Nano functions for iPod mini

Question

Hi all,
wouldn´t it be cool to have the new features of the iPod nano on the mini? It should be possible with a firmware update, I think. The screenlock is useful and the timer as well.

Answer 1

I am convinced that 1.4 was the cause of my 1st gen Mini's untimely death at just over 18 months.
Prior to upgrading to 1.4, the unit worked flawlessly and had only frozen on me three times in the entire time I owned it. I used it every day during my workout and in the car.
When I upgraded to 1.4, the unit froze within an hour of the upgrade and would not reboot for several hours. After it recovered, it continued to freeze every couple of days. I restored the software so many times, I lost count.
A few weeks later, after another in a series of forced resets, the display backlight stopped working. Then a few days later, the battery started to drain when the unit was in sleep mode over night. In the morning, the iPOD was totally dead and needed to be fully recharged.
A few days ago, the unit started playing only static through the headphone jack, and when placed on my JBL On Stage, CPU and HD noises were transmitted through the dock connector and out through the speakers while the iPOd was being updated through iTUNES.
Coincidence?
Who knows.
My new Silver 6G arrives today, so we shall see if it suffers from the same stability problems as my 4G did under 1.4.