Yesterday, along with other members of the press, we got a chance to meet and greet the new iPod family when Apple had a product briefing at the Makati Shangrila.

Aside from the obvious stars of the show, the iPod Touch and the 3^rd generation Nano, they also talked about the changes in the Shuffle and the iPod classic.

Getting a physical make over, the new Shuffles come in new color variants which are more apt for the season. The iPod Classic, on the other hand, sports a new all-metal enclosure with huge storage capacities of 80 GB and 160 GB.

The iPod Touch, regardless of how many times I’ve seen it on the Internet in both still and video demos, still manages to amaze me and even more so the rest of the crowd especially now that it’s just a few feet away from us. The iTunes Music Store feature is retained in the Asian version of the Touch, but iTunes Store purchasing is still not available.

The Nano, as we reported earlier in this month, is now thinner and much smaller and comes with a larger screen to make watching videos more enjoyable. What’s interesting to note is that aside from the usual composite connection to the TV, it also allows for component connection to the modern LCD TV.

The SRP (inclusive of VAT) of these new iPods are as follows:

iPod shuffle P5,090.00

iPod nano 4GB/8B P9,090.00/P12,390.00

iPod Classic 80GB/160GB P15,790.00/P22,090.00

iPod Touch 8GB/16GB P19,090.00/P25,490.00

The Shuffe, Nano and Classic are already available, while the Touch is expected to come out next month.