New ipods tomorrow!(?)

Word on the street is new ipod minis, shuffles, and perhaps video ipods are being released between Sep. 7 and Sep. 20.

I've held off ordering until this date passes, as I wouldn't want to be the last one to "buy" an old model.

The excitement mounts!

ooo video ipods, well after the photoipod i guess the next in line was the video one. Good way for apple to spread even more across the market that it already controls with the ipod.

The minis are supposed to be color, smaller, up to 8GB, and flash-based (which means less suspeptible to breaking at the slightest touch, as well as being faster if you choose to use it as an ex. HD).

The shuffle is supposed to be 2GB.

The possible video ipod is supposed to have more space as well. 25GB? A return of 30GB? More?

I'm psyched, because I was going to order the 30GB ipod from getipod4free and have to wait for them to find it to buy it for me, because the 20GB is too small, while the 60GB is too large.

These next two weeks will be tense.

i bet its as easy as a firmware update.. i hope ipod will do that so we dont have to get new ones.

from thinksecret.com

[quote3c817e2199]EXCLUSIVE iPod mini to move entirely to flash and color, shuffle and phone details emerge

By Ryan Katz, Senior Editor

September 2, 2005 - Apple will upgrade both its iPod mini and iPod shuffle lines of music players, but most likely not at its media event next week, Think Secret has learned. The media event will instead be devoted almost exclusively to the new iTunes-enabled Motorola phone and the company's partnership with Cingular.




The new phone will reportedly be available in two capacities, 256MB and 512MB, capable of storing about 70 and 140 songs, respectively. Users will not only be able to plug the phone into their computer to tap their iTunes Music Library for tunes, but will also have the ability of buying songs on the fly over Cingular's network, probably for about $2 a song, sources report. The ability to download songs from the phone represents a departure from Apple's original design. Months ago it emerged that cell phone networks Apple was in talks with, eager to share revenue that a music download service could generate, were uninterested in carrying the phone unless such a feature was included.

Cingular will be the only carrier of the phone in the U.S. at launch, while London's Times reported Thursday that O2 will be the exclusive carrier in Britain.

Color-screen iPod mini flash

While expected to be separate from next week's phone announcements, updates to Apple's popular iPod mini are also on the horizon. The music player will ditch its hard drive and move entirely to solid state, flash media, a move that sources familiar with the new design say will shave 20 to 25 percent off the size of the unit.

The new iPod mini, which will probably be introduced at Apple Expo Paris on September 20, will be available in three capacities 4GB, 6GB, and 8GB. The iPod mini will sport dual NAND flash memory chips to achieve those higher capacities, and Apple has already locked in for the rest of the year a majority of Samsung's new 4GB flash modules.

To further the size savings, the new iPod mini will sport a color screen that's slightly smaller than the current version. Sources say the screen will measure 1.467 inches, down from 1.67 inches, but will feature a higher resolution 176 x 132, up from 138 x 110, as Think Secret reported in February. It's likely, while uncertain, that the iPod mini's scroll wheel will also see a small reduction in size.

Pricing is not entirely clear, but the new 4GB and 6GB models may remain priced at $199 and $249, respectively, while the 8GB iPod mini could cost as much as $299. At that price the 8GB iPod mini would cost as much as a 20GB iPod, but Apple reportedly is not worried that equivalent pricing will affect sales of the iPod mini as sales of the full-size iPods have lagged far behind iPod minis in recent quarters.

News of a forthcoming flash-based iPod to replace the mini line was first reported by the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday.

iPod shuffle to see 2GB bump

At the same time as it revamps the iPod mini, Apple will also introduce a 2GB iPod shuffle and drop pricing on current iPod shuffles. The 512MB iPod shuffle is expected to fall to as low as $69 while the 1GB model will reportedly drop to $99. The 2GB model is expected to land somewhere between $129 and $149.

Video iPod?

Sources remain conflicted over details of a video iPod. While the grapevine has been abuzz about a video-enabled iPod, fueled by comments from record label executives, it appears that a video iPod may not in fact debut in September after all, although full-size iPods might still see a bump in capacity.

Reliable sources at both ends of the spectrum have both confirmed and denied that a video iPod will arrive soon, leaving Think Secret to conclude that this one is "too close to call"[/quote3c817e2199]

[quote4fe3fbe5e3="johnjimjones"]ooo video ipods, well after the photoipod i guess the next in line was the video one. Good way for apple to spread even more across the market that it already controls with the ipod.[/quote4fe3fbe5e3]true,be awesome playin music videos in it D

[quote3a92370dcc="dudelovesFinch1035"][quote3a92370dcc="johnjimjones"]ooo video ipods, well after the photoipod i guess the next in line was the video one. Good way for apple to spread even more across the market that it already controls with the ipod.[/quote3a92370dcc]true,be awesome playin music videos in it D[/quote3a92370dcc]

then i'd actually have a legitimate reason for having "these boots are made for walking" by jessica simpson ;) ;) ;) ;)

I'm completely against a video ipod. I can't stand music videos as it is. I'd be more likely to keep porn on it than music videos.

But having the iPods smaller, and perhaps donning the metallic back (which I hate) for an all around white like the minis have, and larger memory is definitely intriguing.

"donning the metallic back" means "putting on the metallic back" which, in context, doesn't seem like what you really meant. Maybe the word you meant 'ditching' or 'snuffing'?

oops
Yes, that's what I meant. (Perhaps "de-donning"? wink )


The shame...

[quote1e689cfbb0="wood"]I've got friends in low places.
Where the whisky downs
and the beer chases
my blues away.
And I'll be okay.[/quote1e689cfbb0]

what happened to the Kanye quote?

[quote16ccb7f3e8="doylnea"][quote16ccb7f3e8="wood"]I've got friends in low places.
Where the whisky downs
and the beer chases
my blues away.
And I'll be okay.[/quote16ccb7f3e8]

what happened to the Kanye quote?[/quote16ccb7f3e8]

i got tired of it.
tim mcgraw is teh leet too )

[quoteb130c76f1b="wood"][quoteb130c76f1b="doylnea"][quoteb130c76f1b="wood"]I've got friends in low places.
Where the whisky downs
and the beer chases
my blues away.
And I'll be okay.[/quoteb130c76f1b]

what happened to the Kanye quote?[/quoteb130c76f1b]

i got tired of it.
tim mcgraw is teh leet too )[/quoteb130c76f1b]

isn't that a garth brooks song?

<going to shoot myself for knowing not only a country song, but the singer of a country song>

definitly garth

i think they predicted that ipod has video ipods ready to be lauched, but don't really want it to interfere with flash mini and shuffle and cell phone stuff...... so they're holding it back until like feb or march........just word on street...... who knows

that would be awesome if they did!!

if they do change it i will take it to an ipod store before i open mine, since i should get my color one this week or next week.

[quoted2325a819c="dudelovesFinch1035"][quoted2325a819c="johnjimjones"]ooo video ipods, well after the photoipod i guess the next in line was the video one. Good way for apple to spread even more across the market that it already controls with the ipod.[/quoted2325a819c]true,be awesome playin music videos in it D[/quoted2325a819c]

And they must have radio (AM/FM)

video on ipods can happen someone wrote a mod for it but not with photo yet thats sstill in the works

[quote49f2c84b79="JuG"]video on ipods can happen someone wrote a mod for it but not with photo yet thats sstill in the works[/quote49f2c84b79]

as in you coud watch videos already?

I just want it to happen soon. I have six refs on getipod4free, and I want a 5G iPod!

I seriously doubt that the free ipod sites will have them up right away after they come out, as they have large stocks to get rid of.

[quotecfd618adac="shamash"]I seriously doubt that the free ipod sites will have them up right away after they come out, as they have large stocks to get rid of.[/quotecfd618adac]

exactly what i'm thinking... u'd have to wait like 3 months before they're done w/the initial stock.

Damn...
To wait or not to wait? I'll just ask for paypal and start another site that offers ipods.
But damn.

This convention or whatever happening in San Francisco I think and I live so close to where it is happening. I wish i could go but I have school and don't have an invite.

I'd suggest getting paypal and BUYING an iPod at an apple store, if they release a new one.

I don't care, I'm getting the 20gig photo from flashiPods..

Although I'm thinking about that paypal now.

will the price of the old ones go down?

[quotef301393ac9="shamash"]I seriously doubt that the free ipod sites will have them up right away after they come out, as they have large stocks to get rid of.[/quotef301393ac9]

Most companies order their product - whatever it may be, from a supplier or from the vendor. I would be surprised if any company had product sitting around - it's a huge capital outlay with no benefit to them - unless they bought them in a huge bulk order to get a discount.

I suppose some places like FreePay may bulk order psps for a new site launch (though we know they didn't now), in order to entice users to sign up there.

I know Freepay buys in bulk, as they said they aren't offering new minimacs until they run out of stock on the old ones.

The smaller ones, such as getipod4free, must order from the site. It's just to small for them to benefit otherwise.