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The new iPod nano offers video playback, an enhanced user interface featuring Cover Flow, and a new design. The new nano features a larger two-inch display with 204 pixels per inch, which lets users watch their favourite movies, TV shows and music videos in the same resolution they currently enjoy on the video iPod. iPod nano also includes three games, and additional games can be purchased from the online iTunes Store.

The new nano delivers up to 24 hours of audio playback or five hours of video playback on a single charge, and is encased in a new all-metal design made with anodised aluminum and polished stainless steel and comes in five new colors -- silver, black, blue, green and a special red edition.

The new 204 dpi display is 65 percent brighter than the previous generation and delivers 320x240 resolution. It also features an enhanced user interface and includes Cover Flow.

The all new iPod nano is perfect for playing iPod games and comes pre-loaded with iQuiz, an entertainment trivia game; Vortex, a fast-paced 360 degree brick-bashing game; and Klondike, the popular solitaire card game. Additional games will be available for iPod nano later this month from the iTunes Store, including Sudoku and Tetris from Electronic Arts and Ms. PAC-MAN from NAMCO.

Available today, the 4GB iPod nano comes in silver for just US$149 and the 8GB model is available in silver, black, blue, green and a special red edition for just US$199.