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All in all, great article, hilarious and right on. When the nano was released yesterday, a friend of mine and I had the same thought: seemingly, a nano is far more expensive per gig than a 'standard' (20 or 60 GB) ipod. However, we did some quick calculations to find out how much each costs per gigabyte per ounce or cubic inch (ie: cost per "bit density" for each model, an attempt to compare the ipod models with respective to their size, not just price and capacity). It turns out that the 4GB nano is $93.98 per GB per ounce and $94.12 per GB per in^3. The 20GB standard ipod is only marginally less, at $88.21 per GB per ounce and $92.28 per GB per in^3. The nano's amazingly small size easily allows it to compete with the 20GB ipod, and I'd imagine sales will back this up. (I know I want one!) Of course, the 60GB does blow them all out of the water -- $42.06 and $49.08 for the same numbers, respectively -- but this is to be expected, with three times the capacity of the 20GB for only $100 increase in price. Just thought some of the readers here would find this interesting!