Ok so I remember vividly when Apple decided to drop the iPod mini in favor of the iPod nano last year. I was strongly opposed against this move because of the strong aluminum shell the iPod mini had and the plastic casing the Nano had. I though Apple had a hit with the Mini and I always told Cam this “The perfect iPod is the mini with a color screen”.

One year and 5 days later… Apple reintroduces the iPod that should’ve been a year ago. They call it the new iPod Nano but anyone with a little bit of common sense knows that this iPod has more features taken from the abandoned iPod Mini then Nano.

1. The casing, its aluminum just like the mini
2. The colors, all the 4gb iPod “nanos” are similar to the colors the mini had.
3. The ipod design, curved edges and a white top just like… yup you got it the mini.

The only thing it takes from the Nano are
1. The size, just as big as the Nano
2. USB 2.0 only, no firewire.

One would have to ask why Apple has decided to use the mini design again and shrink it down to the size of the nano. I am sure it has something to do with the fact that the old iPod mini was much more… scratch resistant then the 1st generation iPod Nanos, but that is just a hunch.

The “old” ipod mini

The new iPod mini… errr nanos.

You be the judge.

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