Are black, silver, pink and blue the most popular iPod Nano colors? According to JVC, yes, yes they are. The SP-A130 speaker not only matches those Nanos in size, but also shade. Whilst I have a blue Nano knocking around somewhere, I do wish they’d used the same metallic paint that Apple uses. To blast music out you just slide the cover out to reveal the dual 30mm drivers on the portable speaker, with the back containing a 3.5mm input and area for inserting two AAA batteries

Starting this Saturday, Wal-mart will begin selling the 8GB iPod Nano for $145 (normally $150 or so) with a free $50 iTunes gift card. The offer will go through December 24th. (In other words, no picking one up Christmas morning. Sorry.)

Bank account not mighty enough to handle an underwater EOS 5D Mark II ? Fret not, ’cause H2O Audio just made underwater Terminator captures a reality for a comparative pittance. Said outfit has been cranking out waterproof shells for Apple’s cash cows for awhile now , but the latest one is of particular interest due to the iPod nano 5G’s integrated video recorder . The $79.99 case enables you to capture video clips while under the sea, and considering the multitude of wild and wacky scene modes, we’d say next summer just got a lot more interesting. Just ask that dude up there if you don’t believe us. H2O Audio case turns your iPod nano 5G into underwater camcorder originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:17:00 EST

The iPod Nano ’s camera isn’t the greatest , but now I see its virtue: With this waterproof case, it’s a perfect surfing companion. Why let someone else capture your painful aquatic bails when you can do it yourself? The H20 Audio Capture Case is specifically designed for the current-gen iPod Nano, allowing full use of the video camera up to 12 feet underwater. Seems pretty cool—you can listen to the latest NPR Planet Money podcast while you catch some waves (that’s what surfers like, right?) and then when you fall, you can take a video of the pretty fish while you grope your way to the surface. They’ll be available next week for $80, which is fairly reasonable, but they don’t include waterproof headphones—you’ll have to buy those separately. Oh, and that guy up there?

Hard to believe it but iTunes tagging has finally arrived in Europe. Well, Great Britain. The UK? Fine, England. Ok, ok, to those parts of London where you can tune into Absolute Radio 105.8FM — the only European station to have inked a deal with Seattle-based Jump2Go (developer of the tech) and Britain’s own Unique Interactive. Owners of the new iPod nano with built-in FM radio can now tag songs they’re listening to for later purchase from the iTunes store when docked

To think, it’s been over five years since we last tackled how to get music off your iPod , as opposed to the other way around. Back then, the classic model had only recently added the infamous click wheel (while still rocking the monochrome screen, mind you), iPod nano was still called the mini, and viewing photos was a brand new feature worthy of having its own line . It’s time to take another look at how to transfer media of all sorts — audio, video, and pictures — from a variety of iPods and iPhones back to your Windows or Mac OS X machine. Jump to: Windows | OS X How-to: get music, videos, and photos off your iPod or iPhone originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

Pocket camcorders are a hot holiday gift, but due to their nearly identical feature sets, it can be tough to tell which is best—so I tested seven of these humble unitaskers to make your decision easier. You’re welcome. Pocket camcorders (AKA mini cams or budget cams, or sometimes Flip cams after the pioneer of the category) are simple gadgets. They’ve got one job to do: Shoot watchable video, often for uploading to streaming video sites. They’re also very close to the end of their lifespan, with perhaps only a year or so left before smartphones make them obsolete, but right now they’re the easiest and cheapest way to take quick and dirty video. I tested seven of these diminutive camcorders, or more accurately six camcorders and one capable PMP, in five categories: Outdoor, indoor, low light, macro, and sound

What happens when you want to listen to your iPod Nano on the can, but don’t want to put on a pair of headphones for fear that you’ll accidentally drag the Nano into the toilet? You use Green Power’s speakers. The GP 400N is nice since it slides back in while not in use, but you do have to charge it separately with a mini USB connection. You get twelve hours of playback on one charge. No real pricing info available yet.

9to5Mac hears that the iPhone and iPod touch are getting a radio app like the nano’s that’ll be able play FM radio in the background. It’ll be integrated with the iTunes store, supposedly, so you can buy songs you like. The hardware capability for FM radio does exists in some models—the current iPod touch and iPhone 3GS have FM transmitters, and the 2nd-gen iPod touch also has a chip that’s capable of receiving FM signals, though it uses it for Nike+ stuff (so if there is a radio app, maybe it’ll just be for current-gen models). It’d make sense to add more software parity across the line, but who knows—no date given for when we might actually see this FM radio app. [ 9to5Mac }

A man in Kobe, Japan, just got arrested for attaching the latest iPod Nano to his shoe, and using said nanoshoe to get video of the environment inside of women’s dresses. The victim was an 18-year-old schoolgirl. Glad the dude at least stuck to the age limit, but it doesn’t quite make it any better. And also, as you saw in our review , the Nano isn’t that good of an upskirt camera. It may have an “infrared” filter, but that’s not a real filter, and it doesn’t actually help a camera that doesn’t do low-light very well perform low-light any better