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Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation

 

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  • User Score (2153)
    8.7 8.7 from 2153 reviewers
  • Expert Score (19)
    7.8 7.8 from 19 reviewers
  • Design (34)
    7.0 7.0 from 34 reviewers
  • Value for money (125)
    7.4 7.4 from 125 reviewers
  • Features (235)
    7.8 7.8 from 235 reviewers
  • Ease of use (334)
    7.9 7.9 from 334 reviewers
  • Performance (3)
    7.1 7.1 from 3 reviewers
  • Sound quality (243)
    8.0 8.0 from 243 reviewers
  • Reliability (158)
    8.0 8.0 from 158 reviewers
  • Overall quality (187)
    8.1 8.1 from 187 reviewers
  • Audio & image quality (74)
    8.2 8.2 from 74 reviewers
  • Speed performance (158)
    7.7 7.7 from 158 reviewers
  • Equipment (53)
    7.6 7.6 from 53 reviewers
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  • Expert Reviews

  1. TechSmart

    15 December 2010

    The new iPod nano is almost half the size of its predecessor, cuts down on its price, but looses the video functionality. Regardless of the latter it's a much easier device to use thanks to its new touch-based UI and still is a very capable music player. Read more

    • A lot more compact, price cut, easy to use UI.
    • Battery life not the best, no more video functionality.
  • User Reviews

0 in English, 1443 in all languages
  • WikiFreak Description

Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation

Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation features Genius Playlist that finds songs in the music library that go together and makes a Genius playlist automatically. Users can vie albums art in Cover Flow and press, and hold the Centre button to browse by album or artist. When you find the right song, press the Center button to add it to the on-the-go playlist. Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation also enables users to tilt or turn their iPod on its side, to listen, watch and play in n…

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Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation

Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation features Genius Playlist that finds songs in the music library that go together and makes a Genius playlist automatically. Users can vie albums art in Cover Flow and press, and hold the Centre button to browse by album or artist. When you find the right song, press the Center button to add it to the on-the-go playlist. Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation also enables users to tilt or turn their iPod on its side, to listen, watch and play in new ways. It also features shake shuffle that enables users to shake to shuffle their playlist. Apart from that, Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation comes with built-in games, Maze and it is also great for photos storage with its proper aspect ratio on the vibrant, 320 x 240 resolution display.

Features

Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation is measured at 90.7 x 38.7 x 6.2mm (H x W x D) and weights in at 36.8 grams. The display is a 2 inch (diagonal) liquid crystal with blue & white LED backlight and it comes with 320 x 240 pixels resolution at 204 pixels per inch. The frequency response is 20 Hz – 20000 Hz, with impedance of 32 ohms. Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation supports AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3 and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV audio format and H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4 and .mov file formats video formats. Apple iPod Nano 3rd generation supports various languages such as Czech, Danish, Dutch, Turkish and many others.

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