An apple a day keeps the doctor away. An Apple in your hand keeps chicks close and curious. Though the former might be very true we’re still researching on the latter. Anyways it’s time to bug your Daddy for an Apple! Steve Jobs has added more masala to the super sexy iPod babes. If you’re a gizmo friendly human chances are that you’re already an Apple fan and worship Steve Jobs. Don’t go to that extent, worship your girlfriend instead.

++ New Shuffle: “World’s smallest”

The forgotten sibling known as the Shuffle even received much love today as its younger sister, the 2G Shuffle was unveiled unto the hoards of tech-loving press. With a built-in clip for easy portability, the new Shuffle is being touted as the world’s smallest MP3 player. It’s as small as an iPod FM remote, so it’s pretty darn tiny. Like its Nano cousins, the Shuffle is now housed in an aluminium body as well.

Best of all, it’s dirt cheap at just $79 for the one-gigger (only one capacity is available). Look for it in October. Tell Pappa to buy this one for you. It would mean the perfect style statement this winters!

++ 2G iPod Nano

The Nano is easily the most popular player in Apple’s line-up, mostly because of its super slim form factor and relatively good capacity. If that’s what interested you in the Nano in the first place, then you’ll be ecstatic to hear that they are upgrading it on both of those fronts. The 2G Nano is even slimmer than its predecessor (if you can imagine that), and they’re doubling up the storage space without charging you anything extra. Battery life is now 24 hours, and the screen is 40% brighter.

One of the primary complaints of the old Nano is that it got scratched far too easily. Well, it seems that Apple has taken two steps forward (more capacity, slimmer form factor), and one step back. They’ve shoved the new Nano into an aluminium body, one that bears a striking resemblance to what we once saw on the iPod mini. In fact, they’re offering the 4GB version (now in the middle of the range) in the same colors — silver, black, green, blue, and pink — with the 2GB and 8GB coming only in silver and black, respectively.

Pricing is where you’d expect it to be, except they’ve doubled the storage (as I mentioned above). Pricing is $149, $199, and $249 for each size.

So this year on Diwali burst a few less crackers. Spend a little less on your girlfriend. Skip a few movies. Drink lesser cola and coffee. Buy an Apple! Stay healthy!