Apple's new ultra skinny iPod nano is the product of an unholy union between the shuffle and the mini, using flash memory like the shuffle, but sticking with the (slimmed down) design of the mini. It comes with either 2GB (£139/$199) or 4GB (£179/$249) of storage and comes with a nice new colour screen so you can view pics. It is available in three days in the UK. Looks like Apple's gone and done it again with this rather lovely player. As you can see, it's slimmer than a pencil (remember those?!) and it weighs just 1.5 ounces. The only downer is the rather rubbish fourteen-hour battery life. Boo to that.
In other news, Engadget has details of a Harry Potter iPod with a Hogwarts crest etched on the back and all the audiobooks pre-loaded. Madonna's back catalogue is finally up on iTunes (Steve Jobs rang Madge for a chat during the presentation) and the new iTunes 5 software has a better shuffle facility called "smart shuffle".
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