With many people lamenting the loss of video viewing capabilities on the new iPod nano, there is some cold comfort to be found in one of the diminutive player's lesser known functions. Buried deep within the confines of the nano's user manual are the details on how the device can be hooked up to a television set so that you can watch any photo slideshows you may have loaded on to it on the big screen.
The term "big screen" is subjective, of course. After all, when compared to the nano's 1.54 inch diagonal display, even a 12-inch portable telelvision looks absolutley huge.
How does one one hook up the device to view a slideshow? Why, with an Apple 30 pin connector/component AV cable connector. No, it's not the video out that the past two iPod nano generations gave us, but it's better than nothing, right? Right?
OK, it's not ideal--but take heart: TUAW's Erica Sadun has found evidence of leftover code used on the nano that suggests the device could be enabled to allow video playback in the future.
