iPod nano now has a built-in video camera that lets you record fun as it happens. Then share it with friends on the Internet. It's the video camera that's small enough to take with you everywhere.
A quick scroll through the menu takes you to the video camera. Then you're ready to record video in portrait or landscape--perfect for emailing or posting on Facebook or MobileMe. A built-in mic lets you capture audio, too. And when you play back your video on iPod nano, you'll hear the recorded audio with it. All of which means your indispensable music player is now your indispensable video camera.
There's always something great on the FM dial. And now the FM tuner lets you hear your favorite morning shows on your commute and discover new music while you work out. It even shows you what and who you're listening to
Hear songs in a totally random way. Just turn on Shake to Shuffle, then give iPod nano a shake and it shuffles to a different song in your music library. You never know what iPod nano will spin for you next
What if you're listening to a song and want to know the title or the artist? Just use the Click Wheel or the controls on the optional Apple Earphones with Remote and Mic and VoiceOver tells you the song name and who's performing it without interrupting your music. So you're never distracted from your ride or run by looking down at your screen.
Technical Details
Dimensions: 3.6 x 1.5 x 0.24 inches (90.7 x 38.7 x 6.2 mm)
Weight: 1.28
ounces (36.4 grams)
Capacity: 16 GB
Display: 2.2-inch (diagonal) TFT
display
Display resolution: 240-by-376-pixel resolution at 204 pixels per
inch
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Audio formats supported: AAC
(8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3
VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX+), Apple
Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
Earphone frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
Earphone impedance: 32 ohms
Video formats supported: 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
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,
Ukrainian, and Vietnamese)
Supported VoiceOver languages: Chinese
(Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (U.S.), Finnish,
French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese,
Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish; other languages are available with the
purchase of a supported third-party text-to-speech engine
Supported spoken
menu languages: Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Czech, Danish, Dutch,
English (U.S.), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean,
Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish; other
languages are available with the purchase of a supported third-party
text-to-speech engine
Battery: Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
Playback time: Music playback time: Up to 24 hours when fully charged; Video
playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged
Battery charge time:
Fast-charge time: about 1.5 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity);
Full-charge time: about 3 hours
Mac system requirements: Mac computer with
USB 2.0 port; Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later; iTunes 9 or later
Windows system
requirements: PC with USB 2.0 port; Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or
Professional with Service Pack 3 or later; iTunes 9 or later
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