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zoysiamo zoysiamo

I purchased the first-generation iPod Nano the day it was announced, and have never been dissatisfied. It had all the features needed (which were few) and none unecessary (like the video playback on newer Nanos' tiny screens). The Nano has sustained excellent battery life through its years...

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8.0
sncsocrates sncsocrates

The 1st Gen iPod Nano has been my primary MP3 player for the past three years. Yes, it's only 2 GB, yes it only does photos and music, and yes it doesn't possess the whiz-bang "wow" factor of its descendants. However, it does exactly what it says on the tin...delivering...

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9.0
niatish niatish

Bought my iPod nano 1st gen when it was first released. Had it for 4 years now, take it on daily bike rides through rain, snow, and mud. It has multiple nicks missing for the plastic overlay from drops and has been run over by two cars.. but still keeps goin. Will keep it til it dies. Battery...

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9.0
drpatter drpatter

I bought a 1st gen iPod nano when they released a 1 gigabyte version. I wanted something to hold my very small MP3 collection and all the podcasts I listen to. The majority of the space of my iPod is taken up by podcasts, but once I listen to them I delete them, to make room for the next...

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9.0
TheNerd TheNerd

I have two of these and they work great. I use it mainly for podcasts when I go for a walk. I've dropped it about 100 times and it's still going. The battery life is excellent as well. We bought these second had from an online yard sale site for about $50 three or four years ago. As I...

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4.0
ubi79 ubi79

It plays music, you can view photos on a screen, albeit a tad small, and you can play a few games to entertain you for all of 5 minutes. It does these things in a simple, intuitive way (the way all things apple are done, but is it worth the $150 that I payed for all of 1GB of this in 2005?...

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8.0
richiecovelli richiecovelli

Writing a review for the iPod Nano (1st Generation) in 2012 is difficult: but we can find qualities that he still have (for example, the sound quality and the extreme ease of use).

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