Special Edition iPod Nano Fights AIDS in Africa

Long-time iPod user Oprah Winfrey teamed with singer/part-time iPod salesman Bono to promote a line of clothing and other stuff today, including a 4GB special edition "Product Red" iPod Nano that costs $199 – the same price as a regular 4GB iPod Nano. Every time one of these iPods sold, $10 will be donated to The Global Fund, which is trying to stamp out AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis, making this a great way to boost your karma this holiday season.

Steve Jobs told the Associated Press:

"I love the fact that Bono is trying to do something about thisproblem... I've neverbeen to Africa, but you don't have to go there to know there are a lotof people dying of AIDS there. In a small way, this is something wecould do about it."

Bono declared the project cool:

"We've moved from the philanthropy budgets to the marketing budgets,
and guess what, there's no comparison in size... We now havesome of the most creative people in commerce – Steve Jobs, themarketing people at Gap and Motorola – all working for the world'spoor. That is so so cool."

Yeah it is. Other products included in the campaign are a $25 iTunesGift Card; a T-shirt from the Gap; RAZRs and SLVRs from Motorola,
high-tops fromConverse; a American Express card; and a watch from Emporio Armani,
all of which are, of course, red.

More information is available on joinred.com.

(Image from Apple)