Ipod Nano Review (6th gen) - mp3 player, fitness tool or watch ?
When my ipod classic recently decided it had had enough (started skipping tracks, failed to play some songs etc all signs pointing to an impending harddisk failure), I started looking for a replacement to house my music collection. After careful consideration among existing players from different brands (the usual suspects like Cowon, iRiver, Creative, Apple etc), I decided to plunk my money on an ipod nano (6th gen). The reasons to me are clear: It is resuable with my portable amplifier infrastructure (more on that in an upcoming post) and existing charging cables. The Nano is small and much more portable than my ipod classic and other competing models. It has other interesting features that I wanted to explore i.e. Nike+ running app and watch faces. I chose the 16GB Red model at S$208 (Red is exclusively available at the Apple online store and a portion of the proceeds goes towards a global fund to fight AIDS in Africa). It arrived within 2 days. As with most Apple products...