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This depends on (1) the length and (2) the "bitrate" of the songs.

The "bitrate" (my spellcheck keeps trying to change it to "nitrate") is the sound quality of the song. If you look at your music library in iTunes, you'll see that "Bit Rate" is one of the columns; this lists the bitrate of each of your songs.

Bitrate is measured in kbps. The "standard" bitrate when I was a lad was 128 kbps, but now the songs that you buy & download from Apple are 256 kbps. Basically, the higher the bitrate, the better the sound quality - up to 1411 kbps, which is uncompressed, lossless "wav" audio. (Try listening to songs of different bitrates on good headphones, and you'll see what I mean.)

A basic rule of thumb: 1 minute of audio at 128 kbps is roughly 1 MB. So, since 256 kbps is double the nitrate, 1 minute of audio at 256 kbps is roughly 2 MB. And 4 minutes of audio at 256 kbps is roughly 8 MB.

So: say that the average bitrate of your songs is 256 kbps, and the average length is 4 minutes. That means that you'll be able to fit 2,000 songs (8*2000=16,000). If the average bitrate is 128kbps and the average length is 4 minutes, you'll be able to fit 4,000 songs.

**Note that if you click on your iPod in iTunes, and then click on the "summary" tab, there's a checkbox that allows you to "convert higher bit rate songs to X kbps." This doesn't affect the bitrate of songs on your computer - what it does is to convert songs to a maximum bitrate on your iPod. This allows you to store more music on your iPod - but at the cost of lower sound quality.

• Answered by Adrian W from Hadley
• 15/01/2013
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Up to 15 hours of audio playback when fully charged. 2 hours of charge time takes it to 80% charge and a full charge is 3 hours. Hope this has helped understand your device better.

• Answered by Mansur R from Gloucester
• 19/09/2012
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Yes you can, however you will need to sync your podcasts from iTunes on your computer since the nano does not run iOS. Therefore it does not permit streaming.

• Answered by James A
• 27/04/2013
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No, but you can get cases which are (mostly) waterproof for most if not all iPods, iPads and iPhones. Also, some 3rd party resellers provide a water proofing treatment, which makes your iDevices mostly waterproof. However, this is a paid service, advertised clearly, and is not very widely available. All the same, if all you want is splash resistance, it may be for you.

• Answered by Phil & Margaret S from Cairns
• 4/01/2013
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