It’s the height of Apple rumour season and the latest unconfirmed object of desire is the iPad mini. In a batch of new tantalising tittle-tattle, talk of a smaller 7in iPad is the most intriguing prospect but there’s also renewed talk of a touchscreen iPod shuffle and, improbably, the early arrival of the iPhone 5…

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The buttonless iPod shuffle just got all nano-chromatic, with three new colours unveiled for Apple’s piddliest music player.
Apple’s sticking with the iPod classic, snubbing rumours that it’s due to be retired by updating it with a load more memory. It’s just debuted a version with 160GB inside.