ipod mini? nano?

[Bayou_Brawler]

what is the difference between and ipod mini and nano? is the mini just the earlier version?

i think i'm about to buy my first ipod.

looking at some refurbished ones on the apple page.

 

[Vandelay]

You're basically correct. The mini came first, then the nano replaced it. The nano also has a color screen (compared to monochrome for the mini), and it's smaller.

 

[Bayou_Brawler]

hmmm 4 gigs for $99 seems like a pretty good deal...

i'm starting to feel like a caveman at the gym with my CD player.

i can take music from anyone's collection too right. so when i get it i can just go around to my 4 friends with itune collections and fill mine up?

also has anyone heard bad things about the refurbished ones?

 

[beaglesandbass]

iPod Mini

Player type: Hard drive

Memory capacity: 4GB, 6GB

Claimed battery life: 18 hours

Available colours: Pink, blue, green, silver

Dimensions (W x D x H): 91 x 51 x 12.7 mm

Weight: 102 grams



iPod Nano-

Player type: Flash

Memory capacity: 2GB, 4GB

Claimed battery life: 14 hours

Available colours: Black, white

Dimensions (W x D x H): 40 x 7 x 89 mm

Weight: 42 grams

 

[pocket_groover]

iPod Nano-

Player type: Flash

Memory capacity: 2GB, 4GB

Claimed battery life: 14 hours

Available colours: Black, white

Dimensions (W x D x H): 40 x 7 x 89 mm

Weight: 42 grams

The new nanos are now aluminum case like the minis (stronger) and the 4gb ones now come in colors like the mini used to.

Of course, you can't get these refurbished at the Apple store.

I think the aluminum case is a good idea; I just got through replacing the lcd in my daughter's nano (new lcd was $20 on Ebay). The plastic case flexes too much and the lcd is prone to cracking.

 

[Bayou_Brawler]

The new nanos are now aluminum case like the minis (stronger) and the 4gb ones now come in colors like the mini used to.

Of course, you can't get these refurbished at the Apple store.

I think the aluminum case is a good idea; I just got through replacing the lcd in my daughter's nano (new lcd was $20 on Ebay). The plastic case flexes too much and the lcd is prone to cracking.

yup they got nanos and minis in the refurbished store....

 

[pocket_groover]

yup they got nanos and minis in the refurbished store....

I was referring to the new nanos that just came out, but they might be out of the price range you were talking about ..

But wow, $99 is a great deal!

 

[Magical_Max]

I'd go for a refurb'ed Nano, with Flash memory it means that it's got no moving parts, nothing to crash (in theory). I've had my old style 20gb I-pod crash several times.

 

[Bayou_Brawler]

I'd go for a refurb'ed Nano, with Flash memory it means that it's got no moving parts, nothing to crash (in theory). I've had my old style 20gb I-pod crash several times.

coooooooool

so i can take music from anyone's collection too right. so when i get it i can just go around to my 4 friends with itune collections and fill mine up?

 

[Magical_Max]

coooooooool

so i can take music from anyone's collection too right. so when i get it i can just go around to my 4 friends with itune collections and fill mine up?

You can take from other peoples I-Tunes libraries BUT you can't download it to yours through I-Tunes. You can only do this (so I'm told) if you set the I-pod up as a 'Hard Drive' rather than an MP3 player.

 

[anonymous278347457]

you can run over the nano with a car and it wont break(much)

whereas the mini would probably die

 

[trog]

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I've had both the mini and the nano, and vastly prefer the nano. It just feels better.

 

[pocket_groover]

you can run over the nano with a car and it wont break(much)

whereas the mini would probably die

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[Bayou_Brawler]

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sweet

 

[Tsal]

Nano is now available at 2/4/8Gb, if I recall correctly.

I just ordered the new 1Gb Shuffle (shipping next month ) - I wanted something I would feel comfy while jogging and the 82€ delivered with student discount wasn't too harsh.

 

[Bayou_Brawler]

sweet just picked up a 2gig nano for $99 with a 1 year warrenty and all the accesories.

i will no longer feel like a caveman at the gym with my CD player

 

[Bayou_Brawler]

what options do you have with sound quality / song file size?

and i hear the stock headphones are not too great. any better options? small?

 

[Vandelay]

Nano is now available at 2/4/8Gb, if I recall correctly.

Correct, and this may be veering slightly off-topic, but the new 8GB nano is a bad choice. It costs $249, the very same price as a new 30GB regular iPod that can also play movies and games. You have to wonder what Apple was thinking with that pricing strategy.

 

[Tsal]

You have to wonder what Apple was thinking with that pricing strategy.

I suppose it is ment for those iPod buyers who want a small and light but reasonably sized non-HDD player. 4Gb should be their top seller, as the color options (cheaper to produce more at the same color -> most color options on the most selling model) tell.

 

[Vandelay]

what options do you have with sound quality / song file size?

and i hear the stock headphones are not too great. any better options? small?

Congrats on your purchase, you'll like it a lot!

If you buy songs off iTunes, you don't get much control over sound quality/size. They keep that fairly hidden. If you import songs from CDs using iTunes, you can choose what bit rate you want to encode with (thus affecting quality and file size).

The stock headphones are not terrible, they're just not great either. Try them for a while at least before you shop for something else.