Savitz reports, “There’s still so much buzz reverberating around the Valley about the iPad and the latest-generation iPhone, that expectations for this shindig are lower than has been the case for the past few Apple media extravaganzas… But I suspect that Wednesday could actually produce an important set of announcements.”
“Every year since 2005, Apple has held a September event to update its line of iPod music players for the coming holiday shopping season. And that seems almost certain to be repeated this time. Almost everyone who tracks Apple seems to agree that the company will put some of the iPhone 4’s new features into a refreshed iPod Touch,” Savitz reports. “According to the conventional wisdom, that will mean including front- and rear-facing cameras, providing FaceTime video-chat software and using the crystal-clear Retinal Display that debuted in the iPhone 4.”
MacDailyNews Note: He means “Retina display” and “iPod touch.” (sigh)
Savitz continues, “Evidence continues to mount that the company is working on a major update to its Apple TV set-top box. The talk is that it will be based on the same iOS software used for the iPad and iPhone, and that there will be access to the App Store. A new-generation Apple TV and a TV streaming service would be a nice combination. Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster maintains that Apple eventually will get into the connected TV business. While CEO Steve Jobs has been reluctant to move in that direction to date, things change; you might remember that there was a point where he also played down the idea of getting into the phone business.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “David E.” for the heads up.]