Gucci has launched an iPhone and iPod Touch applications. They are now available at the application store for the iPhone and the iPod Touch.

The release coincides with the Gucci Icon-Temporary project, a traveling sneaker store which opens on October 24 at 43 Crosby Street in New York City.

It is also the only place you’ll be able to land a pair of limited edition sneakers designed with DJ, musician and producer Mark Ronson.

If you like Prince, you may be the prime candidate for a new limited edition iPod commemorating the iconic musician: the Prince Opus iPod.

It’s a purple iPod touch witch contains a 40-minute video made by Prince himself of his 21 Nights performance at London’s O2 Arena in 2007.

There are also testimonials from Elton John and P Diddy as well as fans, and 15 tracks from the artist’s Indigo Nights live album.

Good thing the new iPod Touch and 4th gen Nano come in 24ct and 18ct white gold now. The Nano starts at £349 ($640) while the second generation Touch starts at £449 ($820).

Although you can purchase a brand new gold iPod or iPhone, Goldstriker will also take an iPod or iPhone you’ve already purchased, encase the gadget in gold and get it back to you in 48 hours.

For those with golden parachutes, only !

The new iPod touch is out. It has a new design: chrome rim, with a tapered back similar to the iPhone 3G, but thinner.

It has a 3.5-inch display and built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b and g). Like the iPhone and unlike the previous iPod Touch, the new model has a built-in speaker and external volume controls. It has the sensors such as the accelerometer (that allows the display to change its orientation depending on you hold the device), and Apple’s Multi-Touch interface.

There is also internal support for the optional Nike+iPod feature (It doesn’t require a receiver but you still need the in-shoe transmitter) as well as on-the-fly genius playlist creation, all included in the new iPhone 2.1 software.

Apple says the device is smaller and lighter than the previous version. It has a rated battery life of up to 36 hours for music and 6 hours for video on a single charge.

It also comes with new prices: $229 for the 8GB, $299 for the 16GB, and $399 for the 32GB. That is $100 cheaper than before.

This bizarre creation from the U.K.’s Selfridges is a limited edition “designer” iPod Touch, according to Pocket-lint, though said designer is understandably anonymous. It’s encrusted with black Swarovski crystals, hundreds of them, and forms the image of a diamond ring with silver and 24k-plated stones in the center as “a proposal 21st century style.”

This limited edition iPod touch will sell for $1800 and an iPod nano will also on the shelf for $1500. To make the gift even more special, Selfridges and “Bling My Thing” are offering an individual customization service where lovers can also have the names or initials of a loved one added to the design as well as a compilation of their favorite songs uploaded.