While the medical community is still scrambling to find a cure for AIDS, it doesn't mean you can't fight it. The iPod with the heart of gold, also known as the the iPod nano RED, is Apple's way of helping fight AIDS in Africa. The company pledged to give US$ 10 from the sale of of its special edition Red iPod nano.

Initially, the the iPod nano RED was available only in 4GB (US$ 199). But the company has just released an 8GB version for those of you who want to fight AIDS and store 2,000 songs and 25,000 photos on a digital music player. Aside from a bigger capacity, the iPod nano RED also features:

• Brilliant, 1.5-inch color display
• Up to 24 hours of battery life
• Seamless iTunes integration
• A durable aluminum enclosure
• An eye-catching red color that says you care
  

The iPod nano RED is expected generate millions of dollars for The Global Fund. Apple also plans to donate proceeds from iTunes Red gift card to the organization. The iPod nano RED is available at Apple Store retail locations and the Apple Store online.

What is it about Red anyway? What is it about Apple's "Red" Nano that makes it so hot? (I mean, other than the color.) Perhaps it's because that with every purchase of the product, Steve Jobs and his space monkeys will donate ten dollars to the Global Fund to Fight AIDs in Africa. A lot of kind-hearted souls out there huh?

You see, though MacScoop's sources could not reveal the exact numbers, they believe the company has received hundreds of thousand orders for the Red Nano in the first two weeks. A quick examination of Apple's online store sales top 10, shows that the "Red" Nano is a big seller.

MacScoop says that given the huge number of sales that Apple has registered for the Red Nano, the company is considering to release other Red products. They say that possible products include, a red MacBook, a red iMac, and a red video iPod. Macscoop does add though that it might be too early to predict with certainty the arrival of other Red products as a new color in any of Apple's line-up means a whole lot of production and inventory management.

Oh the costs of operation.

Anyway all this red-hotness makes Bono come to mind. We're thinking that people just want to look cool, I mean, cool enough for someone like Ms. Hilton to go "that's Hot" at that Nano that you've got hooked near your crotch, and then at the same time make yourself feel as philanthropic as Mr. I'm-cool-enough-to-wear-shades-indoors Bono.

Yep it's Bono-ism I tell you.