Anandtech has a very thorough review (including stress test) of the new iPod Nano:
The iPod nano is clearly intended to be Apple’s new best-selling iPod product, as the iPod mini used to hold that title but no longer exists. And honestly, given all of the improvements that the iPod nano has seen over the mini and even regular-sized iPods, we can see it hitting that point in the very near future as Christmas decorations start showing up in stores sometime in mid-October.
Diehard iPod users who have gigs upon gigs of music will probably still avoid the nano because of its relatively small storage capacity in comparison with standard iPods. After all, the gap between the highest-end iPod nano and the lowest-end iPod is rather large—4GB vs. 20GB—but of course, with only a US$50 difference between the two, this strategic spacing is right out of Apple’s playbook. However, iPod shuffle users and previous (or even current) iPod mini users may be very tempted to get an iPod nano now, given all of the new and shrunken bright & shiny features.
Or, if you’re like us, you’re one of Apple’s most favorite customers of all: iPod adders. No matter what you already have, you’ll want to add an iPod nano to your collection.
The nano is nearly perfect; it is amazingly small and packs almost all of the features of the iPod photo and a few more. If it weren’t for its lack of Firewire, lack of compatibility with older accessories, and no current support for video output, I don’t think we’d hesitate to give the nano a perfect ten. Those shortcomings drop the iPod nano’s score a couple of points to a solid eight.
i really want one of these
ipod nano’s
i like the black the best im just worried that it would snap in my pocket if i leaned to far forward to tie my shoelace or something
but thats just me being paranoid
i cant see people wanting the ipod mini or shuffle now
no wonder there so eager to give them away with popular packets of crisps all over the world?
That’s why the nano’s going to replace the mini
. Although you are right in stating that the Nano pretty much makes the shuffle obsolete.
Especially since the only reason to get a shuffle would be price seing as the Nano is only 100 euros more expensive. And seing that the target demographics for competing with price as cheapskates, cheapskates will go for the cheaper flash based players anyway (insted of the Shuffle).
I wouldn’t be surprised if the Shuffle was discontinued within 1 year.
Don’t worry mark, unless you have skin tight pants that nano itself wont snap, although I’m not too sure about the screen. But the nano’s back is supposedly made of stainless steel.