Data Circle

I’ve not checked my RSS feeds for a while, and when I was catching up this morning I noticed a large number of posts complaining about the new iPod Nano getting scratched easily. This is a bit worrying, as I was considering buying a new MP3 player (my iRiver is great but a bit too heavy to carry around in my pocket – already it’s ripped the lining a bit) and the Nano was one of the models I was looking at. Having seen these reports and experienced Apple’s support when things go wrong (I’m still waiting for my Powerbook to be returned, which I handed in to their authorised repair centre three weeks ago) I’m now a bit wary of the Nano.

Of course this could just be a few people who have scratched their Nanos and thought it was Apple’s fault, so I’m not passing judgement either way as of yet. There’s plenty of places where you can read about this, but some of the sites I’ve come across are:

• Apple is going to have to do something about the scratching (official Apple forums)
• iPod Nano May Have Some Big Problems (BetaNews)
• iPod Nano = Flawed Product
• Nano Scratches (Photo Matt)
• Nano owners complain about damage (BBC News)