I have just sent a letter to Apple explaining to them why they shouldn't have made the iPod Nano. I'm not going to bore you with the whole letter (which was about 1.5 pages), but in a nutshell, here's what I said:
I'm a huge Apple fan and always thought you've made the right moves, that is, until you made the 6th generation iPod Nano. CNET reviews also says that the iPod Nano is "perhaps the first misstep by Apple within the Nano line." It takes away the speaker, the video camera, the video watching ability and the scrollwheel just to achieve a jogger-friendly size, but the Shuffle is the perfect iPod for joggers, and the buttons are easier to press while jogging than on a touch-screen Nano. It also makes the least expensive video-capable iPod the iPod Touch, which is $230. And if you like the multitouch and iOS feel, an 80 dollar upgrade brings you to the Touch. I have faith that you can realize and correct your mistakes, because you've re-added buttons to the iPod Shuffle after realizing your mistake there, and even put two cameras on the iPod Touch after your CEO said "The iPod Touch doesn't need a camera; that's what the iPhone is for." Therefore, you should make the 7th gen Nano more like the 5th gen Nano, but upgrade the camera to make it be able to take still images. Hoping to hear back from you soon with your thoughts on this letter.
Obviously, that's a much shortened version of my letter, and because the letter is getting sent, I only had my outline on hand while writing the above. Certainly leave a comment telling me what you think about this topic.
