Fiona Apple

Scratches and Cracks

I've been hearing quite a bit about the iPod nano. Apparently they scratch easily. Worse still, some of the screens crack:

One fifteen-year old, who had saved up to buy his Nano, found the machine suffered a cracked screen within three hours of buying it.
"I pulled my iPod out and my heart dropped. The LCD was half destroyed, but there is no visible scratch or mark on the outside of the iPod."

(BBC News Website)

So kesian. Poor lil' adolescent.

As far as I know, the nano's screen is made from the same material as the iPod mini, which I own. I don't really have problems with scratches and I haven't heard of many people who have. As long as you stick by the general rule of not putting your iPod in your pocket along with your housekeys, you'll be fine I think.

And if you're worried about cracks, official reports state that less that 0.1% of the devices shipped are actually affected.

To read more on this, check out this dude's column and this article on BBC News.

On another note, I just found out that Apple will launch yet another new product next week. No one knows what it is yet, but there is speculation that it may be a Video iPod.