I was going to buy a frying pan but...

I've been due for an upgrade on my cell phone for quite some time, but had been holding out with some kind of vague notion of seeing what kind of package cingular might offer for the iphone. My ipod mini's battery died a while back, so I've been using Zack's old 4th gen ipod since he bought his nano. Yesterday, both handheld electronic devices crapped out on me. At the same time. I've already ordered a new phone, so the next step is this: do I buy an 8 gig nano or just go for a video ipod? I've got a hefty Amazon gift certificate burning a hole in my hard drive...