I’ve always wanted an iPod, but have never been able to bring myself to spend that much on a luxury item. Here at Mirashade, my boss man Baz McCarthy has one, as does Drew. They’re very nice things, all white and shiny like. I think the appeal for me is linked to listening to music in my car, to have all my music at my fingertips without the associated multitude of CD cases rattling around would be great.

Well yesterday Apple announced the iPod mini, just like the iPod, only mini like! Now, the confusion for me is this. The base level iPod can store 10,000 songs are costs $299, yet the iPod mini stores only 1,000 songs, and costs $249. Can anyone here do math?