The evolution of Apple’s iPod brand has been quite impressive and has now become the market standard even. Thus, the introduction of an all-new iPod Nano 5th Generation had everyone’s attention. If you’re on the process of buying a loved on (or yourself) a gift, here’s one you should seriously consider on your shopping list.

Overview

The new iPod Nano 5th Generation is considered to the one of the smallest screen-bearing iPod models in the market, which effectively infuses useful and entertaining features into one. But first, let us examine how the design and build of the model is, especially for the fashion-conscious individuals who want to enjoy their music in style. The dimensions for this model are somewhat similar to its predecessor, the 4G iPod Nano and yet it is comparably taller than the latter. The 2.2-inch display creates a lot of difference as the iPod Nano 5th Generation was able to maximize the extra space given. Hence, the fonts are considerably larger and Apple decided to move the click wheel button a bit lower and smaller.

Meanwhile, the iPod Nano 5th Generation now features the microphone unit and camera lens to the bottom-left. Another difference would be activating the Play function without connecting a headset, which plays the audio via an internal speaker. The sound quality is not sufficient though, but it serves as a great way to preview songs before you actually play them.

The video camera feature in iPod Nano 5th Generation is one of the highlight features for this model. In fact, the big bosses of Apple even went as far as comparing this model to other Flip Standard pocket camcorder upon its launching. The portable video camera installed along with this device is easy to operate and is ideal for those times when you don’t really give much weight to the quality of your shots. When shooting videos, you can also add effects to it by simply going over to the viewfinder screen and holding the Center button. You can come up with almost 15 video effects, but you have to keep in mind that those effects become permanent and there is no way for you to edit them later.

The speech and recording functions for iPod Nano 5th Generation aims to expand on the features offered by its predecessor. It retains the Spoken Menus option that is ideal for visually impaired individuals to still be able to navigate the device’s features. In addition to that, they’ve also integrated a new Voiceover feature that will enable you to hear the title of the tune that is currently being played. One nice feature about this is that this feature is available in as much as 20 different foreign languages.

The FM radio feature for iPod Nano 5th Generation is something that users have been begging Apple to incorporate into the device and the latter finally gave in. But they promise it is of the quality that is unlike any other mp3 players in the market since you can have additional features such as adding your favorite stations, the pause and buffer radio playback option, and the ability to save iTunes tags.

Final Thoughts

If you’re in for some more interesting entertaining and multimedia features, iPod Nano 5th Generation has been able to provide a solid update to an already established predecessor. It takes a major leap in musical device technology, which is something that only Apple has been able to deliver with much success.

You might also like

What Is Next on Apple’s Upcoming Product Release List? The world doesn’t cease to halt at one stop; we saw the glorious release of the iPhone 4 and now we...

Smaller iPad Coming Sometime Next Year Things like this never seem to amaze me.  According to some news over at DigiTimes, Apple is working...

A 32 GB Apple Touch iPod In The Markets Now It would not be an exaggeration to mention that Apple finely has updated the MP3s. Apple is now the most...

Refurb Apple iPod classic 120GB MP3 Player for $163 + free shipping (updated) Uncle Vic offers the refurbished, 6th-generation Apple iPod classic 120GB MP3 Player in Black (pictured),...