Disclaimer

Does anyone really read the back of the box?

In this case Apple goes to great lengths to let you know that your battery will have to be replaced. Perhaps we can open this thing up after all?

Other stuff

In addition to the iPod Nano itself you get a USB cable, ear buds, a plastic stand, and some sparse documentation.

Wires

I have never been able to find a pair of ear buds that fit my tiny ear canals and these were no exception. I’ll take the over the ear headphones any day. The iPod Nano works great with even my expensive headphones.

This is documentation?

The Quick Start instruction booklet was a quick read alright.

Common control scheme

The iPod Nano in all its glory. As you can see it has the familiar circular pad button interface.

Fingerprints

One thing I don’t like about the iPod Nano is how easy it is to get fingerprints all over it. I’m sure there are add ons you can get to protect your Nano.

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As you can see — fingerprints. We took advantage of the free engraving for our iPod Nano purchase.

Songs and art

If you download album art with your music you can see it on the iPod Nano. With 4 GB in this version, I could get around 1000 songs on the hard drive. But I miss the ability I have with my iPod Shuffle to tell iTunes to put in as many random songs from my library as will fit. With the Nano, you have to actively decide which songs and/or playlists to sync.

Make it so

The iPod Nano can also display movies purchased with the iTunes service. But I find the screen to be too small to actually watch a movie or anything else. Perhaps Version 3.0 will have a larger screen.