If you’re like us, you remember music videos. Staying up late to watch the world premiere of Thriller on Friday Night Videos (how’d they get that, anyway?) or seeing Billy Idol fighting zombies on M T V right before you left for the bus, or, if you were lucky, watching Night Flight at a friend’s house when you were up way too late. It’s amazing to think that in less than a generation, all that, um, great music can fit in a the front pocket of your jeans. The Apple iPod 3rd Generation 8GB Nano holds roughly five hours of music, tv, movies and podcasts. Now, we all know “five hours” is just marketing crap, and it all depends on encoding and what quality you like your media in, but even if you rip at 96kbps it’s still better than a third generation video tape. And you can’t watch that videotape on the bus. This Apple iPod 3rd Generation 8GB Nano has the dock connector the stereo minijack, it handles all the usual formats (which means no WMV… sorry!) and it’s as tiny as the number of black artists MTV played in 1982. Okay, maybe it’s a little bigger than that. You get the Nano, the USB cable, and the ear buds, and there’s no software included, but come on, it’s not like that software is hard to find. So start searching up those old favorites and get working on that video mix you always promised yourself you’d make. Then fix your bangs and get the skinny tie, and dance dance dance with the help of your Apple iPod 3rd Generation 8GB Nano. Warranty: 60 Day Limited Features: Watch up to 5 hours of TV shows, music videos, movies, and podcasts Cover Flow, browse your music by album artwork 320 by 240 resolution display that is 65 percent brighter than the previous iPod nano Cased in anodized aluminum and polished stainless steel. 6.5mm thin Specifications: 8GB storage capacity Up to 24 hours of music playback; up to 5 hours of video playback 2-inch (diagonal) color LCD with LED backlight Dock connector, stereo minijack USB through dock connector; component and composite video through dock connector (with AV cables or kit, sold separately); audio through headphone jack About 3 hours charge time (1.5-hour fast charge to 80% capacity) Audio Support – AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, WAV, and AIFF Photo Support – Syncs iPod-viewable photos in JPEG, BMP, GIF, TIFF, PSD (Mac only), and PNG formats Video Support – H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats Dimensions – 2.75×2.06×0.26 inches (69.8×52.3×6.5 mm) Weight – 1.74 ounces (49.2 grams) In the box: iPod Nano 3G 8GB USB cable Earphones Software not included, click to download iTunes click to download iPod Nano manual Discuss this product Less