The new nano is the lazy parent's dream. "You liked that nano we got you last year, didn't you, honey? Well, this one has a camera!"

Does it ever strike you that there's something really wrong with capitalism? Oh, well.

But parents, if you do give your high school and college-age kids a video camera for Christmas, don't look at what they film. You don't want to know.

The Macalope expects Apple will add a camera to the iPod touch at some point in its life in order to squeeze some more value out of the product line. But for now they're content to leave people wanting more.