For two years – ever since the first rumors of the widescreen iPod – I’ve bided my time. I put off buying a Video iPod because somewhere in the not-so-distant future, a hard-drive based widescreen iPod beckoned me to hold off just a little bit longer. Once the iPhone arrived, I knew that my wait was about to come to an end. And with Wednesday’s announcement growing ever closer, surely my dream was about to be fulfilled. After all, it made perfect sense to come out with a multi-touch iPod to finally arrive with enough space to finally hold a collection of movies.

Alas, not much makes sense about the new line of iPods that Apple released this morning. Sure, every feature that I was hoping for was introduced, but in 3 different products! Apparently, the search for a unified theory of iPod was too much for the brilliant minds at Apple.  Continue reading »