Okay, Apple is having their annual September iPod refresh announcement today. There has been much speculation and rumor in the blogosphere about what Apple will announce. So, without further ado, here’s my rundown prediction of what we may hear (and see as Apple is live video streaming the event):
– Intro.: Announce XX million iPhone 4 units sold. Announce iOS 4.1 available later today with Gamecenter and more.
– Announce X million iPads sold. Demo iOS 4.2 for iPad, bringing multitasking and more to the iPad “in the Fall.”
– Announce and demo iLife ’11 for Mac. Adds new application, perhaps iBooks for Mac. Or maybe that rumored iApp builder application. Available today. Also demo iLife for iOS. iMovie for iPad and iPhone 4. Garageband for iPad and iPhone 4. iPhoto for basic image editing.
– Announce new iPod touch with gyroscopes, front facing camera, Retina Display, and maybe a rear camera and flash. Runs iOS 4.1. Available next week. If storage goes up to 128GB, then may be renamed to just iPod as it will phase out the Classic as the high storage capacity iPod.
– Announce new touchscreen iPod nano. Available next week. No change to shuffle or Classic, except Classic may be quietly phased out.
– One more thing: new Apple TV running iOS 4.2. $0.99 TV show rentals from ABC and Fox. Runs most iPad apps and most iPhone apps. Netflix and Hulu plus apps available. YouTube. Games! Games! Uses iPod, iPhone, iPad as remotes and controllers. Available “in the Fall.”
So, that’s what I’m guessing. Let’s seem what happens at 1:00PM Eastern today.
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