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The TikTok/LunaTik really caught my eye and I looked into the 6G iPod nano with every intention of getting one and preordering an accompanying LunaTik. Unfortun
by christefano 16y ago
The TikTok/LunaTik really caught my eye and I looked into the 6G iPod nano with every intention of getting one and preordering an accompanying LunaTik. Unfortunately, as a watch the new nano doesn't really do anything I want other than tell the time and have a voice recorder. No internal mic, no Bluetooth, no video, no 3rd party apps. I was really hoping that it had a nice catalog of apps. Oh, and you have to turn it on in order to read the time.
(Here's Ars' review of the iPod nano, in case you're interested: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/09/6th-generation-ipod-nano.ars http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2010/09/6th-generation-...)
Then again, I haven't used Nike+ yet. There's always a chance I'll use Nike+ for something and it's nice to know that the iPod nano includes it, but I'm pretty happy right now with Garmin Connect and Garmin Training Center.
The watch I have now is a Casio Pathfinder. It's a big gadget and it is definitely got a bling factor, but I got it primarily because it's an ABC watch (altimiter, barometer, compass). The bells and whistles (sunrise/sunset times, world time, current temperature, solar battery, multiband atomic sync, etc.) are great, but I can't overstate the value of having a reliable compass on my wrist. It's also remarkably comfortable. It's the first watch I've left on overnight and not had a sore wrist the next day.
When I got the Pathfinder, I didn't have a phone with a digital compass, and even though my current phone has one the only time I use its compass app to get my bearings instead of using my watch is when I'm driving and my phone is already in the GPS mount on the dashboard.
Aside from the usual "nice to haves", the only thing I truly wish Casio put in the thing is a heartrate monitor. The watches I've seen so far that have heartrate monitors are just too dorky to wear on a regular basis (I fasten the one I use now to a belt loop). Bluetooth would be the next thing I'd ask for so that I could use its proximity to fire actions on paired devices.