Holiday Electronic Nirvana with 5th gen. Ipod Nano

Well here’s hoping you enjoyed and/or survived the holidays as much was we did. Santa was right on track with a few new Ipod updates and upgrades. The 5th generation Nano was a welcome upgrade to my son’s 3rd generation predecessor. Now if we can find a pair of ear buds that will last and work as long as the old Nano did, we will be in business.

The previous ear buds have had a life expectancy of anywhere from two weeks to a month. We usually start out with the buds that come with the ipod, but once those are gone, the Walmart specials for usually 10 dollars are temporary solutions. Right now I’m betting the new internal speaker will get more use because of it.

Speaking of new upgrades for the nano, the video camera, for which most of the hype has been about, has definitely received the most attention. The surprising part has been not so much for regular video recording (indoors does require every light on in the house at a bare minimum), but for the technicolor type effects that can be applied ( I believe this effect is called Thermal) or the search and destroy feature (Cyborg). My son has also found that utilizing these features does not take near as much light to have a pretty neat result. He has used these features to show his friends that his sister is not human, just like he had always expected.

The great thing about the new Nano was the fact he was able to master all the new features the first day, but boredom has not followed! He also did it without any upgrade/replacement issues. This is a big deal regardless of age or experience, as I’ve seen many programs and electronic devices that have left even the best IT experts scratching their heads on initial startup.

All things considered Santa got a great deal on this new Ipod considering he just paid $130.00, and that included a $50.00, Itunes card! Santa thought the store made a mistake with the price; turned out it was one of those unadvertised specials.