Earlier today, I was telling you about the new iPods that we should expect, and my guess was that in a week or two something new will pop up just in time for Valentine's Day, but this seems completely out of Apple's schedule. The reason is really simple, and it really amuses me to find that what I wrote about only hours ago happened in the meantime! Since we had two quick events that came in a quick succession, I will tell you about both of them now.

First of all, the US Apple Store was down for a brief period of time, but not without a serious reason. A series of reports that followed after the previous news started to spread out confirmed that most online stores belonging to Apple were down today.
Everybody calm down, nothing tragic happened, there are no problems with the electric lines and plants, everything is just fine. The reason behind Apple's Online Store downtime is that the site was updated to host new products...

No, it's not iLife '07 or the new iPod nano 2GB, it's the shuffle! First of all, don't worry about the price, because the tiny shuffle is still priced at 79$. The good part is that now it's available in five colors! First, there's the old silver we're used to, then we have blue, pink, green and orange to choose from, just in time to prepare a special present for your Valentine.

The best part about this is that now you can take advantage of the free shipping, free laser engraving and the free gift wrapping that is being offered for a limited time, especially for the much awaited Valentine's Day.