First off I’ll mention CNET’s BuzzReport – they flag the now VERY hot rumours that Apple are to launch a netbook. Interestingly though and contrary to other reports Molly Wood discusses how Apple could launch an expensive netbook. The theme of netbooks so far apart from Sony’s latest very desirable ‘P’ series has been not only portability but also price – i.e. cheap. So far Apple has resisted any low price point move on it’s portable line up – indeed the new MacBook launched recently is not cheap.

I was a huge fan of the last Apple iPod Shuffle – it was incredible small, beautifully designed, cheap and was fantastic for listening to music whilst at the gym or out and about. What on earth have Apple done with the new Shuffle? The outgoing model was small enough but they’ve decided to make it even smaller loseable and by putting the controls on the cheap Apple headphones they’ve totally infuriated people who would much rather plug their higher grade units into their iPod. Sorry Apple I don’t ‘get’ this one!