While there aren’t many high-end portable music players on the market, the 7th generation Nano is a clear step ahead of its predecessors in terms of design, ergonomics and performance. Once again, Apple does play up to the niche market – like the iPod Touch, the Nano does have very specific functions for specific uses. It’s also a much more refined sound, with little of the hard edge of the previous model. Floola supports all most common used features including podcasts. It can be run directly from your iPod and needs no installation under Linux, Mac OS X and Windows (Windows Vista is supported). Compared to the previous generation, the new Nano is a step ahead in sound quality, with more clarity, detail and transparency giving a richer sound. Floola is a freeware application to efficiently manage your iPod or your Motorola mobile phone (any model supporting iTunes). There’s also good weight to basslines, alongside expressive highs. Plug in either the SoundMagic E10s (£35, above) or the even better Beyerdynamic DTX 101iEs (£65) and you’ll find Birdy’s ethereal vocals on Shelter clearer and subtler in a much wider soundstage. The iPod Nano (stylised and marketed as iPod nano) is a discontinued portable media player designed and formerly marketed by Apple Inc. We’d suggest switching to higher quality earphones for a more revealing listen. While there's no iOS6 software to worry about, the Nano's operating system is simple and neat, with design tweaks all around. That screen does love collecting fingerprints, though. Compared to the previous model’s tiny and fiddly screen, there’s more space to comfortably swipe across the screen to navigate between menus. Touchscreen responsiveness and general use is a delight – it’s fast, smooth, and just really lovely to use. It looks neat, and gives it a distinctive look compared to the iPod Touch and previous Nano models – and we have to admit to using the word ‘adorable’ to describe its overall looks. One thing to note is the circular icons with new graphics – a departure from the previous square icons. The larger screen means the icons don’t look cluttered, and it’s still small enough for the graphics to look sharp and smart. The Nano’s screen has a resolution of 240 x 432 at 202 pixels per inch (PPI), compared to the previous Nano’s 240 x 240 at 220 PPI. It makes controlling and using the Nano more intuitive and convenient. The screen is surrounded by a new white bezel, which also includes the home button seen on iPhones – a Nano first. In keeping with the rest of the Apple family, it’s encased in a sleek anodized aluminium shell, and comes finished in eight bright candy colours (silver, black, purple, pink, blue, yellow, green and red).
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