Well, the apple release of the nano was announced today.

Not sure what to think of it. Apple has the Nano replacing the Mini which doesn't really make sense to me. I would think the Nano would do better replacing the Shuffle.

The Nano is much smaller, holds 4Gb for the price as the 6Gb Mini. Also I'm not sure how hard it will be to use the touch wheel on the Nano. I comfortable with the touch wheel on the Mini and can't imagine it being smaller. The smaller size will make it nice to exercise with, currently I don't even consider exercising with the Ipod Mini.

I do believe that the Nano will make all 1GB MP3 players extinct if not they will need massive price drops. For $250CDN, you can get a 2GB Nano with Color display. The Creative Labs MuVo 1GB goes for $229CDN. Easy choice there.

It'll be interesting to see if Apple can keep their Audio dominance up over their competitors.