“Didn’t you run over the first iPod nano?” an old friend who I haven’t talked to in a decade asked during our recent high school reunion. “That was hilarious.” His statement echoed similar ones that I ...

As we all know, Apple's iPod has dominated the digital music player scene since its launch in 2001, much like an aardvark busting through a termite mound. As hard-drive-based players have gotten ...

No iPod model has received as many makeovers—both minor and dramatic—as the iPod nano. (Perhaps not coincidentally, no other iPod model has sold as well.) The original nano was simply a scaled-down ...

September 25, 2006: Apple ships its second-generation iPod nano, offering a fancy redesign of the pocket-size original. “iPod nano is the world’s most popular digital music player, and we’ve ...

There’s no getting around the fact: Apple’s iPod line—last updated a year ago—was in dire need of a refresh heading into this week’s press event in San Francisco. And Apple provided that refresh in ...

The new third generation Nano has the same small and ultra thin form factor as previous Nanos and similarly occupies the same sports-centric product position in the Apple's iPod line. However, it adds ...

As indicated by a handful of MacFixIt readers and numerous posters to Apple's Discussion boards, the iPod nano (or at least some shipped currently units) are highly susceptible to scratches -- though ...

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In a world of iPhones and iPads, iPods nevertheless continue to have a place at Apple, and Wednesday's update of the iPod touch — plus new colors for the Nano and Shuffle — raise the question of which ...

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