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RUMOR: Apple to announce wireless video iPod in ‘very near future’

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 · 1:37 pm · 76 Comments

“When not only one, but multiple trusted sources get in touch to let us know Steve Jobs & Co. are supposedly finally about completed with the wireless / video iPod, we have to take note. Supposedly they’re preparing to announce the device in the very near future, which we’ve been told is both wireless and widescreen,” Ryan Block reports for Engadget.

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Kool

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:43 pm · Reply

Kool!
kelly

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:45 pm · Reply

I was planning to buy my 80g video ipod in a couple of days. I guess I will wait for the new ipod.

First Post ???
Nut

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:46 pm · Reply

DAME IT!!! i just got me a new 80GB…
Chris

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:47 pm · Reply

Multiple sandwich guys said it’s true this time, really!!!
Ragu

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:48 pm · Reply

Zune Boom!! HaHa
B-Sabre

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:49 pm · Reply

Ok, we’ve been hearing about this one for awhile now. So color me dubious.

But. while I still have my doubts about some the things attributed to this in the press, I for one would be delighted if Apple delivers something that gets those mindless Zune fan-boys to shut up about their “wireless” and “big screen” capabilities – when they are neither big nor capable!
qka

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:50 pm · Reply

This coming from the same Engadget that is so in love with Zune?

Not a credible source, IMHO.
thewiseone

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:50 pm · Reply

kelly, just get your 80gb now and enjoy it. don’t hold your breath for this new one. you can easily sell a well-kept 80gb online if you want to later anyway.

Nut, don’t worry about it.
Macaday

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:50 pm · Reply

Just fingering a Black Nano which my friend bought this afternoon – what a beautiful piece of industrial design it is..

And now another marvel is due to be born from the Cupertino birthing rooms.. Apple is unstoppable!
Jooop

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:52 pm · Reply

The wireless video iPod is our generation’s flying car.
Peter

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:53 pm · Reply

“Very near future”?

Like, say, MacWorld?

I really doubt that Apple would announce a “video iPod” before Christmas unless they were ready to ship before Christmas. Why? Because if they announced it and said it’d be shipping in January, iPod sales would tank for the holidays.

And if “Steve Jobs & Co.” have just now completed the design, the factory has to get ramped up, etc. There’s no way they could have sufficient numbers on the shelves before Christmas.
Macaday

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:53 pm · Reply

Now that would be delicious timing…

the day MS launches Zoon on the market it is sucker punched by Apple…again!

Revenge is oh so sweet.
max

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:54 pm · Reply

The Zune slayer !!!
LinuxGuy and Mac Prodigal Son

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:55 pm · Reply

It’s a Zune aborter.
Dr Mcr

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:57 pm · Reply

This is nothing but FUD!

I expect Microsoft asked them to state this to put off potential buyers of the iPod this holiday season, hoping they will buy a Zune instead.

I expect to see a widescreen, horozontally held iPod at some point, but not until next year, and not replacing the currently available iPod.
Scott

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 1:58 pm · Reply

Don’t forget though that sometimes, Apple just seems to do things that no one really expected.

@Peter: Maybe you underestimate thos Foxconn workers and how many they can put together in a short amount of time, especially working the 15 hour days that they are forced to work.

I do have to say with the improved battery life, they might be able to support wireless although I still do not see much use in this since you still have to plug it in to charge it.
Scott

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:02 pm · Reply

I would love to see a video iPod and updated MacBooks and MacBook pro’s late Oct/early Nov. Then at MacWorld, they announce the iTV’s new name and avalible that day, and then some new, lower-end Mac tower, that is about the same spec’s as the iMac, only without the built in display and with expandability. Something starting equal to the highest Mac Mini and stopping about the middle of the iMac road, as far as spec’s are considered. They like to announce something at these events that no one knew about (ie. OS X on Intel since the beginning). Also, look for a much more detailed preview of Leopord, plus a set release date.
edward

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:03 pm · Reply

zune will be coming out Nov. 14th. what about video ipod release as the same day? it will be very very hilarious! it’s like the day when Steve introduced ipod nano last year. Motorola itunes was screw up at the same time. it will be very interesting if they will do it.
Winston

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:09 pm · Reply

October 23rd maybe? That’s the five-year anniversary of the original iPod launch. Seems a little to close to the last product launch/upgrade, but here’s hoping.
moe

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:11 pm · Reply

wireless + widescreen = no battery
Allen

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:14 pm · Reply

This is a BS rumor… It was started by someone who wants to stall holiday sales of the current iPod… If enough people hear about a “new” iPod in the very near future, they won’t buy now.
Gil Bates

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:17 pm · Reply

Hey, Jooop….

For which generation will the flying car be that generation’s flying car?

Just wondering…
Mikko

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:21 pm · Reply

Or maybe: “On Wednesday, October 18, 2006 at 2pm PT / 5pm ET, Apple Computer will announce its Q4 (fourth quarter) 2006 and Fiscal Year 2006 earnings.”
Jooop

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:23 pm · Reply

The people in the 1950s own the “flying car”. Poodle skirts, Wally and the Beaver. Mildred and Joyce and Beatrice. They thought it was “just around the corner” and “the next logical step” that just never seemed to arrive. Just like us and the widescreen video ipod. It’s always “just around the corner” but never quite gets here.
Steve R

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 2:25 pm · Reply

Zune Zune Zune