Jason Eaton
09-16-2006, 05:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/pcmag/~3/21974430/0,1759,2015696,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/pcmag/~3/21974430/0,1759,2015696,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Amid all the hooplah at Apple's September 12 press event, the company released the second generation of its wildly popular iPod nano. Thanks to its new anodized aluminum casing, the new model looks much like the now-defunct iPod mini, but much, much slimmer. Improvements over the first-gen nano include a brighter screen, longer battery life, and my personal favorite—gapless playback. The 2GB model comes in silver only while the 4GB model comes in silver, green, blue, or pink. And the 8GB model comes in black only (the 1GB model has been dropped). "</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/jasone-ipod-nano8gb.jpg" /><br /><br />Seems like only yesterday I upgraded from the iPod mini to the iPod nano, and with the latest evolution from Apple it seems as if the best traits from each have been combined to make the diminutive player even better. Though I have to admit that color restrictions seem a little odd...