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Apple gets ready for another iPod moment
Rumour mills and websites have gone into overdrive after Apple said that it would make a major new announcement around its iPod music player next week on Wednesday in San Francisco.
The invitation was brief:
"1000 songs in your pocket changed everything. Here we go again.
Please join us at Moscone West in San Francisco on September 7 at 10:00 a.m.
Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. Arrive early for this invitation-only event."
Theoretically Apple could just open a chain of Apple pie stores, but the phrasing of suggests that the announcement is centred around this iPod music player or iTunes music store.
The Motorola iTunes phone would be a good guess. After numerous delays, the device was recently cleared by the FCC. But don't be surprised if Apple goes the extra mile and launches a mobile operator at the same time. The phone so far has failed to charm existing phone companies because it forces them to loosen the grip on their customers (read: fewer ring tones and less data traffic = less revenue).
A video iPod would be another good guess, although analysts have suggested that such a device won't be ready until 2006.
Number three would be the obligatory update of the iPod Shuffle, adding a display and possibly radio tuner to the device.
I'm putting my money on the Motorola phone plus Apple Mobile phone company, but we'll all have to wait until next week until we know for sure.
Steve Jobs earlier this year at MacWorld in San Francisco
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August 29, 2005 at 08:47 PM | Permalink
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Other than the iTunes enabled Motorola phone, I think Steve will announce flash memory based iPod minis and increased storage capacity for the Shuffles. Anything else will be a surprise.
Posted-by: Swissfondue | 30 Aug 2005 08:56:46
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