Apple is making a HUGE list of big announcements today, including the launch of a video iPod. Apparently they used a U2 commercial / video to show off this new toy — might’ve been the “Vertigo” video, but we’ll check into it.

There are also rumors that the U2 iPod price has been reduced $50, down to $279.

That may be the end of the U2-related connections, but Apple is really blowing me away (iTunes will be selling TV shows for $1.99!!) with all the other stuff, too. I don’t see any U2 concert downloads on iTunes at the moment. (But I do see @U2’s podcast in their system now … scary!)

More to come as the announcement wraps up and the dust settles.