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iPod Nano Bitch

First up, let me say that the nano is a marvel of engineering. I think it's an amazing product and apple gets mad props for it.

My one bitch is that they reverted back to the polished plastic front and polished metal back. Why do they still do this? I know it's pretty, but only for about the four seconds it actually takes you to get it out of the box. Then it's covered in ugly fingerprints. The other problem with high polish surfaces is they scratch if you breath on them wrong. Today I had a paperback book on top of my nano in the passenger seat while driving home. The paper scratched the front plastic. Read that again. The paper. Yeah.

In time's interview with Jonathan Ive about the nano, he gushed about how small the joining seams were. With that much attention to painstaking detail, why does it still get out the door with those surfaces? Brush the metal on the back and ease up a bit on the polish on the front, or choose a less scratchable plastic.

Now sure, you can get a case to protect it, but what's the point of having a beautiful design if you immediately have to stuff it in an ugly rubber sleeve?

And believe me I would throw it in a case just to protect it, but the nano tubes won't be available for 4-6 weeks. And because of the information embargo surrounding new releases, other case makers will be further out than that.

I guess in the mean time I'll be carrying it around in a silk purse blessed by soft handed monks, praying I incur no further injury to its delicate surface.