omg u just mentioned 2 of my 4 replacement minis congrats lol yea and im serious too ended selling it after i got it replaced so it go for more cause it was in the wrapping.
nano runs of flash memory???? awwww thats bogus i lost all interest in it now.
Why? Flash memory means it could be fit into a package that ridiculously thin, maintain about the same battery life of the main iPod line with a much smaller battery, become completely skip free, and less likely to be destroyed if dropped, not to mention probably a longer drive life. Jogging with flash strapped to your arm is much less wearing to the DAP than jogging with a hard drive strapped to your arm. What's bogus about that?
The more important news is not that it's small, it's that it's this cheap. Price has always been a prohibitive factor of flash memory's potential, and it's big news if this is going away.
The iPod Nano is not just the memory though, it's also a complete iPod . Components ASIDE from the memory that must be accounted for include battery, clickwheel touch components, the body, color display, processor, amplifier, and others, not to mention Apple's profit margin.
This means the memory must be significantly cheaper than what the Nano's cost actually is.