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The iPod nano is my favoriate technology toy, and might be yours too. If you've wondered who in created the iPod nano this article will fil you in. Wonder no more. The easy answer is the iPod nano was invented by Apple Computer as part of the iPod product line. (By all accounts the original iPod was inspiration came from Tony Fadell, who was part of the team that eventually created the iPod classic. ) Yes, you already knew that, but here's the deeper details The iPod nano was launched by Apple in 2005. The media was a bit suprised, as Apple already had strong sales for the iPod mini. There were a couple solid reasons to discontinue the mini in favor of the nano. First, the nano uses "flash drive storage" instead of a hard disk. Flash drives are a lot more durable. I travel a lot, and my nano gets packed in carry-ons, dropped from hotel desks, and stuffed into my coat pocket all the time. It withstands hot temperatures and has sat in the rental car overnight in Minneapolis in the winter. All without a hiccup. The classic iPod has a normal hard drive -- holds more but needs to be treated a little more kindly. Customers using iPods for their workouts (you know, the folks with the armbands on) sometimes complained about the limitations of the classic iPod. No more with the nano. The iPod nano's size is one of it's strengths too. Flash drives are much smaller than hard disks, which you see reflected in the nano's size. I can carry my nano in a blazer pocket without a bulge. It fits small carryons. It's a lot less bulky on an armband. Enough of the history lesson, where are we now? Apple launched the nano 3G (third generation) last fall, September 2007. Why mess with a good thing? To add video playback and games! Users were thrilled. The video playback for the nano 3G is impressive. For the techies among you, the 3G uses a high quality QVGA display in 320x240 with a 204ppi pixel density. Translation for the rest of us: the picture is amazingly crisp. I wouldn't have thought I'd play games on the nano, but they're atually pretty good. I played Vortex (one of the three games that come with the 3G nano) on a flight home from Minneapolis last month and enjoyed it. Now you know how the nano came about, and why. Happy playing!
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Would you like to learn more about your iPod Nano? Lydia Vaughn gives more tips and reviews for you at her Nanos Reviewed website.
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