The ultra slim iPod Nano is not much bigger than a couple of credit cards set end to end and about as wide as a pencil. When the iPod Nano was first shown in a high tech gadget website, no one even believed it was real, how could it be, where was the battery? How could that little thing hold any songs in it? Most thought it was merely another Apple gimmick, not so, the iPod Nano is really and yes it is really cool. Most personal tech writers are giving it the first prize for the 2005 greatest gadget.

The iPod Nano has two configurations; the two gigabyte version which hold 500 songs and the four gigabyte version which holds 1,000 songs. Of course for this level of performance is such a small device, well lets just say you are going to have to pay the price. The down dirty model is $199.00 and the prices go up from there. The iPod Nano is as thin as a pencil and as powerful as juke box.

How small is it? Very small; only three and a half inches by an inch and a half and the width of a number two pencil. And get this it only weighs 1.5 ounces. But don