iPod Rerun - The Nano 09 Now Shoots Video

The iPod Nano can do things that no other portable media player (unless you think your cellphone is one) can. It’s time to bite the Apple.

The new iPod Nano brings video to your music with its built-in video camera. Moreover, for that extra kick it comes with a larger screen and polished aluminium finish in nine brilliant colours. If you were looking for a slim video camera that could shoot good quality video, and you thought your slimmest digital camera was still a tad big, then this Nano is a perfect fit. Small enough to fit into your shirt pocket, this Nano shoots video at an instant (though there is no short cut key, and you have to go through the menu). It can record video both in portrait mode and in landscape mode. The video shots are optimised for Facebook, YouTube and Mobile Me (Apple’s platform).

Fifteen fun effects allow you to record your video as if you were a Hollywood director. From Motion Blur, Sepia Tone, Mirror Image, Cyborg to Thermal, they are all there. The polished anodised aluminium finish in nine electrifying colours and a large 2.2” display score high in the envy quotient.

This iPod also supports FM playback, so you can tune into your favourite station. If you need a quick break, you can live pause the FM radio and resume from where you were after the break. The live pause is not the only great thing, this Nano allows you to rewind 15 minutes of listening time, so that you can listen to that song again. You can also tag songs that you are listening on the radio, and back home when you hook it up to your computer, it will bring up all the tagged songs so that you can buy them from the iTunes store (the feature works only in the US for now). The new iPod Nano has a voice recorder too.

To cap it, this iPod is also your personal trainer. Connect it to any Nike + iPod compatible cardio equipment, and it records your workout and charges your iPod while your music and video keep you pumping.

Apple iPod Nano is expected in the Indian market soon.
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The above review was printed in the Open Magazine Issue Dated 19th to 25th September 2009