Cool Hunting: Nike x Apple = Nike Plus

I remain skeptical that this will be big, but it's cool synergy nonetheless. Now if only the iPods had wireless (Bluetooth) built-in...

Other possible match-ups? How about iPod social networking, with a plug-in that wirelessly shares your info with other iPod users in your radius? Or iPod GPS integration, which plays special music when you near certain locations? I hope this is only the beginning. I'll sign up for the beta "iPod Sub-Dermal" whenever it's ready.

MacBook mini?

So there's been some hand-wringing about the fact that the smallest MacIntel laptop is now 13+ inches, a bit bigger and heavier than the nearly-subnotebook class 12" Powerbook. Does this leave a hole in their product line for another size of Macbook? I think it does. Apple clearly feels strongly about making slim, portable laptops, and the Mac Mini shows that small size can pull in customers. So when do we see this MacBook Mini? Who knows! But we can speculate that it would have a lower-power processor, maybe a Core Solo, and probably lack some of the extras that even the MacBook has - perhaps they ditch the iSight, or the Firewire, or the gigabit ethernet. I think they'd never cut wireless - too essential for any notebook user these days - but perhaps the optical drive would go, a la iMacs that lack floppies, in the interest of ultra-thinness. Hmmm... I wonder how much flash memory they could pack into it to ditch a hard drive as well (taking a page out of the iPod nano book)... Probably getting ahead of myself. Or am I? Discuss.