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8.2
34 reviews
  • Sound quality
    8.9
  • Video quality | 2 comments
    7.3
  • Ease of use
    9.0
  • Portability | 1 comment
    9.7
  • Battery life
    8.3
  • Media support
    6.9
  • Capacity | 1 comment
    7.7
9.0
PC Mag Sep 10, 2009

Simply put, you won't find another player with a video camera, and even if you take that variable out of the equation, given its other features, the iPod nano would remain our Editors' Choice for portable media players in the $100-200 price range.

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Gizmodo Sep 11, 2009

The iPod Nano is the best-selling MP3 player of all time, and this new model should keep that record alive. It's still an incredibly small and thin player with intuitive navigation and popular software, priced competitively. The new features are really nice—the video camera is good in a...

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Ars Technica Sep 16, 2009

Once again, we have taken a look at the new iPod nano to see if its new features are cool enough to keep it at the top of Apple's bestseller list. And, since video is one of the nano's major new features, we compared its video quality to other pocket video cameras.

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9.0
About Oct 14, 2009

Viewed head on, the 5th generation iPod nano looks nearly identical to its 4th generation predecessor, but flip it over and, when you see the lens of a camera and a pinhole mic, you know that this is a different iPod indeed. And the differences are for the good: the 5th generation iPod nano is...

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8.0
arleccio

I don't like that you have to have iTunes to synchronize and that you can only do so in one direction, meaning that when you have auto-synch enabled it will delete songs (or other media) that you may have gotten on a different pc. It may only be my newbishness, but I don't see the...

8.0
ropeburn

the colors are nice, the screen is noticeably better/larger when you hold it next to a 4th Gen. the FM radio records a live buffer like a DVR/Tivo. The speaker is the great... really, it's loud enough that you can now listen quietly without headphones or show a recently recorded video...

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Mosqueda

I was attracted to the Nano G5 due to the video camera. It works pretty well, not great, but I wanted something I could carry with me just about anywhere and shoot quick video. The radio function is really terrific too. I've favorited a few stations and the quality is pretty good. The...

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