Apple Unveils New Nano. Looks Like Old Nano.

Crayola Nanos!

It's not the biggest news to come out of Apple, but it's Apple news nonetheless, so we felt duty-bound to report. Steve Jobs--who is apparently healthy as a horse (or at least a skittish hamster)--unveiled the newest iPods at Apple's "Let's Rock" event.

The Nano will go back to its taller, thinner body. (We'd like to return to that as well). Jobs says the new Nano, which will now come in many colors of the Crayola rainbow, is "the thinnest iPod we've ever made." The dude is really into thin--pretty soon Apple offerings will be measured in femtometers. In addition to improved browsing and gaming features, the new Nano does have a pretty sweet new shuffle feature. Shake it up and the songs shuffle. It's music boggle!

In other neat-o developments, the new iTunes has been updated with a recommendation feature called Genius. The smartie-pants software analyzes your tracks, play counts, and ratings to create well-coordinated playlists. Genius will also send you song suggestions from the iTunes store. And make your bed with hospital corners.

Rounding out the core of the Apple offerings: the iPod Touch will be cheaper (does anyone have the Touch?); the classic iPod (the thick one) is being discontinued (goodbye, fatty); and NBC is bringing its offerings back to iTunes. Ok, bye!