Okies well seeing as i got one for my birthday on monday, having used it for a few days (compulsively i might add) i think now is a good time to review it. Briefly. Whatever. Well I have it in red (product red) and i must say it is the best colour heh heh, blue - too common but yes it is v.nice, green - its ok, black - last ipod was black too boring, silver/white - too boring i'm afraid, pink - a bit too girly and is prob going to be really popular colour and the pink isnt that great and just no, red - slightly pinky red which isnt too girly perfection. Anyways, moving on. I can't really see the red anyway cos it has a clear cover on it, but it makes the red paler, so it looks a bit weird. Okay, first off it is actually, shockingly small. I thought it was going to be about the height of the old nano and twice as wide but its only just over 2/3 the height of the old one, 2/3 - 3/4. It's not that wide either - with my 2G case on, theres only about a cm difference. But this thing is thiiin. It's like the macbook air for ipods, yes, i keep talking about it, i really have to post that video. First off, the screen is waaay bigger and the picture quality is the best out of all ipods (yes iPhone and Touch included there) its v.small, which is anoying, but big enough for me and it has the highest pixel concentration per inch that any other ipod - thats what i mean by best picture quality.
The split menu i wasn't so sure about when i heard about it, but it really does look great esp. when its your music that's being pictured there. Cover flow is really amazing, but annoyingly it isn't organised by album! ahhh its so annoying. It's done by artist, then album. So all my kb stuff is grouped and all feist stuff etc. At first it was SO irritating but i'm getting used to it. Also, compilations are shuved at the end so i tend to forget about them. Side from the ordering, it looks really cool even though it isn't as smooth as the touch. Still gives me a thrill every time i click a song and it flips over - it's gunna take a loooong time for the novelty to wear off that one.
Okies, the main thing about the new nano is that it plays videos - i'm not disappointed, but some music videos on itunes are only ok quality which sucks. I downloaded 'take on me - a-ha', '9 crimes - damien rice', and '1234, my moon my man and mushaboom by feist'. I also have inside and out by feist anyway for free so thats there too. Shame you can't get kb... oh yeah!! you can get all the red shoes videos and also this woman's work video on the american store! way cool! but i cant get it with an itunes card so poo that. Anyways, they are all great quality esp.1234 except mushaboom which isnt so great. Oh well, the detail in the others is cool. Wonderpets is on tv shows - it rocks. I also have all the wallace and gromit movies on there! (£4.99 - its a bargain) They are super to watch 9.5/10 quality and sound so thats super. Shame its small, but its great for short movies like wallace and gromit. I don't think i could stand a whole movie though.
Games - comes with an updates ipod quiz which is v. entertaining. You go on a sortof show and get asked hard questions about your songs like what year and stuff. Its ok but sometimes a bit hard and it has a few bugs. Klondike - its basically solitare but gone flashy. Something to do with betting money too cos theres money in the corner but i dont understand. Its so hard to complete i havn't managed yet. Oh yeah! and you can choose card backs and the bg. Thats the main good thing about it. Basically its a more flashy looking solitare. Vortex - this is a v.good game but can be a bit slow. Its basically brick but in a circle. Its better than brick but harder. Good thing is you can choose how you control the bat - either but rotating the wheel or by the location of your finger on the wheel - if that makes sense. Its the best of the three but not amazing. I downloaded the game "phase" and it rocks my socks i am addicted. Ahh will finnish this tomorrow i gotta go - its 23:20 and i gotta go play phase before bed niiight niiight.