In case you have been living under a rock in Afghanistan for the past few years, iPod are ill and they keep getting sicker with each iteration. Today, Apple unleashed yet another reason to throw your monochrome dinosaur against the wall: the iPod nano. It is thinner than a pencil, has a color screen, and comes in black and white. There is a 2GB version, which holds about 500 songs, and a 4GB version, which, as you probably could have guessed, holds about 1000 songs. It also gets 14 hours of battery life, so if your iPod no longer lasts the commute you can either move to the city, or get a new iPod. I know that Rapid Thought aka The Ultimate Consumer aka ULT CON 5, is thinking about getting one just so he doesn’t get judged on the subway.

Apple no longer makes the iPod mini, so if you have that—apologies.

In other news, an iPod phone has dropped. It is a collabo with Motorola, but it is certainly not the flyest material.

On a slightly more serious tip, you can donate money to the Red Cross directly though the iTunes Music Store. Feeling good about yourself has never been so easy.