iPod nano (3rd generation)
Discontinued 9 Sept 2008On sale for 370 days (1 year), from 5 Sept 2007.
Announced
5 Sept 2007
Released
5 Sept 2007
Discontinued
9 Sept 2008
Lifespan
370 days1 year
Launch price from
$149
- Category
- iPod nano
- Status
- Discontinued
- Apple support status
- Obsolete (Apple no longer services it)
- Release type
- Refresh of an existing model
- Previous model
- iPod nano (2nd generation)
- Replaced by
- iPod nano (4th generation)
- Official Apple page
- No longer available on Apple’s website
- Tech specs
- Apple specs ↗
- Video
- Watch on apple.com ↗
- More information
- iPod Nano on Wikipedia ↗
Notes
The iPod nano (3rd generation) cost $149 and changed shape completely. Apple made it shorter and wider than the nano before it so a two-inch screen would fit, and the result was squat enough that people took to calling it the fat nano.
Video playback arrived on the nano with this generation. The screen ran at 320 by 240 and was 65 per cent brighter than the one it replaced, which was enough for five hours of video, and the dock connector could send pictures out to a television.
Cover Flow came across from iTunes, so albums could be flipped through by their sleeves using the click wheel. Three games came loaded on the iPod nano (3rd generation), a trivia game called iQuiz, a game of solitaire and a brick-breaker called Vortex, with Tetris, Sudoku and Ms. PAC-MAN available from the iTunes Store within the month.
Colour depended on which one you bought. The 4GB came in silver alone at $149, while the 8GB at $199 came in silver, black, blue, green or a red special edition, and a pink version joined it in January 2008. Music playback stayed at 24 hours, and the weight went up from 1.41 ounces to 1.74.
It was announced on 5 September 2007 at the ‘The Beat Goes On’ event. It went on sale worldwide the same day, priced from $149.
Read about the iPod nano (2nd generation) that came before.
iPod nano (7th generation, Mid 2015)
Discontinued
2017 discontinued 27 Jul27 Jul 2017
iPod nano (7th generation)
Discontinued
2015 discontinued 15 Jul15 Jul 2015
iPod nano (6th generation)
Discontinued
2012 discontinued 12 Sept12 Sept 2012
iPod nano (5th generation)
Discontinued
2010 discontinued 1 Sept1 Sept 2010
iPod nano (4th generation)
Discontinued
2009 discontinued 9 Sept9 Sept 2009
iPod nano (2nd generation)
Discontinued
2007 discontinued 5 Sept5 Sept 2007
iPod nano release history
- 2017
-
27 Jul 2017
iPod nano (7th generation, Mid 2015)
- ↑ about 2 years later
- 2015
-
15 Jul 2015
iPod nano (7th generation, Mid 2015)
iPod nano (7th generation)
- ↑ 2 years, 9 months later
- 2012
-
Oct 2012
iPod nano (7th generation)
-
12 Sept 2012
iPod nano (6th generation)
- ↑ about 2 years later
- 2010
-
7 Sept 2010
iPod nano (6th generation)
-
1 Sept 2010
iPod nano (5th generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2009
-
9 Sept 2009
iPod nano (5th generation)
iPod nano (4th generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2008
-
9 Sept 2008
iPod nano (4th generation)
iPod nano (3rd generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2007
-
5 Sept 2007
iPod nano (3rd generation)
iPod nano (2nd generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2006
-
12 Sept 2006
iPod nano (2nd generation)
iPod nano (1st generation)
- ↑ about 1 year later
- 2005
-
7 Sept 2005
iPod nano (1st generation)