Find your music. Watch movies and videos. Tap into thousands of photos. All using incredible Multi-Touch technology on a beautiful 3.5-inch display.

Technical Specications

Size and weight

In the box

Capacity

• 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive¹
• Holds up to 1,750,3,500,or 7,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format²
• Holds up to 10,000,20,000,or 25,000 iPod-viewable photos³
• Holds up to 10 hours,20 hours,or 40 hours of video

Display

Audio

• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Video

• H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Wireless data⁵

• Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)

Headphones

• Earphones
• Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
• Impedance: 32 ohms

Mac system requirements

• Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
• Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
• iTunes 7.6 or later⁶

Windows system requirements

• PC with USB 2.0 port
• Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
• iTunes 7.6 or later⁶

Languages

• English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and Polish
• International keyboard support for English, UK English, French, French Canadian, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, and Portuguese
• Dictionary support for English, UK English, French, French Canadian, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Dutch

Environmental requirements

• Operating temperature: 32¡ã to 95¡ã F (0¡ã to 35¡ã C)
• Nonoperating temperature: -4¡ã to 113¡ã F (-20¡ã to 45¡ã C)
• Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
• Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Input and output

• Dock connector
• 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

Power and battery⁷

• Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
• Playback time
  • Music playback time: Up to 22 hours when fully charged
  • Video playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged
  
• Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)
  • Fast-charge time: about 1.5 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
  • Full-charge time: about 3 hours

Optional: courier insurance 1.5%