La Petite Princesse

I’m a huge fan of my Nike+ iPod. And during my week of technology revolting against me (my crappy HP tablet died the week a presentation was due – thank goodness for Buzzword and Google Groups), the screen on my Nano cracked, which I suppose was my fault and now I can’t track my runs because I can’t get to the Nike+ menu to activate it. So what I want to know is:

a) WHY THE HELL DOES NIKE+ NOT WORK WITH ANY OTHER iPODS?
b) Is it worth me buying the new Nike+ SportBand that comes out on April 18th?

The SportBand looks pretty cool, but I’m not sure if it’s worth the hype. When you compare it with using Nike+ iPod, I think it falls short. I kind of like hearing Lance Armstrong tell me that I reached a personal best on my iPod. BUT, I really dislike the shape of the 3rd generation Nano and I have a video iPod so why buy another iPod? I’m kind of stuck here.

BTW, the pre-orders sold out on the Nike website.