Happy Apple Christmas! Tim Cook's Annual iPhone Gymboree didn't just give us a slick 4-inch, iPhone 5 with LTE—we got a beautiful new iPod Nano, a new version of iTunes, an upgraded iPod touch, plus tons more loot. Here's everything you need to know about the gadgets you'll be lining up to buy next week and beyond.

Apple brought a whole gang of new iPods to its event today in San Francisco, the third of which is a refreshed Shuffle. The new guy isn't all that different from its predecessor, save for five new colors. It costs $50 for 2GB. A boring non-update, unless you are a multi-colored gadget enthusiast.

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Like John Brownlee at Cult of Mac, the Shuffle just doesn't fit with how I like to listen to music. Give me Tusk—in its entirety! So then, Matthew Irvine Brown's album written just for the Shuffle intrigues.

It didn't take much effort for Apple to design the new iPod Nano and iPod shuffle. All they did was cut the old iPod nano in half. [reddit via thedailywhat]

With the latest iPods shipping this week, you'll be wanting to know whether an upgrade is necessary—or whether to take the plunge into the wild world of iPoddery. So far, this is what the reviews are saying:

It's not an easy thing, admitting you were wrong. But with the 2010 iPod Shuffle, Apple's owned up to the previous generation's follies in the best possible way: fixing them. Mostly.

Apple's given the shuffle back its buttons, despite the smallest form factor yet. Even more impressive: it's got 15 hours of battery life, 2GB storage, and a price tag of $50. And I have to admit, it's kind of adorable.

If you had to pick just one thing you want to see Apple dish out at tomorrow's music-centric event, what would it be?

iLounge claims that a "highly reliable source" has told them quite a few details about some new gadgets coming from Apple, including a new iPhone that will finally fix the antenna problem, which allegedly will be released in early 2011.