When the Apple released the first generation iPod nano, we picked one up as soon as it hit our local store. Heck, I still have the promo poster hanging on the wall of my office — “1,000 songs. Impossibly small.” It has been a great machine that my kids have loved stealing just about anytime we get in the car for a road trip. Along comes the 2nd generation nano, revamped with a brighter screen, updated software, new headphones, new packaging, and new anodized aluminum colors which are entirely reminiscent of the long time favorite iPod mini. More on New iPod nano – Rebirth of The Mini

I picked up a PalmOne LifeDrive today with the hopes that it would become a useful enough tool to warrant carrying around one more device with me, not to mention justify the $450 price tag. After spending a couple of hours setting it up and playing with it’s features, specifically the Blazer web browser and VersaMail email client, I realized it’s nothing more than a glorified Palm PDA. Sure it has a nice bright screen, sexy looks and feels great to use, the 4GB of storage (the only really enticing feature about this device in my opinion) can be added to just about any PDA on the market today in a variety of form factors. All of the software included is either already included in other devices or readily available at little or no charge. I’m just not as impressed with the device in hand as I was while salivating over it on Palm’s web site. It’s already back in the box and heading back to the store in the morning. More on PalmOne LifeDrive