Roses are red, iPods are better
If your loved one is an avid gym junkie, music lover or simply spends a lot of time on public transport, they will love one of Apple's new iPods. We recommend the new Nano or the Shuffle, because they're small, cute, affordable and available in romantic red. Best of all, if you do buy the red version of either, Apple will send a portion of the purchase price to the Global Fund to fight AIDS in Africa.
iPod Nano: from $199
iPod Shuffle: $99
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www.apple.com.au Of course there's more to portable music than the iPod. A very decent alternative is SanDisk's Sansa Clip player. This gives
you essentially the same type of functionality and size (the Clip's bigger though) of the iPod Shuffle, except that it has a screen, so you can view and select songs to play. Plus it has an inbuilt mic (so it can double as a Dictaphone) and FM radio.
Sansa Clip: from $79
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www.sandisk.com Wires are geeky, let's face it – a living room with wires snaking around the place are a sure-fire sign of geek-in-residence. They have a low wife acceptance factor in almost any product, and they're annoying, they get tangled, they break and they look plain ugly. That's why Samsung's P2 MP3 player is automatically cool. This player is Bluetooth enabled, which means if you grab yourself a pair of Bluetooth compatible headphones, you can pair them up and listen to music wirelessly. A very sophisticated gift, if you have a bit more to spend.
Samsung P2: from $269
See:
www.samsung.com.au 
