[feinberj]

I am very sorry to see the end of the 6th generation iPod nano. There were so many interesting things you could do with it. I bought one and made it into a photo-frame keychain as a gift to my wife. She loves it. The nano, even with 8Gb, holds an almost unlimited number of pictures. There's even room left over for some music

[dreamonb]

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Old ipod nano 6th generation had a horrible battery life while using FM radio ( mine has maximum 2 hours on a full charge) Is the new one (7th generation) having same issue? The battery life while listening to the radio can be greatly extended by turning off the features that allow you to pause the radio, scrub back 15 minutes on the radio, etc. Once you turn those things off, you get decent battery life, as I listen to a jazz program on the radio every night, and recharge once a week.

Sorry I did not mention that I do have the "Live pause off". Maybe I got a bad one:(

[davewyman]

Just got my nano and I like it!

For me, it harkens back to the 2nd gen nano, my former favorite model. This one has the wonderful touch screen for easier navigation, and it's smaller and lighter. Like the old version, though, it can be controlled by blind touch.

My one complaint: no FM radio with Bluetooth. But since the radio can't be controlled by touch, anyway, I guess it's no big loss.

[davewyman]

By the way, as for anyone would want the nano when there are other choices, well, it's pretty obvious this is the sports oriented iPod, with it's Nike connection and Bluetooth connectivity.

I have a shuffle (and I even have a small Bluetooth adapter for it). Sometimes, though, I want to see my playlist or listen to music on the radio or to NPR.

I don't use a gym, I prefer riding my bike or hiking and climbing in the mountains. I want to carry the smallest, lightest visions of whatever I've got on me, and the nano fits the bill for that.

[ekgnancy]

only problem i'm having is the newest nano doesn't charge while it plays on our work, Bose, dock station like my older nano did. I have the adapter to convert the lightning to a 32-pin to allow it to play on the bose dock station, but it won't charge my nano while playing as it did with my older nano. A real problem as we listen to music all day long at work. Any info on a charge-adapter? Thanks anyone

[mdreed64mdr]

I think the review/er is way off base. The 6th generation was a great size and had many features that were ideal for exercise/running.

The new version is far from runner-friendly: no clip, awkward size, no double-click skip. Adding insult to injury, we are left to buy a $25 or more case, adding to the price.

Another sign that Apple is losing touch.

[radellaf]

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I feel it's just a gen 5 without a camera! The camera and speaker...could record ... video...... multitouch is fine but so was the wheel

I had a gen 5 briefly before returning it and getting an iPhone 3GS, but I'd agree with your assessment. The wheel and physical play/pause was useful when using non-Apple-remote headphones (Sony makes good ones now though).
But, have you seen the screen? I actually used to watch movies on my 320x240 gen 3 and 4 nanos, and this is comparatively beautiful. Neither of those had a camera or speaker, either. I'm so much happier with the iPhone, but would have traded my gen 4 for this in a heartbeat back in the day.
As for the new connector, it's like losing floppy drives. Major headache for now, but that 30-pin connector felt out of place on the 3GS, much less the iPad or newer products. The pain should be worth it in a year or two.

[Mochan]

You mention that this model is becoming superfluous with the iPod Touch... And that's exactly why the Nano 6G is the better Nano.

With the iPod Shuffle, the Nano 6G is the iPod that replaces the Nano And is better in that you can actually control our playlist meaningfully instead of just having forward HD back buttons... A real deal breaker for me on the Shuffle. The Nano 6G made the Shuffle redundant.

With the 7G, it's too big too make the Shuffle redundant, and has no clip. At this size, and price for that matter, it's the Touch that makes the 7G redundant. All the extra features on the 7G which the 6G didn't have, are simply gimped features of the Touch that nobody is going to use. With the exception of Bluetooth, anyway.

The only reason to get the 7G is for the Bluetooth and battery life. Other than that, the 6G does everything it needs. The physical buttons are not a big deal.... 6G has all the buttons the 7G has except for the home button, which is not as game changing as you make it sound.

Also, the 6G sounds a great deal better than the 7G. I would have to disagree with you that the 7G is slightly clearer with better bass response.

On the while, it's the 7G which I felt was a pointless product compared to the 6G.