Features:

Apple has decided to hit the consumers with everything they’ve got. The Nano is packed with all features of their top of the line iPod Photo except for one thing, its size. The proven and tested features in addition to a sleek design and a small size surely makes the iPod Nano an all rounder, at least for now. The Nano comes in two versions, a 2GB and 4GB version. And for the first time, an iPod product comes in two colors, black and the trademarked white. Before you get excited though, the U2 collection does come in black, but since it’s a special edition, it’s not exactly part of the standard iPod family.

The Nano comes with a 1.5-inch super sharp 65k color screen which is better than the screen you see on the iPod Photo as the dot-pitch in the former is lesser than in the latter. The color reproduction is comparable to any Mac and will give most LCD panel a run for their money.

Those of you interested in viewing slideshows with your photos won’t be disappointed either, as the iPod Nano is equipped with that functionality. The only issue you may have is the 1.5" of screen size, which could be too minute for the majority of you.

The interface and navigation is standard to the iPod except the click wheel buttons now have a distinctive ‘click?sound and feel to them, which gives you the all important feedback that the button has indeed been pressed.

Apple has not really put in a slew of features, but it has added three new and rather interesting ones. The first one is the world clock. You can now set the time on a clock and view it whenever you want to. This is nothing path breaking but what Apple has done is that it has given you the flexibility to add as many clocks as you want. If you want to frequent multiple countries, simply set the clock for each for these locations and not worry about things getting unorganised due to your confusion over the time difference. It also helps that the clock dials turn black when there is nighttime in that particular region. The clocks will also allow you to set various alarms and sleep timers in diverse time zones, which is definitely intriguing if you have clients around the globe.

The second feature is the stopwatch. You can now track your laps and your performance using the iPod Nano. The device allows you to store data for various laps; thereby letting you track your performance and modify your exercise routine accordingly

The third function had us stumped; it’s something called a screen lock. The idea behind this feature isn’t exactly clear but what it does is that it lets you set a password. When you enable this feature, no one can do anything to your iPod till the password is entered using a graphical lock operated by none other than the click wheel. We really don’t see why you would want to put the iPod Nano around untrusting people, or how/why someone could deliberately sabotage the player on purpose, but it’s a cute feature nonetheless.

The photo functionality works exactly like the original iPod Photo. The only difference, however, is that the screen is downright tiny (Nano?); as a result, photo viewing is something you might not want to do here. Also, the Nano has no TV output, so if you wanted to view images on a display, you would have to get an adapter to enable that functionality.

For a list of standard iPod features, we recommend you check out Apple's website.