@ALT: Only rumors I've read recently was the LED backlighting coming to the Macbook, which should've happened a while back.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

@joel_roberts: lol what's the point of bluetooth tethering? The laptop will likely have WiFi, and it will just sync the stuff you need through iTunes anyway. WiFi syncing would be nice though. BT is painfully slow for large files.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

I would be excited for a storage bump on the phones and the touch, but I'd honestly be surprised by any modifications to the iphone. The phone will likely see a kick in its pants quietly in february or so, if THAT. They aren't going to change a damn thing for a while.

The new nano seems like a lock though, and a shuffle color swap is always a possibility. Im also dreaming for the real macbook pro refresh, but Im sure that wont be for another month or so.

ALT

wifi enabled- more ipod touch-like features- maybe glass and plastic combo??

sangarts2

iPod Touch with 64gb of SSD and Bluetooth tethering.

joel_roberts

I see em now. I was looking on the iPhone and didnt zoom in enough. Ok, bummer. lol

peeaanuut

@OMG! Ponies!: You know, I think you got something there. I'm looking at one now (boss' daughter broke it), and the size looks about right.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

@peeaanuut: The wires are there... check your monitor calibration or flatscreen viewing angle.

Kaveh

@The SportsCenter Cycle Watch Intern: They'd catch crap for putting in "squirting" and leaving out Bluetooth and/or a built-in radio.

OMG! Ponies!

@peeaanuut: look harder...they're there

UofITom

just going off the picture, I don't see any wires running to the earbuds. Bluetooth perhaps??

peeaanuut

@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: How about the iPod classic's reincarnation as the new return to the iPod mini.

It was a well-received form factor and there's no need for the bulk or hard edges of the classic.

OMG! Ponies!

I think it has to do with interconnectivity among Apple devices. Maybe a bit like Zune 'squirting' only done right and among a variety of devices; hence the 'playing soon' slogan.

LillieDesigns

Here's some dumb conjecture: The "Let's Rock" nomenclature of the invitation conveys a social message. Obviously it's a large event, but could that also be referencing a new Zune-esque sharing system or something along those lines?

The SportsCenter Cycle Watch Intern

@OMG! Ponies!: I'm hoping against all odds that the new touch has the brushed aluminum of the old iPhone.

I'm also waiting for Apple to just come out and announce the official death of the iPod classic. The 5th generation model was the absolute best HD-based iPod, but if it supported the movie rentals, it'd be damn near perfect.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

That would be weird if the buttons actually changed. do you think it would be like e-ink icons under a protective layer?

Kaveh

@OMG! Ponies!: It has to be $500. That is why there are five stars.

ceilingFANBOY

Price drops on iPhones is meaningless now. At $200 with a contract, anyone who complains about a price drop should stop spending their income on cocaine or expensive baby shoes, or something like that. If anything, the thing that DOES matter to a lot of folk are those stupid firmware update purchase prices for the iPod touch. I want that gone, cuz I don't want a new phone, but I would love to have the iPhone interface for a new gizmo.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

It's gotta be the Touch and the new nano. The original iPod Touch and nano 3G were announced on 9/5/07.

32GB touch and 16GB nanos.

OMG! Ponies!

@jbang: Hmm, thats actually a good point, didn't think about that. Thanks.

Jon B.

i've been wondering if they will put wi-fi devices and the wi-fi store into every ipod. I think that sounds like something Apple would do...to get more $$$ of course

tridtaei

@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: And this is why Kaiser is a genius. 32GB exists. 64GB is the next logical step. Maybe with the plastic back.

It follows from the original iPhone/iPod Touch release schedule as well.

Where's the price point though? 32GB sets you back a cool $500. Would 64GB be $500 or $600?

OMG! Ponies!

@Jon B.: accelerometer? That's not required if teh internets are right about this one.

If it's doing anything but movies - upright. When it plays movies - landscape, buttons automagically change. No need for them to pay extra dollars for a chip that ain't doing anything besies telling the scroll wheel how to light up.

jbang

Let's hope that Jobs can still rock with his skinny butt. Man, he should just give it up and start eating meat like there's no tomorrow or else, for him, there really might be.

Noobs-R-Us

how bout a fucking update for iPhones? That'd be GRAND.

I have a feeling they're just going to release a beveled ipod with really no upgraded features, just like my 3g.

themediaguy

yeahh,
on my birthdayy!

alexpwnsyousucka

Oooh, well... it's been a while since I looked at a classic iPod, but do they have those rounded corner edges to the screen? I think that's suggesting they'll be running OS 9 - with an open SDK!

And that dude is clearly holding a classic, on an angle. I'll print it out and do my own pose, maybe a quick render and photoshop. Get back asap with my results.

@OMG! Ponies!: I'd be delighted in the meanest of ways, if Apple pulled the same stunt / fuckup they did with the original iPhone capacity bump / price drop.

Jobs is that arrogant.

jbang

Need a new mac mini for hi def tv media center goodness.
thx

Phenostar

The usual update routine probably. Increase storage and battery life, and a few new little tweaks here and there, but this time with less iPod Classic focus. No sign of price drops, as usual, since Apple like to keep their prices in line. Oh and super-gloatery. Always gotta have the "we are better than everyone else" slideshow like every other press conference. If the Classic gets updated to specs beyond the upcoming Zunes, storage notwithstanding (e.g. Battery Life, screen size, etc.) then I'll buy it. If not, Juke has me covered :D.

ViewtifulJason

@OMG! Ponies!: Why would that anger people? Most people have no need for anything above 16GB. Those who do have put off buying anything. So this is a chance for Apple to grab that other segment of the market after their initial demand/supply imbalance has waned.

Noobs-R-Us

@OMG! Ponies!: When they released the 16GB iPhone, they (or at least, O2) let you upgrade to the higher capacity by paying the difference. Seems fair to me. I'd do it.

mnit

iPod Classic - no change, maybe a price drop

iPod Nano - Portrait orientation (Zune-like) to make it thin again, slightly rounded to screw with your eyes and head. Scrollwheel changes buttons depending on how you are holding it (built-in accelerometer)

iPod Touch - Slight change in cosmetics, built-in speaker. Same screen. 64GB size, get rid of 8GB.

iPhone - Nothing, if anything, a 32GB model.

Slight pricedrop for all iPods (perhaps $50 each

Oh, and new colors, YOU GOTTA HAVE NEW COLORS!!!!!!! :P

Jon B.

Every new iPod comes with a jumping dude.

mordecai1908

64GB iPod touch sounds right up my alley. Unless something stupendous is released, I shan't give up any change for anything else.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

i can haz mac minis with G33 plz? kthxbai

MikeSWelch

look at that ipod in the pink guy's hand. I can almost make out the widescreen. And is it just me or do those earbuds look more streamlined?

tridtaei

@Noobs-R-Us: Yes. Because Apple wants to anger MORE people who bought the iPhone 3G at launch.

The Idiot Tax is traditionally paid in money, not memory.

OMG! Ponies!

I have my credit card at the ready!

Please also announce the 32GB iPhone!

Noobs-R-Us

Let's go PRICEDROP!

dirigoDIGITAL

updated touch most likely, as well as new nanos. macbook updaters, looks elsewhere, unless steve makes that his "one last thing..."

srdailey

yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thats really all I have to say

MadColombian

160GB iPod mini pleez?

OMG! Ponies!

New ipod updates yes,

but the biggest news will be iTunes 8... that is probably the main reason for a media event.

onlooker

@nutbastard: John Mayer here,

Something something something, wonderland
Something something something, complete.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

you know ive never heard any of john mayers music, but i have a firm suspicion that it's probably terrible.

nutbastard

Pleeeeeeease let there be a 32GB iPhone. 16GB just doesn't cut it.

Nathan Drake

@OMG! Ponies!: Unfortunately, I don't think HD technology has improved enough for you to be able to stick a 80GB/160GB drive into something that small.

Noobs-R-Us

Safari already seems snappier.

iRondo

i want new macbooks and macbooks pro

vinchbr

@peeaanuut:

I'm sorry to report....time for an eye exam.

How can you not see them?

Faslane66

Landscape mode, def. for nanos (look at the new cases coming out) and probably upgrades storage and battery life tot the existing touch as well as a rounded corner look for all.

Faslane66

Maybe Steve will address the iPhone 3G problems by announcing that DaveBG5's iPhone now only drops about 25% of his calls...down from the initial 40% dropped call rate.

davebg5

Any chance of wireless sync?

I'd like to keep the iPod *not* next to the computer. (Or hell, one less wire leading to the laptop.)

WiwiJumbo

Let's Rock, eh?

Clearly it's finally the release of the entire Bill Haley collection on iTunes!!!!

92BuickLeSabre

You guys are pretty funny. Is there any money riding on these predictions?

Seriously, this list needs to be stapled to a wall somewhere and returned to when the announcements have been made. I wanna see who's the best at reading the symolism in the logo. Then I have some chicken entrails for that person to examine.

ps61318

We know the EVENT is September 9, but who's to say the product will really be going on sale September 9? I don't think the iPhone 3G was available the day it was announced.

I wish the Nano would have bluetooth for wireless headsets (would be great not to have wires for my workout), but I just don't see this happening. I took a look at the Sony Walkman A-series the other day which does have bluetooth and I wasn't impressed. Hopefully Apple steps up their game.

Do we really need cords anymore? C'mon!!!

drakkeon

@peeaanuut: A2DP for Ipods but not iphones! That would be a monumental eff up.

SeattleTed

@nutbastard: John Mayer's music is like Apple in that the people that bitch the loudest against it secretly adore it behind closed doors.

@Noobs-R-Us: I put off upgrading to an iPhone 3G until there was more memory. I could easily use 32 gigs for storing/watching videos while I float through the cold vastness of space.

frigg

@Canoehead: A 64 GB is gona thick,.............posiibally......

Saad Baig

@OMG! Ponies!: Yus lol. dont you hate when you get something and like 2 months later they come out with a better version? I do, amnd it happens to me asll the time

Saad Baig

If they drop a 64GB Touch now, then they can have the 32GB iPhone for Christmas - and then I will upgrade.

Canoehead

eh, just update your laptops, will ya apple?

eblingmis

I realize that I'm only perpetuating the issue but I'm going to ask anyway, what people have asked a million times before, can we lay off the cancer talk? Please? Just this once?

Folks, it's an iPod event. After all, if we really needed to worry about Steve and the future of Apple, I'm sure he'd have another performance on stage letting us know how revolutionary his time away from the spotlight and the gossip would be for Apple and it's fantastic products. So until then, "Boom!!"

TJ

Its just an invite. C'mon like they gonna show you the new UI if no one seen it before. Of course they gonna mislead you into thinking that it's gonna be BORING event, thennnn....BOOM!

vgart

Speaking of stapled to the wall, does that guy look crucified to anyone else?

Sockatume

@drakkeon: The iPhone wasn't available on announcement day because the device had to go through FCC approval. FCC approval is pretty much public disclosure these days so they had to announce the iPhone before it was ready for sale. All other Apple products in recent years have been ready to go right after announcement.

Sockatume

"you will be able to sue them to work out your biceps at the gym."

I'll be able to sue apple to work out my byceps for me? Sweet, best ipod feature ever!

denis_bda

@Sockatume:
The iPod Touch, Apple TV and Leopard didn't have to go through the FCC. I am sure that I even missed a few products. The sad truth is that recently products aside from refreshes have not been immediately available aside from the last Nano.

Mayor McRib

Well by birthday was today so I have a bunch of extra money to spend. None of the rumors have me excited though since I already have an iPhone.

ThePeacemaker02

let's hope iTunes 8 won't be as horribly buggy as 7 has been. I hope there's some Mac news, i want to see a budget macbook, $500? let the xmas shopping commence.

westonalan

@Jon B.: I'd take those!!
a 64gb iPod touch would be great for me. so would a 32gb iPhone, as my friend will sell me his 32gb touch at a very discounted price to me hee hee!

But I do think it will be mostly iPod nano, and a slight refreshing to iPod touch. Probably no iPhone news...

Minifig

@Noobs-R-Us: That is what every one of Apple's competitors in the PMP market has said in the past. Look at where it's gotten them.

OMG! Ponies!

I want to be excited about this, but i just can't get there.

MrBlahBlah

Its old but still funny.
Steve Jobs on SNL
[mcchicken.free.fr]

CCNA1AB

I hear Steve saying "But there is one more thing..."

Minimum91

at the Lets Rock event:
"the new ipod, lighter, and slightly more useful than a rock"

takemetoyourtoaster

@Minimum91: Yeah. "One more thing...STOP EMAILING ME ABOUT YOUR iPHONE PROBLEMS. You're crushing my inbox."

davebg5

im hoping for the built in toaster and laser cannon

rexdot

Put a camera on the ipod Touch and external speakers...

and nothing in the market would be able to compete...

xaflatoonx

@OMG! Ponies!: No, you don't understand. iPod Classics have multiple microdrives in them. It's physically impossible to put that many drives into a mini.

Noobs-R-Us

The graphic also suggests that the new iPod will have advanced triangle support.

It also suggests that the new iPod will be used to control the Niki hover shoes and matching Members Only Hover Jacket.

DeadWriter

It should be:

Ipod Shuffle: New 2.5cmX1.5cm monochrome display
iPod Nano: Thin design, NEW ORANGE COLOR =)
iPod Classic: Colors
iPod Touch: Plastic Back, 64GB, Dump the 8GB, Bluetooth?
iPhone 3G: 32GB!
Mac & Mac Portables: No New Features
Cinema Display: HDMI
Apps: Nike + iPod App

Sigh...only after we buy the first ones Jobs makes better..Sigh

Hackintosh

@Noobs-R-Us: Toshiba is up to 120GB on a single 1.8" microdrive. Never say never, especially where a BOOM from Cupertino is concerned.

OMG! Ponies!

@xaflatoonx: What about the iPhone? I think it has all that, plus a telephone.

TimurY

That's the same image that's been on the iTunes giftcards for months

[a248.e.akamai.net]

breamarie

Lets hope for a new version of iTunes and a better iPod touch.

Aaron-G

They made a corner more round or a screen more bright, i know it...they are so INNOVATIVE!!

efenili

@tridtaei: the ear buds are made up of 5 pixels, you cant really make an intelligent guess here...

but that does look like a slim ipod

Charging_Mooses

They need to bring back the anodized aluminum cases from the old ipod minis. anybody remember those? the ones that the batteries sucked really bad? oh, and drop prices :)

wolfenstein-3d

Five stars= FIVE PRODUCTS..... Let's Rock!!!

digitalrio

So to be clear... does this mean no new powerbooks?

jessedir

Camera on iPod touch w/iChat over WiFi. Eventual migration to iPhone.

Also, classic gives way to iPod touch w/hard drive

brutek

ipod touch with more wider screen, not so sensitive sensors and er, more space of course!

Amiash Day Two

Classic - 160/320GB, Back to Glass/Glossy faceplate, Mirror-like backplate.

Nano - 8/16GB, Nano1G/2G form, Much larger screen than the 2G, Glossy faceplate, Mirror-like backplate.

Shuffle - 2/4GB, No cosmetic changes

iPod Touch - 32/64GB, Flat faceplate, Speaker, Reduce in size.

xCruciaLx

Cowon S9. Enough said. IFA Press release:[product.cowon.com]

jallopy

Kudos for the John Mayer comment. lol

ChelseaCosta

They are going to announce The Beatles on iTunes...

ealbertolopez

If the new iPod nano has the rumored "taller" screen, I'm willing to bet that the display will switch to "landscape" view if the unit is turned on its side a la Ipod touch/ Iphone. It is the only sensible reason that they would use a taller screen...

stereobot

I love my d2...it's here to stay unless the Cowon S9 is amazing.

Tsumi91

Well hey Giz, do you think they're going to drop hints about new products? It's not like they want us to know or anything, especially if the truth has already been covered in rumors.

videoCWK

The color scheme may be in line with those rumors about the iPod line being juiced up with a lot of colors. The iPod style cover is the same apple has used for a long time (a siluete with a white ipod), but this time the siluete is colored, differing from the classic black siluete.

Letsan

I think it's going to be a tablet mac upgrade of the macbook.

Silvio_73h-1337

Beatles...boo! who cares. they suck...fckin limeys.

Tsumi91

Green and pink! Delighted to see Apple has good taste in watermelon colors.

Torley

hopefully: aluminum macbook with the 2.4GHz core 2 duo included in the base price (don't tell me macbook pro, i'm on a budget here), 64GB iPod touch for $500 with a built-in speaker (and 32GB for $400, and the 16GB for $300, bye-bye 8GB), and phonesaber returning to the app store. oh, and all black iPod touch with a red design on the back, for the most professional looking RED item since....actually, most RED stuff looks pretty gaudy, they need a more simple-looking device to sell. my mom just got the RED RAZR, and she's ready to switch back to her old phone.

more realistically: refresh of the nano and touch models, 64GB at who knows what price point. and doubling the capacity of the iPod classic.

rimplestultskin

How about some bluetooth in these Ipods? huh? yeah, thats what I THOUGHT!

stereobot

I think there's an almost guaranteed price drop for the Touch. An 8 GB iPhone costs $199, but remove GPS, 3G/Phone network, camera and mic, you get the 8GB touch for $299. Doesn't make much sense.
As for today, I'm looking forward to the price drop and space increase of the Touch, but not integrated speakers. Has anyone who wants them actually heard what speakers that size sound like? They have zero bass and sound like you turned the treble way up.

Gamewinner07