So I’ve been following the tech blogs recently and I discovered that Apple was offering a replacement for their 1st generation iPod nano. I bought 2 of these iPod nanos off Craigslist about 5 yrs. ago. I think I paid like $20 for two of them. Both of the iPods had cracked screens when I bought them. I knew of a replacement program at the time for a manufacturing default that caused the screen to crack, so I sent one of them in to Apple and received a replacement for a new 1st gen. iPod nano. I don’t remember what I did with that replacement iPod. I think I gave it to my mom or something and she ended up losing it. I always end up giving my iPods to my mom. She’s gotten like 5 iPods from me. The other iPod nano I had was all busted up. Completely MANGLED. The screen was cracked and the guy I bought it from tried to open it up so the sides of the iPod were all chewed up from prying it open. The inside was all rusty and beat up too. It looked like it had been dropped, run over, sat on, chewed up, dropped in a toilet, then sold to me. I ended up just putting it on my desk as an ornament with two-sided tape to hold it up.

Fast forward to Dec. 2011 when I found out that Apple was offering a new replacement program for the 1st gen. iPod nano. The deal was something about the battery overheating on the iPod. So you just had to send them the serial number of the 1st gen. iPod nano and they would ship you a new replacement. I had to use a screwdriver to get the iPod nano off my desk. It’s got a lot of war wounds on the backside of it. Plus the case is all messed up from back in the day when I tore it apart. I figured that maybe since so much time has passed that perhaps Apple could give me a break this time. We’ll see.

Anyway, I managed to salvage the serial number to initiate the replacement with Apple. They sent me an email informing me that they will send me a shipping box to ship my original iPod nano to them. The email says that once they receive the iPod then they will process the exchange and ship me a new iPod. Recent reports have suggested that Apple is now delivering the current iPod model to users that ship them the original iPod nano. Speculation has suggested that Apple may be out of supply for the 1st generation iPod nano, so they’re compensating by shipping out the current model iPod nano as a replacement. Since the original iPod that I purchased used off Craigslist never worked to begin with I am excited for the prospect of exchanging it for a new current model iPod nano.

I already received an iPod nano a year ago for my one year anniversary bonus at the company that I previously worked for. I ended up returning that iPod to Apple for credit towards purchase of an iPhone 4. I didn’t like the current iPod nano because it didn’t have video playback capabilities. Also it didn’t support wifi or even bluetooth. If I can’t watch a video and listen to audio through bluetooth then there’s really no reason to use the device. I’d just use the iPhone 4. We’ll see how this exchange plays out. If I end up getting a new iPod nano then I might keep it was a wrist watch. Anyway, we’ll see. I’ll keep everyone updated on the outcome.