Today Kevin Rose (founder of Digg) posted on his blog rumors of new product refreshes from Apple to be released in the next few weeks. Theyr’e bound to be true, I mean he’s Kevin Rose, what sources doesn’t he have? I’m sure most of these will be confirmed if we just wait.
Latest rumors:
-Revamp of entire iPod line.
-Small cosmetic changes to Touch, Nano to see significant redesign (see pic below).
-iPods to see fairly large price drops to distance itself from the $199 iPhone.
-iPod touch 2.1 software, iPhone to get update very soon after.
-iTunes 8.0 (“it’s a big update w/new features”).
-All of this coming in the next 2-3 weeks.
The biggest rumored change to the iPod line is a new Nano. It’s out with chunky-fat and in with tall and slim. The pictures I’ve seen of it look RELLLLYY ugly. It’s curved for some obscure reason. I can see Apple making the Nano taller but not rounded across the face.
The rumored price drop is one I am confident will happen. Apple has done it in the past and they will probably do it again. This is of course to stop the iPhone taking sales away from iPods.
Something Kevin briefly mentioned at the end of the video was Blue-Ray support in Mac OS 10.5.6. He said that in line with this, a Blue-Ray option would be included in the refreshed in the MacBook Pros. This isn’t something outrageous and was guaranteed to happen with time.
With all these rumors flying about it sound like an exciting few months at Apple. I will be watching with anticipation!
August 25, 2008 at 6:23 pm |
Hey James’s apple blog. just wondering your advice. should I sell my old nano on ebay ( has been in a case since day one) in antispation of the new nano? or just stickk with the old one?
luv the blog.
August 25, 2008 at 6:29 pm |
Hey Sam! I wouldn’t sell your current nano just yet. But it depends on the generation mostly. If you have a first or second generation Nano then yeah why not. You can always buy the third generation if the 4th isn’t released. If you do have a 3rd then I’d wait it out and see if it is released. For all their believability, they are still all just rumors at the moment.
James Wilson