I love Apple! IPods rock! (Apple iPod nano (3G) 8 GB)

Member Name: katykicker

Product:	Apple iPod nano (3G) 8 GB
Date:	12/04/09 (37 review reads)
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Advantages: great design, easy to use.

Disadvantages: None

I received my Ipod from my fiance for Christmas 2007 and I also received a docking station with it.

It is 8GB in size and currently I have around 1500 songs, 100 photos and a couple of small videos stored on it and still have over 1GB of in space. It holds everything that I want it to very comfortably.

The iPod is very easy to use with the click wheel making it easy to make your selection and the other buttons very straightforward to use.

I have had it freeze on me twice recently but this is easily solved by holding down the menu and the middle button for around 10 seconds and waiting for it to reset.

The ITunes software is very easy to use and downloadable from the apple website making it simple to add your favourites to the device.

The USB Charging lead required is supplied when you buy this as are the instantly recognisable Apple headphones (which you may want to swap with something a little less tinny). If you want to charge this without your computer you will need to purchase a plug USB charger which can be picked up fairly cheap for around £8.00 or so from various sites and I got one brought for me by my other half at the time of receiving this Ipod.

Videos are very simple to watch on the 2" display screen built in and I've had no problems with the quality.

There are a few quiz games provided on the IPod and more can be downloaded from the ITunes store (normally for a small fee - some as cheap as 49p!).

It comes in a variety of colours and mine is metallic blue (as per the picture). The only downside to this is that the back is not scratch resistant at all and very easily scuffed so I would definitely advise buying an Ipod sock (available cheaply on Ebay or Amazon).

Overall I have been very pleased with this lovely piece of kit. It's in my favourite colour and with the exception of the two recent freezes I've not had a single problem at all. All my songs converted easily and play fine. The headphones are a little tinny but pretty good quality. I have not replaced mine but I'm sure some more avid music fanatics probably have!

The battery life is around 24 hours if listening to just music and I find that it normally lasts me a good few hours each day for a week before it needs another charge. Ideal if you're going on holiday and don't want to waste a lot of time waiting for it to charge! Charge time is a couple of hours or so and this is fine as it'll charge overnight while I'm sleeping!

Alas I do find myself using it less and less now I have an 8GB Iphone but my other half is only too happy to remove some of my "rubbish" music and put some of his rubbish on instead!

The Ipod retails at around £100.00 at present but the price of this model will probably come down a little as the new models become more and more popular.

I am rating this 5/5 as I have no complaints about the use, it's easy to use, easy to add music too and of course easy to listen to my favourite tracks on the move!

Summary: A highly recommend portable music device.

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