Well, the new iPods for this year are announced so here is my opinionated and self-serving, er, opinions.
The new iPod Nano makes me wanna shift in my pants. Yes, the f is in shift and it's appropriate. It's kinda cool having video on it, but, video two inch screen? For comparison, the Game Boy Micro has a 2 inch screen so it's probably doable. Still, though, it's probably the lower end of the watchability spectrum.
And, ahhh... who'd want video with only 8 gigs of space? I mean, I've filled up the 4 gigs with the original Nano annoyingly. With 8 gigs I'd be all set, I think... but no extra room for movies. It's a real pity they're not releasing a 16 gig Nano with video. Yet anyway. Clearly they reserved the 16 gig version for the iPod touch, the new touchscreen iPod (think iPhone minus the phone). Which is MORE of a pity because I don't like having to look at a device in order to control it. I can use my Nano without looking at it too much, with one hand and the thumb of that hand.
Plus the video out doesn't work with the classic video out cabling for some shitty reason. Apple's going the ol' lockout-chip path. Shame on them!
Since there's no love in Apple for me, then, I'm waiting for a flash 16 gig Archos with a car adapter. Then again, there's always a Zen. Those are fairly popular, aren't they? (Popular, while not important to me, is important for prevalence of accessories.)