“Apple has invited the press to a ‘special event’ on Sept. 9,” Brian Caulfield reports for Forbes. “Apple’s invite, sent Tuesday, includes an image of a man with an iPod titled “Let’s Rock.” Another clue, as if it were needed: Apple rolled out its new lineup of iPods in early September last year, giving the company plenty of time to prepare for the holiday season.”
“Cheaper iPods would help the Cupertino, Calif., company avoid overlap between its new $299 iPhone 3G and iPod digital media players. And on Apple’s quarterly earnings call last July, Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer said the company expects its gross margins to fall to 30% for fiscal 2009, down from 35%,” Caulfield reports.
“As a result, Apple will likely slash the price of the iPod touch to $199 from $299, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster wrote in a note to investors Tuesday. He also said that he expects a redesigned iPod Nano and more capacity for both the iPod Shuffle and iPod nano,” Caulfield reports.
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Jen” for the heads up.]
They’re already cheap, maybe less expensive.
My guess: New geology apps.
iPod nano is going touch..
This will allow Apple’s best selling mobile device to use the App store.
Old news!
T-t-t-t-t-t-t-touch me! I wanna be diiiiiiirrrrrrty!
Personally I’d be more than happy if they released iPhone OS X 2.1 that fixed all the bugs.
I’m getting pretty sick of restoring my iPhone. However since I uninstalled all my Apps it’s running well.
COME ON APPLE, FIX THE DAMN IPHONE OS!
No way. This is their trick. It’s going to be a Mac show. They’re going to debut Macbook Touch, Touchbook Mac, and a new super computer that doubles as a table.
Wait…
not that last one.
Mine is working just fine. If you are having problems, it is probably a poorly programmed 3rd party app. Can’t blame Apple for that.
It’s hard to play dirty with you JAYGEE when you have that Porky the Pig Stut-t-t-t-t-er. Kinda ruins the moment for me.
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New App!
“Beaver Roundooop”
ok, not really…..but some good euphemisms
That doesn’t sound right to me. Why would you call a big press event if all you are going to do is cut prices and increase storage?
My bet is that SJ will have gained some weight and his healthier look will boost all for the holidays.
@ BGates;
If you want to see cheap, try playing with a Creative Zen.
They feel like they were dug out of a box of Cracker Jacks!
“dug out of a box of Cracker Jacks!”
“Makes you want to lick them”
Nobody ever says anything about the iPod classic. Poor thing. If I want to take my entire music library, I still need something with 100+ gb.
New touch with GPS, camera, and mic would be nice
I’m just wondering if the reason for it being in London has anything to do with the Snow Patrol rumour – maybe they’ll perform at the end or something.
OS X on the Nano’s. Expect 100M OS X devices sold in 2009.
@ mxnt41
it being in london? its in san francisco. what are you talking about?
Ah ha! The progress bar is for the song that is playing.
OK. It only took a full day for me to figure that out. And, yes, I didn’t sleep last night because of this. Now, off to bed.
$199 is NOT cheaper than the iphone
I’m guessing that the whole lineup will go touch (except for the Shuffle), as well as the inevitable price drops.
Touch screen + HDD
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