So the buzz around the internet the past few days has been that the Apple iPod update event has been scheduled for September 9th 2009! This will be a big event, and a lot of people are rumoring what we will see. We know that Apple will update their iPod line as they do every year at this time. But now there is this Apple Tablet rumored.
The first thing I think we will hear is the final release day for Snow Leopard and when you will be able to pick up your copy.
In my thoughts in terms of the iPod, I think the iPod touch will definitely be updated to a 3rd Gen model. Now given the recent iPhone capacity update to , I don’t think we will see anything larger than 32GB on the Touches. In terms of a Camera, it is possible – but I think that would steal the thunder from the iPhone. If any new hardware feature will be added for sure, its a microphone. A mic would have been easy to install – and when iPod touch users upgraded to the 3.0 Software we got the app “Voice Memos” as well. That kind of hinted in the near future the iPod touch might be getting a microphone. In terms of the other hardware on the touch I don’t think we will see much of a change
We will see an update on the Nano as well, for the past few years the Nano design has been bouncing around. But right now, I think they have a good design for it. In terms of a camera on the Nano – I highly doubt it.
That leaves our friendly neighborhood iPod Classic. Most people these days are either going with the iPod touch for the App Store or iPod Nano for its small size. That leaves the iPod classic for the Apple users who have massive music libraries and need 120GB of storage space for Music and Videos. I think that Apple will be focusing their main energy on this new touch, and there won’t be much of an upgrade. Perhaps we might be introduced to a new 160GB model again.
Lastly, for the never before seen and only rumored – good stuff. People have been speculating and rumoring that Apple has been working on a tablet device. I think this is definitaly possible, but I don’t see what kind of audience would purchase it? I think it will undertake the name of the “MacBook” after apple wiped all of the MacBooks out for the new 13″ MBP’s. I hope to see in this device, a mobile OS similar to the iPhone OS. Hopefully a Camera that enables us to iChat over a WiFi connection. As well as a touch screen interface. Most likely 10″. As I said before, other than the die hard apple fans, I am not sure who would find it better to buy a tablet over a MacBook Pro.
So there is my predictions for the Apple event scheduled for September 9th – Hopefully some of them come true. Thanks for reading! Leave a comment with your predictions!
