Seems all the apple-hating zealots think the iPod photo is useless, quite ironically I agree, but that's only because I
personally have no use for it, I carry my digital photo's on my camera (expandable memory is lovely) however, the iPod photo has only been developed due to demand for such a device, and therefore there
are many people who want, and shall buy it.
As for the U2 iPod, I prefer my white iPod, however when I passed the link out on IRC, it seems some love it, some hate it, some think its Ok but wouldn't buy one, it's simply a preference.
Personally, I'd love the iPod Photo, only for the 60GB and longer battery life, but as I'm happy with my 3G 40GB, I'll stick with that until they offer a one week battery life or similar