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iPod nano 6G update adds options to sleep/wake button

By | February 23, 2011, 3:45pm PST

Summary: Apple just released software update 1.1 for the iPod nano 6G, but before you get too excited, it doesn’t add third-party app support. It does add a couple of nice feature nonetheless.

Apple today released software update 1.1 for the iPod nano 6G — but before you get too excited, it doesn’t enable third-party apps or anything cool like that. It does add a couple of nice feature though:

With iPod software update version 1.1 for iPod nano (6th generation), you will be able to:

Completely turn off the iPod, rather than just put the device to sleep.
Control music or radio playback using the Sleep/Wake button without having to look at the device.

With it installed you’ll now be able to turn the nano 6G off, instead of just putting it to sleep. This alleviates the problem of finding your nano dead after only being idle for a couple of days. But more interesting are the changes to the Sleep/wake button behavior.

With 1.1 installed a new setting (Settings > Music > Sleep/Wake Button) allows you to enable double-clicking the Sleep/Wake button to advance to the next track, or to play/pause.

And you can finally turn off VoiceOver hints in Settings > General > Accessibility.

I’d like to see the nano 6g get an accelerometer-actived Clock that wakes up when you lift your wrist. And how about some additional clock face options? I guess that we’ll have to wait for another update for those…

The 1.1 update is available now by connecting your nano to iTunes and clicking “Check for Update.”

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Jason D. O'Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa, and this affinity turned into a bona-fide obsession when he got the original 128 KB Macintosh in 1984.

He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O'Grady's PowerPage) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. He also co-founded the first dedicated PowerBook User Group (PPUG) in the United States.

After winning a major legal battle with Apple in 2006, he set the precedent that independent journalists are entitled to the same protections under the First Amendment as members of the mainstream media.

O'Grady is the author of The Nexus One Pocket Guide, The Droid Pocket Guide, The Google Phone Pocket Guide, and The Garmin nuvi Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press), the author of Corporations That Changed the World: Apple Inc. (Greenwood Press), and a contributor to The Mac Bible (Peachpit Press). In addition, he has contributed to numerous Mac publications over the years, including MacWEEK, Macworld, and MacPower (Japan).

When he's not writing about Apple for ZDNet at The Apple Core, he enjoys spending time with his family in New Jersey.

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Buggy wake to clock feature
Jenuwefa 29th Dec
The wake to clock setting only works if you're on the home screen when the iPod goes to sleep or isput to sleep, otherwise it wakes to Now Playing....very annoying!
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RE: iPod nano 6G update adds options to sleep/wake button
james347 23rd Feb 2011
And it won't BRICK your iPod!
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Best watch ever... http://lunatik.com/
mattmuir 24th Feb 2011
I got my LunaTik & TikTok bands late last week, & it was the first time I'd played with the clock function in detail (it was the first time I'd REALLY used the Nano), & I'd have to agree on the watch face options.

BTW - reaction to the LunaTik band in the office was phenomenal. Could have sold a dozen Nano's there & then. Perhaps the next generation could simply include the watch band? Apple would sell many more units than they are currently moving! happy
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RE: iPod nano 6G update adds options to sleep/wake button
treid79 25th Feb 2011
This update caused my nano to automatically shut it self off after 60 seconds. You hit the play button and your song ends after 60 seconds... Very frustrating.... Searching the net for a fix...
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Buggy wake to clock feature
Jenuwefa 29th Dec
The wake to clock setting only works if you're on the home screen when the iPod goes to sleep or isput to sleep, otherwise it wakes to Now Playing....very annoying!

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