“Rockalicious” is the best way to describe the newly released iPod nano. The bright colors are not the only exciting feature of the new nano.
It is a brilliant piece of technology that allows you to have music, games, movies, photos and more right at your finger tips. Ever since the new nano hit the stores on Sept. 11, 2008, the response of people buying it has been very positive. Ages 15 to 25 seem to be the most enthusiastic about the colorful new nanos. Although the new nano has a skinnier shape, it offers a variety of new and exciting features.
“The nano fits right into your hand and a lot of people prefer that one instead of the short fat shape,” Apple store concierge Aniqa Wilson said.
The different colors the nano come in are silver, black, purple, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and pink.
Their new bright color selection attract a lot of attention.
“The first thing I noticed when I walked into the Apple store, were the rainbow colored iPods lined up on the sides of the walls. I wish I could buy all of them, one to match each outfit I own,” Amanda Ribakusky, junior marketing major said.
The iPod nano’s starting price is $149 and it comes in the 8gigabyte and 16GB which allows for more rockin’ and rollin’.
People are calling this iPod nano “musical genius,” which is very fitting considering one of the features is called the Genius feature.
If you are rocking out to a song you really like and you would like to hear other similar songs, the Genius feature is able to track down other great songs in your music library and make a playlist.
If you are one of those people who have trouble searching for songs you would like to listen to, you can view your album with just a simple touch of a button.
The iPod nano allows you to press and hold the center button to search for that perfect song. Once you find that song, press the center button again and it’s added to your on-the-go playlist.
“I would be driving and looking for a song, now I just go to my on-the-go playlist and my favorite songs are right there, that feature probably is saving lives,” junior education major Andrea Krzemien said.
With a simple shake of the wrist, the new nano will shuffle your songs. Every now and then you need to shake things up and with this new feature you will really get a chance to do that.
“I have a hard time listening to one song, keeping it on for the full time so this shake and shuffling feature makes it easy and fun for me to switch to a new song,” freshman elementary education major Jacky McDermott said.
You can turn the shake button on and off. That on and off switch will come in handy while you are working out so that the song doesn’t automatically shuffle from your movement.
Another new and exciting feature is you can get games targeted especially for the iPod nano. The different games will respond to the way you move, vertically and horizontally.
The new nano comes with Maze, which is a game that lets you move in and out different mazes by maneuvering your iPod in different directions. “I am addicted to the maze game. I love how the screen moves whenever I tilt or move my nano,” Monica Souders, junior biology major, said.
The iPod nano also has the world’s biggest small screen. That might contradict itself, but the 2-inch screen is great for watching movies, TV shows and videos. The screen offers high-resolution to make the picture clear and vibrant.
Not only can you watch movies and TV shows but you can store your pictures.
It’s the new music playing, TV watching, personal DJ photo album all packed into one.
“I love shaking and dancing with my new nano ipod. It was definitely my best investment this year,” sophomore Kristen Vernan said.
