11:25 AM
So Apple just launched new colors for the iPod shuffle the same palette, mostly, as the iPod nanos. Mostly for some reason there's an orange shuffle but no orange nano, and (annoyingly) a black nano but no black shuffle. I myself would only be interested in a silver or black shuffle, so if I buy a new one, it'd be the silver one. The question to my mind, though, is why would I want one? After all, not buying a 1GB shuffle is essentially a $79 discount off an iPhone, and an iPhone is an 8GB iPod. True, this is a big step down from my current 60GB iPod video, which is sad, but the addition of the phone is pretty sharp. The question is whether to buy a first iteration iPhone or wait for a while until the dang thing actually has enough capacity to carry around more of my (increasingly growing) video collection...
I'm waiting on the iPhone for a while, partially because I know Apple's history of second generation fixing so many of the annoying little quirks in things, and partially because I can't quite justify purchasing one yet. Also, Cingular's coverage SUCKS in New Orleans, so I'm still holding out hope that by the time I get one I can stay on Verizon. (Hey, a girl can dream!)