It's always a joy to welcome a new member of the family, and the iPod family is no different. To complement the new offerings of iTunes (as revealed in our companion article), Apple has unveiled the latest generation of the iPod, the Nano, and the Shuffle.

With all the new feature-length films from Walt Disney and Co. coming out on iTunes (yes, Disney seems committed to it), the basic iPod has been beefed up to handle the additional megabytes of data. It's now a whopping 80GB - that's worth 20,000 songs, 25,000 photographs, or 100 hours of video (we haven't even started talking about the games yet!) The battery on the 80GB model will last four about six and a half hours of video usage - that's about three or four movies' worth. All this entertainment value is packed into the same dimensions as the 60GB iPod, and can be available for $349.

The second generation iPod Nano sports a slimmer profile and an all-new aluminum casing - just like the Mini before it. Those shells come in an assortment of 5 colors that's suited to match the user's style or personality preferences (and we can predict that the third-party accessories market will switch to aluminum soon enough). There's a new 8GB model that's decked in black metal, and of course the 2GB and 4GB options remain available. The battery's been upgunned for 24 hours of operation. The 2GB Nano will sell at $149, the 4GB at $199, and the 8GB at $249.

Finally, the Shuffle. It's always been the little tyke of the family, and it's gotten even smaller. It's a little over an inch and a half long, weighs about half an ounce, comes in an all-new aluminum body like the Mini and 2nd-gen Nano, and while it says it comes with a built-in clip, it's not just a built-in clip. It is a clip! It will go on pockets, belt loops, belt straps, bag straps, hem lines, and what ever else you can clip on; a very handy feature to secure such a tiny gadget. 1GB for 240 songs, all for $79.