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Apple iPod nano

Welcome to Apple's take on the flash memory MP3 player: There's no question it's an iPod, but it's impossibly thin -- and expensive. The 4-gigabyte model, the world's first 4GB flash player, holds about 1,000 songs and costs $249; the 2GB version is only $50 cheaper. It has a big color screen for your photographs. And, man, is it thin (800 692-7753, apple.com).

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