Apple iPod nano With Built-in Video Camera

September 27th, 2009, by Tracie, in Audio/Video Gadgets, New Gadget Press Release

Apple iPod nano now has a built-in video camera. A quick scroll through the menu takes you to the video camera. The new iPod nano features an ultra-thin and sleek design with a larger 2.2-inch colour display and gorgeous polished aluminium and glass enclosure. iPod nano also features a built-in FM radio with live pause and iTunes Tagging, as well as a built-in pedometer. iPod nano features a larger 2.2-inch display for easier navigating, enjoying album art, or shooting and viewing video clips. iPod nano is ultra-portable so users can shoot video wherever they are, in either portrait or landscape. The 8GB model holds up to 2,000 songs, 7,000 photos, eight hours of video and seven hours of captured video; and the 16GB model holds up to 4,000 songs, 14,000 photos, 16 hours of video and 14 hours of captured video…

 

Apple Introduces New iPod nano With Built-in Video Camera

World’s Most Popular Music Player Now Available in Nine Brilliant Colours

Apple introduced the new iPod nano, adding a video camera, mic and speaker to the world’s most popular music player. Music lovers can now shoot video wherever they are, view it on their iPod nano and use their computers to easily transfer their videos to YouTube. The new iPod nano features an ultra-thin and sleek design with a larger 2.2-inch colour display and gorgeous polished aluminium and glass enclosure. iPod nano also features a built-in FM radio with live pause and iTunes Tagging, as well as a built-in pedometer. The new iPod nano is available in an 8GB model for £115 (inc. VAT) and a 16GB model for £135 (inc. VAT), and comes in nine brilliant colours including silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, (PRODUCT) RED and pink.

Apple iPod nano With Built-in Video Camera

Apple iPod nano

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“iPod nano is the world’s most popular music player with over 100 million sold”, said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “And now we’ve added a video camera to its incredibly thin design, without any additional cost to the user”.

Apple iPod nano With Built-in Video Camera

Apple iPod nano

iPod nano features a larger 2.2-inch display for easier navigating, enjoying album art, or shooting and viewing video clips. iPod nano is ultra-portable so users can shoot video wherever they are, in either portrait or landscape. iPod nano customers can share videos instantly with friends using its display and speaker, or sync with a Mac or PC and share them on YouTube, MobileMe, Facebook or via email.* iPod nano can even shoot videos with fun real-time effects such as Thermal, Film Grain, Kaleido and X-Ray.

iPod nano now has a built-in FM radio with live pause and iTunes Tagging. Live pause lets iPod nano users pause and resume playing their favourite FM radio shows. iTunes Tagging is great when users hear a song they like, they can simply tag it, and then preview and purchase that song when they sync to iTunes.** iPod nano also features Genius Mixes, which automatically creates up to 12 endless mixes of songs from your iTunes library that go great together.

iPod nano is also now an even better workout companion with the new built-in pedometer. iPod nano can keep track of your steps taken and calories burned, helping you meet your short and long-term fitness goals.

iPod nano provides up to 24 hours of music playback or five hours of video playback on a single charge. The 8GB model holds up to 2,000 songs, 7,000 photos, eight hours of video and seven hours of captured video; and the 16GB model holds up to 4,000 songs, 14,000 photos, 16 hours of video and 14 hours of captured video.

iPod is the world’s most popular family of digital music players with over 220 million sold. Apple’s new seasonal lineup includes iPod shuffle in five great colours starting at just £45 (inc. VAT); iPod classic in a new 160GB model holding up to 40,000 songs for £189 (inc. VAT); the new iPod nano with a video camera available in nine brilliant polished aluminium colours starting at £115 (inc. VAT); and the revolutionary iPod touch now starting at the breakthrough price of just £149 (inc. VAT).

Pricing & Availability
The new iPod nano is available immediately for a suggested price of £115 (inc. VAT) for the 8GB model and £135 (inc. VAT) for the 16GB model in silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange and pink through the Apple Store, Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorised Resellers. The 8GB and 16GB iPod nano in yellow and (PRODUCT) RED are available through the Apple Store and Apple’s retail stores. iPod nano requires a Mac with a USB 2.0 port, Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later and iTunes 9; or a Windows PC with a USB 2.0 port and Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional (Service Pack 3) or later and iTunes 9.

Apple ignited the personal computer revolution in the 1970s with the Apple II and reinvented the personal computer in the 1980s with the Macintosh. Today, Apple continues to lead the industry in innovation with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system and iLife and professional applications. Apple is also spearheading the digital media revolution with its iPod portable music and video players and iTunes online store, and has entered the mobile phone market with its revolutionary iPhone.

Specifications:

Size and weight:

Height:
90.7 mm (3.6 inches)
Width:
38.7 mm (1.5 inches)
Depth:
6.2 mm (0.24 inch)
Weight:
36.4 grams (1.28 ounces)1

Capacity:

* 8GB or 16GB flash drive2
* Holds up to 2,000 or 4,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format3
* Holds up to 7,000 or 14,000 iPod-viewable photos4
* Holds up to 8 hours or 16 hours of video5
* Stores data via USB flash drive

Accessibility:

* Spoken menus allow listeners to hear many of the names of menus, song titles and artists without viewing the screen.
* An alternative large font can make menus easier to read.
* A high-resolution LCD display with adjustable contrast and backlight settings makes it easier to read in low light.
* Captions in video are displayed when they are present using a legible, high-contrast white-on-black font.

Environmental requirements:

* Operating temperature: 0° to 35° C
(32° to 95° F)
* Nonoperating temperature: -20° to 45° C
(-4° to 113° F)
* Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
* Maximum operating altitude: 3000 m
(10,000 feet)

Environmental Status Report:

iPod nano embodies Apple’s continuing environmental progress. It is designed with the following features to reduce environmental impact:

* Arsenic-free glass
* BFR-free
* Mercury-free
* PVC-free
* Highly recyclable

Display:

* 2.2-inch (diagonal) TFT display
* 240-by-376-pixel resolution at 204 pixels per inch

VoiceOver Kit:

* Chinese (Cantonese)
* Chinese (Mandarin)
* Czech
* Danish
* Dutch
* English
* Finnish
* French
* German

* Greek
* Italian
* Japanese
* Korean
* Norwegian
* Polish
* Portuguese
* Russian
* Spanish
* Swedish
* Turkish

VoiceOver icon:
Audio

* Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
* Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX and AAX+), Apple Lossless, AIFF and WAV
* User-configurable maximum volume limit

Headphones

* Earphones
* Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
* Impedance: 32 ohms

Languages:

* Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Cantonese (Traditional Chinese), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish and UK English
* Additional language support for display of song, album and artist information: Bulgarian, Serbian, Slovenian, Ukrainian and Vietnamese
* iPod nano supports 20 VoiceOver languages:
Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (U.S.), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish; other languages are available with the purchase of a supported third-party text-to-speech engine
* iPod nano supports 20 spoken menu languages:
Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English (U.S.), Finnish, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish; other languages are available with the purchase of a supported third-party text-to-speech engine

Video Capture:

* H.264 VGA video, 640 by 480 pixels, up to 30 frames per second with AAC audio
* 15 real-time special effects: Sepia, Black and White, X-Ray, Film Grain, Thermal, Security Cam, Cyborg, Bulge, Kaleido, Motion Blur, Mirror, Light Tunnel, Dent, Stretch and Twirl

External buttons and controls:

* Hold switch
* Click Wheel

Input and output:

* Dock connector
* 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

Battery and power6:

* Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
* Playback time
o Music playback time: Up to 24 hours when fully charged
o Video playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged
Audio: 24 hours. Video: 5 hours.
* Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)
o Fast-charge time: about 1.5 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
o Full-charge time: about 3 hours

Mac system requirements:

* Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
* Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later
* iTunes 9 or later7
* iPhoto 6.0.6 or later recommended for use with Mac OS X Tiger8
* iPhoto ’09 recommended for use with Mac OS X Leopard or Snow Leopard8

Windows system requirements:

* PC with USB 2.0 port
* Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later
* iTunes 9 or later7

In the box:

* iPod nano
* Earphones
* USB 2.0 cable
* Dock adapter
* Quick Start guide

More information about Apple iPod nano With Built-in Video Camera can be found at Apple website