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Apple to Replace Faulty Nano Screen
Sam Wil writes "Apple has acknowledged a flaw in the iPod nano screen that results in cracking, and attributes it to poor vendor quality. The defect affects less than one-tenth of 1 percent of all the nanos that have shipped so far. Apple will replace the screen of affected units for free." From the article: "However, the representative said that the screen-cracking issue is separate from reports that the slim new music player is more easily scratched than prior models. Complaints about both issues surfaced shortly after Apple introduced the flash memory-based Nano earlier this month. 'A few vocal customers are saying their Nano is more susceptible to scratching than prior iPods,' the Apple representative said. Apple said the Nano is made of the same polycarbonate plastic as the fourth-generation iPod and said it does not believe the scratching problem is widespread." You may recall we had a lively discussion about the screen-scratch flaw a short while back.
The one thing nobody seems to have commented on is this - are the iPod Nanos TOO small? I think the mini was the perfect form factor for taking it to the gym, putting it in your pocket, being able to see the screeen, etc. with it still being fairly robust. For no screen, the iPod Shuffle (I own one of those) is ideal. The nano just seems to be the wrong size for the wrong product - flimsy, less storge than a mini and, to quote that long-ago iPod post "Lame".