You'd have to be on holiday on the Costa Del Moon to have not heard about Apples new product and it's supposed flaws. Just as I slouched into the sofa to catch channel 4 news the iPod Nano appeared on screen held by a  suited reported who then proceeded to destroy it bit by bit.

First he put it into a pocket with keys and loose change, it got scratched, then he dropped it (it dented) and finally he run it over with a car (it really died). All a bit obvious but somehow Apple have managed to launch another product which isn't perfect, the last time we had an iPod news story on the mainstream news it was the battery life of the 3G iPod and now it's the Nano's turn.

When we tested the Nano barely a week before the story broke we did find our test unit to be scratched which we put down to the number of hacks who had had it before us. However it seems that 1 in 1000 Nano's have defective screens (according to Apple) amazing that they went from no problem to knowing the exact number of effected units within days.

But I'm not here to bang on about Apple or the Nano, just my surprise that even with all this supposedly bad publicity the Nano is flying off the shelves. It almost makes me wonder if a small number of defective units may be released in order to create a news story and the hundreds of hours of free media that it brings (good or bad). Sounds crazy I know but perhaps there really is no such thing as bad publicity.

Ebay Take Over World, Google Are Next

Also this month Ebay announced they were purchasing Skype for a whopping 1.4 billion pounds giving the online auction giant access to the VOIP market in one fail swoop. It's hardly surprising as Ebay is generating cash faster than it can spend it and now has a gross income that ranks it 57th in the world just behind Kuwait!

Then Google announce they are collaborating with Nasa and will build a new Google campus on the Ames research centre from where Nasa conducted the testing for the Apollo moon missions.

Not be outdone by all of this Lordpercy.com will soon be announcing our plans to set-up new offices on the Ptolemaeus crater lunar business park (the moon) and utilise both Google's investment and Ebay's VOIP services to keep in touch with all of our friends.

Until next time take care, LP

Highlights

	iPod Nano Review Not a comeback for Mork and Mindy it's Apples new flash based MP3 player. Thinner than a supermodel on an eggs only diet the new Nano makes it's UK debut and we got our mitts on one to see how it stacks up.
	Pace PVR To Go Pace have been showing off their next bit of Television kit the PVR To Go. It manages to cover the areas that so many PMP's fail on with the ability to record your favourite TV off the EPG and then watch it on the train!
	Sony Bean NW-E207 Is it a kidney bean or a hand grenade? it's a tough call but one you need to get right, it seems Sony's designers have really "gone out there" with their latest baby MP3 player.
	Philips HDD084 Review It's difficult to excited by a device that's average but when your last player was as bad as Philips HDD070 having Lordpercy say your latest attempt is average might be good news!
	TomTom Go 500 The last in the set for us to test and this time a 8 week long term test shows all is not well with this TomTom unit, we give it a real workout and find out where it's great and where it's sadly lacking.

Sat Nav Scoop

This month we were invited to the Navman press launch for their new range, this complete overhaul sees a new entry level device.

The Navman iCN320 is something a little bit different from your average SatNav system. Based on quite surprising research Navman concluded that the average SatNav purchaser is now aged 25 to 50 and more than likely to be female. It seems the early adopters are no longer the target for GPS systems and in the run up to Christmas the dinky 320 is set to be heavily advertised.

The major change is the lack of a scrolling map, instead you get big chunky arrows, text directions and junction maps for when you need to make a turn, it all seems to work very well. This is essential because it allows Navman to reduce the screen size and save on component costs letting them set the price for the iCN320 at £279.

You can read our full review here

Feedback

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Featured Section - DAB Radio

Christmas is coming (sad we know) and that important Techie in your life will be wanting something uber cool in their digital stocking. But what to buy? Something that is the latest yet doesn't break the back! DAB radio is certainly the gadget of the moment and best of all we've tested a number of them that are all between £50 and £100.