The designs the same as ever - shock horror.   Classic, simple, perfect.   In the box you have some brief instructions, a driver disk with an old version of iTunes, a usb cable, charger and some white cord headphones.   Operation is typical Apple affair - charge up, plugin, install some drivers and away you go.   iTunes manages all your music with aplomb from purchases to existing music collection organisation.   Generate playlists and share them with your pals, be a DJ at the party, download some audiobooks, order beer and pizzas (ok the last ones wishful thinking) - it's all there and you guessed it, simple.   So simple even George Bush could work it.   In fact Apple might even have used him to test it along with the other chimps down at the lab but don't quote me on that - I voted for the Respect party and then found out Ali G wasn't the leader.
The colour screen is pleasing and still very small, storing images at a size of 220 x 176 pixels.   With a S-Video connector you can hook it up to your TV and slideshow through all your pictures - even add a wipe transition with some background music to give your grandma a thrill.   Hooked up to a TV I found the pictures sharp and 5 hour slideshow time on a full battery charge Apple claims can't be bad.   You can arrange pictures into a photo album in a 5 x 5 photo grid fashion but you'll need magnifying glasses to see the 3/16 of an inch high by 1/4 of an inch wide thumbnails.   Scrolling through thousands of pictures is lightning fast with the 'thumb around the scroll wheel technique' many iPod masters are used too.