Apple iDid it again!

The new iPods are great evolutions of the breed. First they kept the Shuffle the Shuffle people love, just some fresh new colors. The Nano isn't so nano anymore with a bigger screen, screen looks to be about the same size as the iPod. The new Nano features all the stuff the old iPod video could do, tv shows, games and movies in a almost square size. The iPod we knew is now the iPod Classic, gone is the scratchy cover, in, rounded clad aluminum. The new Classic comes in 80 and 160 gig (44,000 songs). Finally the iPod Touch, the iPod without the phone. Everything the iPhone can do the Touch can do, net browsing, handful of widgets and new iTunes store. With the new store you will be able to buy tunes on your Touch, then transfer them back to your Mac or computer. Maybe a useless feature is the "Starbucks" button, it allows you to buy the music you are listening to at a Starbucks BUT all Starbucks won't have this feature till 2009, I suspect they will have new iPods with even more features by then.

With this product line Apple is breaking their rule of 3. The rule of 3 for Apple is 3 lines, consumer, pro-sumer and pro. With the iPod you have the Shuffle, Nano, Classic and Touch, I suspect the people in the market for the Classic and Touch will pick the Classic for capacity and the Touch for the gadgetry.

On another note, the other product line that breaks the rule of 3, Macbooks and Macbook Pros. The Mac Book offers 3 models the upper 2 being 2.16 ghz. The only difference between is the hard drive and color. So here's my question, is the MacBook in black worth $200 more for the color and 40 gigs more in hard drive (120g v. 160g)?