“One day before Apple is expected to announce new iPod minis, a reliable source has shed light on Apple’s Wednesday announcement, suggesting that almost the entire iPod line could see an update then,” Ryan Katz reports for Think Secret.
Kats reports on a possible color-screen 6GB iPod mini with six new colors making their debut and reports that two new iPods could debut Wednesday for $349 and $449 as well. “Unknown is whether the new price points will represent the fifth-generation of iPods or if they are a sequential update and price cut to the existing iPods; we suspect the latter,” Katz reports. “Resellers have recently reported extremely tight stock of the 40GB iPod and iPod photos models, suggesting updates are in store. Unknown at this time is what will become of the $299 20GB iPod.”
Full article here.
AppleInsider’s Kasper Jade and Katie Marsal report that “The iPod maker will reportedly keep its 20GB monochrome display player at $299 for the foreseeable future, or until supplies are exhausted. Both the new 30GB and 60GB iPod photo models are expected to debut with Bluetooth wireless connectivity… pple will also debut 4 new models of its iPod mini player, which will retail for $249 with a 6GB drive and color display. Sources said the company will continue to sell its current 4GB iPods, sans the ‘Gold’ model, for $199 until supplies run dry… An official announcement is expected at 8:30 am EST on Wednesday morning.”
Full article here.
Related MacDailyNews articles:
RUMOR: Apple soon to debut ‘iPod bluetooth’ and other iPod model, price changes – February 22, 2005
RUMOR: Apple prepping Bluetooth iPod? – February 20, 2005
RUMOR: new Apple ‘iPod mini’ due soon to feature color screen, possible 6GB capacity for US$249 – February 18, 2005
RUMOR: 5GB Apple iPod mini due ‘as early as next week’ – February 17, 2005
When the iPod announcement doesn’t happen on Wednesday, then the rumor mill will say the new iPods are coming one day this year.
Totally unrelated to the new iPod, but very funny. Check out this link I just found on ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5560409827
It is also really funny that the “magic word” is moral.
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Ok, the link didn’t work, but here it is again…
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1469&item=5560409827&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
funnydude- I thought that was a thong.
So tomorrow’s headline will read “iPod Update coming Thursday!”
…and then thursdays will read etc……
In the meantime, New York City has apparently run completely dry of iPod shuffles. My nephew went to the Prince Street Apple Store yesterday and was told “No shuffles until next weekend at the earliest” and he probably wouldn’t find a single shuffle anywhere else in the city either.
He said the store was jam packed with customers, many of whom appeared to be switchers buying their first Macs.
Magic Work — “suddenly” — as in suddenly the whole world wants a Mac.
Can anybody see a reason to think that this new iPod will be able to interact with Airport Express, as a remote control? Are Bluetooth and Wifi interoperable?
Otherwise i just don’t see the great need for this. What will it work with, other than for a handful of car stereos? Broadcasting will only work with Bluetooh headphones, and how many people own those?
i hope adding wireless functionality to the iPod doesnt make it any bigger. I plan on getting a 30gb color.
Why isn’t this being saved for a MAC Expo? Or did I miss something?
Bluetooth would have to be added to a next gen Airport Express before this would be viable – not an upgrade to current models – unless a dongle could be fitted to the USB port
I just walked past the Apple store in Pasadena late tonight, and I saw some new sales displays being put up in the area of the store that has the ipods.
No change in France.
“Why isn’t this being saved for a MAC Expo?”
Because really, really, REALLY Great Stuff is coming at the WWDC in June. This is just something to keep the fire stoked.
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To Wipeout:
They aren’t saving it for the next Mac Expo because the next one is in July – and Apple is most likely not going to it. The one after is Apple expo Paris – Sept 20-24 this year.
Besides, Apple has said that they are going to be moving announcements to random times in the year, rather than waiting for big expos.
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there they are!!!
WWDC is not historically known for groundbreaking hardware announcements.
wasn’t the PowerMac G5 introduced at the WWDC?
that was sorta groundbreaking…