium transducer magnets
- Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
- Impedance: 32 ohms
Mac system requirements
- Macintosh computer with USB port (USB 2.0 recommended)
- Mac OS X v10.3.4 or later
Windows system requirements
- PC with USB port or card (USB 2.0 recommended)
- Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 or later, or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
Customizable settings
- Customize main menu
- Create multiple On-the-Go playlists
- Adjust audiobook playback speed
- Clicker playback through headphones
- Rate songs
- Shuffle songs or albums
- Repeat one or all
- Sound Check on or off
- 20 Equalizer settings
- Backlight timer
- Display contrast
- Alarms on, off or silent
- Sleep timer
- Date and time
- Display time in menu bar
- Contacts sort and display by first or last names
- Clicker on or off
- Languages: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish
- Additional language support for display of song, album and artist information: Bulgarian, Croatian, Romanian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian
Environmental requirements
- Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
- Non operating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
- Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
- Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
Input and output
- Dock connector
- 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack
Power and battery
- Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
- Playtime: Up to 14 hours when fully charged
- Photo slideshow with music viewing time: Up to 4 hours when fully charged
- Charging via USB or FireWire to computer system or power adapter
- Fast-charge time: about 1.5 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
- Full-charge time: about 3 hours
Size and weight
- Height: 3.5 in
- Width: 1.6 in
- Depth: 0.27 in
- Weight: 1.5 oz
