The latest iPod Nano

That Apple will launch a range of new iPods in September is a truth as certain as life and death itself. You have to admire the enthusiasm with which Apple continues to reinvent its old warhorse - the iPod is the number-one bestselling music player in 10 European countries, including the UK; some 160 million iPods have been sold worldwide since 2004.

The technology is put to fun use with the "Shake to Shuffle" feature, in which a quick jiggle of the nano will enable the user to skip through tracks and pick a random song. Several other MP3 players, such as the Sansa Shake and Sony Walkman mobile phones, have offered this sort of functionality for a while now, but Apple's decision to include it in their new iPods demonstrates its commitment to the product. While sales of iPods continue to grow, the rate of growth has slowed significantly, leading some analysts to ask whether the market for iPods has reached saturation point.

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