In this latest go-round, however, Apple added a video camera, FM radio, voice recorder, low-fi mono speaker, larger display (2.2 inches versus 2 inches), and even a pedometer. You can to see just how many calories you’ve burned while traipsing along with the music and, upon synching with a PC or Mac, send the workout data up to the Nike + iPod website. Of course, you can’t beat the convenience.  (Even the best camcorders don’t do you much good if you don’t have them at your side.) To add a little pizazz, Apple throws in 16 special shooting effects which you can access by pressing the center of the click wheel. These include “film grain” (like those old movies), black and white, sepia, cyborg and -- my personal favorite -- a kaleidoscope effect. When I first started shooting, my finger would inadvertently cover up the lens, obstructing most scenes. I had to constantly remind myself to take care of where I was positioning my finger. If you’re holding the Nano upright in portrait mode with the click wheel near the bottom facing you, the lens is on the bottom right corner of the other side. If you flip it around so that click wheel is now at the top and facing you, Nano’s built-in accelerometer ensures that your video will still be captured right side up. Nano also has a feature called iTunes Tagging  that lets you “tag” some of the songs you’re listening to so that you can preview them and buy them later via iTunes. Tagged songs show up in the iTunes source list. The feature only works with songs that are available in iTunes, and on the still relatively few stations that are participating, notably those from Clear Channel.

Source: USA Today