Those crazy kids down in Cupertino unveiled a "minuscule" new iPod Shuffle on Wednesday. It's so small, in fact, that those of you who aren't anal retentive or born under a Virgo sun would probably lose it within a week. We sure would. Anyway, it comes with a whopping 4GB of storage, which means you can hold up to 1,000 songs. It goes for $79 too, which is a deal.

This leads to the question: why would anyone prefer an iPod Shuffle over a regular iPod? (Sadly, we don't use either because neither device comes equipped with a television set.) Seems like having a screen would be the obvious choice.

For the eight or so of you who don't have an iPod yet -- sadly, we would be one of those eight -- you can break your iPod hymen with the positively adorable iPod Shuffle (1GB), which is now going for a paltry $49. Pennies! The 2GB iPod Shuffle will be available later this month for $69.

And the 18-karat gold iPod Shuffle from Xexoo of Germany, right, goes for a mere $19,343. No word yet whether or not it too will see a snip in its price tag.