By David Wallace

Just when you think you're done with iPhone envy, Apple brings two new items to feed the gadget lust. The latest iPod Nano comes in a shorter, wider configuration than earlier models, with 4GB and 8GB versions, each with a two-inch diagonal color display screen. Available in five colors, it's obvious that downloadable music is just the start and Steve Jobs really wants you to have a pocket-sized multimedia center with photos, video, Wi-Fi and a soundtrack you can download from iTunes (and not for free).

But Nano could be just a "gateway drug" for the iPod Touch, a slightly smaller cousin of the iPhone with the same touchscreen interface and black screen finish. Proving the value of being an industry behemoth, Apple has one-button clicks for Google web searching and YouTube for web videos.

Apple even has a tie-up with Starbucks that offers free Wi-Fi to iPod Touch users in their cafes. This tag team of tastemakers will even deliver a "what's playing" song list of the shop's background music so you can buy the songs (from iTunes, of course). The coffee-music-device connections will debut in New York, Seattle and San Francisco but are sure to spread nationwide.

The iPod Touch screen has the same zoom, shift and rotate features as the iPhone. A nifty finger-pinch photo editor lets you crop and resize images on the 3.5-inch diagonal color screen. There were complaints about not having a calendar or Microsoft Exchange compatibility for e-mail, notes Michael Oh, whose company Tech Superpowers offers Mac-based networking and training. But Apple's products are geared toward entertainment than corporate applications, he says, instead of making just another PDA.