This morning I had an email waiting from Mitchell Oke, saying that he "went down to my local Apple reseller yesterday to see if I could pickup one of the just-released nanos, but alas they were out of stock. I went back today and although they weren't making them available till tomorrow, the guy I knew there let an 8GB nano slip out early for me. It looks and feels awesome!! Even smaller than the original (or just seems so because of the round edges). The metal is SOOOOOOOOOO much better than the plastic of the original. Makes the old one feel like one of those tacky copies off ebay."

Here are pictures he included for your "viewing pleasure..."

It looks awesome; thanks for the pictures Mitchell! :0)