Apple iPod Nano with Video Recording and FM Radio

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 color display and gorgeous polished aluminum 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 today in an 8GB model for $149 and a 16GB model for $179, and comes in nine brilliant colors including silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange, yellow, (PRODUCT) RED and pink.

“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.”

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.

Features of new iPod Nano:

• iPod nano now has a polished anodized aluminum finish in nine electrifying colors.
• larger 2.2-inch color display
• Video recorder
  
• FM Tuner
• Live Pause and iTunes Tagging
• Pedometer
  

Technical Specifications:

• Height: 3.6 inches (90.7 mm)
• Width: 1.5 inches (38.7 mm)
• Depth: 0.24 inch (6.2 mm)
• Weight: 1.28 ounces (36.4 grams)
• 2.2-inch (diagonal) TFT display
• 240-by-376-pixel resolution at 204 pixels per inch
• 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
• 8GB or 16GB flash drive
• Holds up to 2,000 or 4,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format
• Holds up to 7,000 or 14,000 iPod-viewable photos
• Holds up to 8 hours or 16 hours of video
• Stores data via USB flash drive
• 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
• Spoken menus allow listeners to hear many of the names of menus, song titles, and artists without viewing the screen.
• A high-resolution LCD display with adjustable contrast and backlight settings makes it easier to read in low light.
• Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery
• Playback time
  • Music playback time: Up to 24 hours when fully charged
  • Video playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged
• Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F
  (0° to 35° C)

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

Pricing & Availability
The new iPod nano is available immediately for a suggested price of $149 (US) for the 8GB model and $179 (US) for the 16GB model in silver, black, purple, blue, green, orange and pink through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com), Apple’s retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers. The 8GB and 16GB iPod nano in yellow and (PRODUCT) RED are available through the Apple Store (www.apple.com) 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.