Pluses and minuses of nano ownership
After a day of nano ownership, here’s (the first of) my inevitable review(s).
The pluses:
- Amazing screen – it literally looks like paper, and works well in direct sunlight
- USB 2.0 is super-fast; noticeable faster than FireWire, for some reason
- Menu access is faster than previous models
- Sound-quality is great
The minuses (mostly with iTunes):
- Can’t leave the nano in the source list (as you can with the shuffle)
- When using the Manually Update option, you must manually update songs you’ve changed (e.g. by adding album art), which means you can easily create duplicates
- Similarly, “Show duplicate songs” isn’t supported within the iPod songlist
- It’s a magnet for fingerprints and scratches (com’on Apple, get those cases shipping!)