September 28, 2005

It actually was "impossibly small."

The iPod Nano. Apple admits to the problem with the screen. But as to all the whining about scratching: deal with it. Why isn't my pristinely perfect possession pristinely perfect?
Posted by Ann Althouse at 7:36 AM
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2 comments:

Steven said...

Well, Apple was utterly idiotic to put an uncoated polycarbonate screen on a product and then demo it as something you put in your pocket.

Yes, it's the same material as a regular iPod, but those were never advertised as a put-in-yout-pocket device; pockets are a highly abrasive environment, and items that go in them need better hardening. Adding a reasonable coating on the polycarbonate would have run cents per unit; avoiding encouraging people to put it in their pockets and instead giving a breif warning in the manual would have been even easier.

I'm not saying Apple should replace the Nanos, simply that it made a stupid decision from a PR point of view. With proper testing before introduction, they'd have noticed the scratching tendency and been able to avoid the PR problem.

9/28/05, 11:31 AM
Beth said...

I won't whine, and I don't care if it gets a little scratched.

I was at the Apple store yesterday and since then, I keep thinking, "I want a Nano!" I want the black one. I can feel it in my shirt pocket, as small as two sticks of gum, as slick as a whistle.

I'm not in an acquisitive frame of mind these days; I'm living out of a suitcase, and trying to keep my job by teaching online. I'm not accumulating things, nor am I misusing the money I've gotten from sources of help. And I'm ashamed, yes, that I want a Nano. But I want it.

I have a 60 gb photo iPod. I love my iPod. And I STILL want a Nano. Just for the style, for the form, for the perfect smallness, which I find superior to the Shuffle and the Mini.

So that's my new goal. By Christmas, I hope to be back in my New Orleans home, working full-time, more appreciative of the simple virtues of being alive, of caring for my family and pets. And with a new Nano, filled with a careful selection of my favorite music, at Apple Lossless quality. And no whining at scratches on anything, ever.

9/28/05, 11:14 PM

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