Apple last week invited reporters to a music-related event, stoking expectations of new players. Some had hoped for new computers as well as iPods, but that did not happen.

Mr Jobs appeared thin but jaunty as he walked around the stage in his trademark outfit of jeans and long-sleeve black shirt in front of a screen that flashed “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” – a quotation borrowed from Mark Twain.

Mr Jobs introduced a curved aluminum and glass nano – the best-selling iPod model – for $US149 ($185) with 8GB of storage, $US50 less than the preceding model, and a 16GB version for $US199, capable of playing back 24 hours of music or four hours of video.

He also showed off a thinner, $US229 version of the web-connected iPod Touch with rounded edges and 8GB of storage. At the high end, Apple is charging $US399 for 32GB.

I say screw the ZUNE that i got and hopefully with the cash at hand i can save up to atlest buy this nano or add it to my wish list “HA IM SUCH A NERD”. The crazy thing about all this is that “i already own a nano” .