Tiny

I had the good fortune to be able to take advantage of Apple's iPod nano (1st generation) Replacement Program (yes, that's how they spell it, with a lower case "n"), despite the fact that my old iPod Nano — I'm sorry, I cannot bring myself not to use an uppercase "N" — is about a zillion years old, had demonstrated no battery problems, and only half the LCD screen still worked. And it was a gift. And I stopped using it two or three years ago.

They've long since run out of that particular model (and apparently, the models that followed), so my replacement was a refurbished version of the current iPod Nano. It's a tiny little thing, just under an inch-and-a-half square. (In fact, I officially named it "Ridiculously Tiny iPod Nano." in iTunes.) I think if I tried to use this regularly in place of the one I currently use (from two or three iterations ago, three-and-a-half-inches tall, with a clickwheel) — primarily in the car, listening to podcasts while driving — I'd either lose it, or be driven to frustration, and intentionally lose it. (The plastic insert I use in my FM Transmitter Mount to acomodate my iPod is almost as big as this new iPod.)

But still, it's nice to have another. This one even has an FM radio, which is sort of impressive when you think about how small the device is. I wonder if it could have been smaller, but since the entire interface is driven by a touch screen, there's a point past which it would probably become difficult to use.