“Apple refreshed its iPod nano line last week,” report Jessica Flint and Hamish Robertson (vanityfair.com), “introducing nine new colors in the thinnest casing to date.

Somehow they’ve also squeezed in an accelerometer, allowing you to literally shake the iPod to shuffle your songs.”

Coupled with the new “Genius” feature of the accompanying iTunes 8 software—which utilizes user-submitted information to generate smart playlists— Try an iPod nano and “you’ll once again be telling yourself you actually do need this new iPod.”

Go to apple.com.