Darren Henderson:
I look forward to seeing the first look Clare, I have held on for some time now just incase they did decide to bring out a new Classic and they did, now I only have to hope it is worth the wait.
Also, do you think it would be worth having a look at importing a Zune HD from the US? I know you weren't really big fans of the Zune but the new HD looks very nice and should bring a bit of competition to Touch (which in my opinion is a bit of a rip-off owning one myself). I am only really bothered about the sound quality of the Zune (any MP3 plaer in fact) but am not sure if it will be able to beat the classic/touch. I recall a review on the Zune some time ago even though it was not available in the UK, maybe the same will happen for the Zune HD?
Darren, I can almost guarantee you the Zune will sound better than the Classic, the Touch I don't know but it's probably the best sounding iPod with the Nano.
But alas Microsoft are not releasing the Zune HD out of USA, so you may get one but remember it will be unsupported and you may not get all benefits.