More 'pods from Jobs

For the third year in a row, Steve Jobs has unveiled some new, fancy-pants iPods and for the third year in a row, I've got iPod envy.

What I'm learning from all these annual iPod events is:

1. Apple keeps finding ways to top themselves
2. iPods go obsolete after a year (depending on your point of view)

My 2nd-generation nano was awesome when I first got it. Then the awesome went to 11 when I jumped on the Nike+ train. But after seeing this new nano chubby, with it's video capability, bigger screen and extra capacity for $149, my nano is pretty limp. Basically, it's nothing more than a shuffle with a screen minus the clip. It still beats my two-year old click-wheel iPod with the monochrome screen though.

On the bright side, the iPhone's price drop means it should be relatively cheap and affordable by the time I actually make money. Too bad for all the early adopters though, that's $200 that could've been better spent.