![]() It too has a nice bright screen, though without the same pixel-density as the nano the classic offers 163 pixels per inch whereas the nano has 204 pixels per inch. Attempting to read the white subtitles that accompany the Korean dialog of the Jin and Sun characters in episodes of Lost was a real chore.Ĭonversely, I could watch that same three hours of video on the iPod classic without spending five minutes rapidly blinking my eyes in the hope that the world would come into better focus. After watching three hours of video on my new iPod nano my eyes were bleary. Although the new iPod nano has a bright, crisp screen, the classic’s extra half-inch of diagonal screen real-estate makes a difference. Rather than regurgitate those details, I’ll outline the significant differences between that more petite iPod and the iPod classic.Ĭapacity aside, the main difference is physical size, and yes, size matters. ![]() ![]() That review also lists the items included in the box (earbuds, dock connector cable, dock adapter, Quick Start guide, Apple stickers, and miscellaneous paperwork). For those people, the 160GB iPod classic makes a lot of sense. And even if you don’t have a huge media library, you may care so much about the quality of your recordings that you encode in an uncompressed or Apple Lossless format, both of which consume greater amounts of storage. With such expansive libraries it’s no longer a rare feat to exceed an 80GB capacity. The once-heralded “1,000 Songs In Your Pocket” just won’t cut it when your iTunes library contains six-digits-worth of tunes, three seasons of 24, every word murmured on a podcast hosted by Leo Laporte, and the entire Pixar oeuvre. Thanks to such influences as the iTunes Store, digital cameras, podcasts (audio and video), lossless audio files, and the easy-does-it-tools that allow us to convert DVDs and TV shows to portable form, the capacious iPods of yore feel increasingly cramped. That leaves capacity-a differentiating factor not to be sneezed at. But otherwise, the two match feature for feature, including an interface that sports slick artwork in the first two layers of the screen hierarchy thumbnail artwork of albums and podcasts in list views more extensive information when viewing lists of songs and albums Cover Flow view three games (the same games-Vortex, Klondike, and iQuiz) support for nested playlists and polish added to a number of the iPod’s extras, including Clocks, Calendars, Contacts, Alarms, Games, Screen Lock, and Stopwatch. And the classic’s Click Wheel is larger and broader (and, thus, more maneuverable with large fingers). Yes, the iPod classic has a larger screen at 2.5-inches (measured diagonally) versus the new nano’s 2-inch screen. Review of the third-generation iPod nano, that more diminutive iPod has the same features as the classic. As pointed out by my colleague Dan Frakes in his Do I just accept that anytime I want to do a software update I'll have to wipe my iPod? Is iTunes the only way to update the iPod software? Is anyone else using Anapod (or Ephpod or any other alternative) with the 6G iPods without a hassle?I'll join the modern era and upgrade Win2K if I must, but I don't relish the thought of installing software and reconfiguring everything again.And that’s largely the appeal of this iPod-not much money for a whole lot of capacity. ![]() ![]() The Anapod trial version did transfer music just fine. Is this normal? The Anapod website says it may not work properly with the new iPods and I don't know if what I'm seeing is a product of that. iTunes said it wasn't able to read my iPod after Anapod had its filthy way with it and said I had to do a restore on my iPod. I am able to update my iPod to the latest software using iTunes on WinXP at work, but when I did an experiment with Anapod (to see if that would be a solution for home) I wasn't able to go back to iTunes. iTunes is only for XP & Vista, so that leaves me in a little bit of a quandry. ![]()
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