iPod Update Rumors

The iPod Nano may be going through a significant redesign, so don't be surprised if Apple restructures its whole iPod family in the next two to three weeks, according to Kevin Rose.

The Digg founder and part-time Apple watcher put up a post on his blog over the weekend where he dishes on several leaks he claims he obtained through unnamed sources. The biggest news, according to Kevin, is that the iPod Nano is going to have a much larger widescreen that will be tapered and rounded and would be viewed by tilting the iPod sideways. Kevin also says Apple will tweak the iPod Touch and will be the first device to run iPhone/iPod Touch 2.1 software.

He also says that iTunes 8.0 will be coming out, and, while he is not at liberty to tell us what the big differences will be, the changes will be significant. Thanks, Kevin. The final and perhaps most interesting rumor is that Apple's OSX 10.5.6 will have Blu-ray support, and thus Apple will finally endorse the next generation of home video. Apple's 10.5.5 was recently seeded to developers, according to AppleInsider, so it's not too far off to predict that Apple is already thinking about 10.5.6. But Blu-ray support is something we've heard predicted before. So don't bet on it.

So what do we think of all this? Well, as with any Apple rumors, they're often tantalizing, often imaginative and often wrong. I will say this, however: Apple rumors about product launches tend to be accurate about timing. We've been hearing rumor about a new iPod line for some time, so don't be surprised if Apple really does release a new iPod line before the end of September. But will Kevin Rose's predictions be right? Gizmodo has a post this morning that says Chinese case makers are saying that they have received orders from Apple for iPod shells that match Rose's predictions.

However, things are getting even funkier since that announcement. Now the rumor is that the Nano will be GPS-enabled. Right. As Gizmodo points out, no touchscreen, no keyboard, no wi-fi, no cellular connection...but the Nano will have GPS. You just won't be able to use it. Remember, it's a rumor.

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