Predictions for the Apple iPod event
We know now officially that there will be an Apple event next Wednesday, September 9th, 2009. Following a tradition of some years it’s going to be a fall refresh of the iPod line with some other possible announcements but will not include Mr. Steve Jobs or a tablet device announcement.
Of course I am only guessing but that’s most of the fun in being a blogger turned Apple analyst. Specifically if we pick apart the guessing, I think we will see several (9) fun things from the iPod line:
- There will be a camera with video, a microphone and a maybe 64GB in the Touch. The screen is probably going to have the same coating as the 3GS. GPS with compass is also a distinctly possible option but might also be too expensive for Apple to include.
- There will be a still only camera in the Nano and there is potential for a touchscreen here too, a mini Touch/iPhone if you will but I waffle on that.
- The Shuffle is probably not going to change; if for possibly more storage and/or colour options.
- A distinct possibly we will see the end of life for the hard drive based Classic iPod.
- iTunes 9.0 will be announced for general availability. Includes social hooks to Facebook, Lastfm, Twitter.
- The Beatles will finally arrive on iTunes. Beatle(s) on stage is a possibility. They did show up for Microsoft and Rock Band. Which also arrives on 9/9/09. A CD set of Beatles music is also set to drop soon. Might be Beatles overload including preloaded iPod special editions.
- We will probably hear something about Project Cocktail, an attempt to return the art of music cover art digitally. If it does happen the Beatles will be a showcase for it.
- iPhone users in the US might finally get MMS, but probably not the same day. AT&T has three weeks to meet their end of summer promise regarding enabling MMS and tethering options. (Update: MMS will be ready September 25th)
- Finally iPhone and Touch users should expect OS version 3.1 sooner then later.
There will be no tablet, make no mistake I want to see one, or Jobs as I postulated above. Again all of my thoughts here are in fun speculation, I have no direct sources. Further predictions of the future sees the return of Steve and the computer of tomorrow in January and/or moved off to WWDC.
Regardless of what comes to be I’ll write a follow-up next Wednesday to and we can point at what I got wrong or didn’t anticipate. Apple is nothing if not great at delivering the unexpected with great flourish.
Predictions, disagreements, comments?
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