I don’t have an iPod and I’m not obsessed by all things Apple.

That’s not supposed to sound like one of those ridiculous boasts that only really smug people say. You know the sort, you ask them if they watched last night’s Eastenders and they tell you that they “don’t even own a television” as if that makes them better than you, you uncouth guttersnipe wanker.

No, that was purely a statement of fact.

I don’t have an iPod because I just don’t need one. You see I listen to music on these old fashioned things called CD’s (no really, I do).

But even as a non-iPod owning, non-Apple obsessive I’m getting iPod fatigue from the astronomical rate at which they release new iPods (although I suspect some hard-core Apple fans will be in hog heaven).

It seems that Apple have decided to turn iPods into the Jimmy Carr of portable MP3 players and now every time I turn on the tv there’s one on the screen.

In fact Apple are so prolific at coming up with new iPods variations (and any electronic kit that starts with the letter “i”, to be fair) that in the time it’s taken me to type this Apple’s Chinese “iPod City” factory has started producing 50 new iPod designs. Just in time for the Christmas rush, no doubt.

Blimey, Apple! Let us catch our breath/earn enough money to buy your latest gadget and still afford to feed our kids before releasing something new, will you?

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