It's pretty certain that tomorrow Steve 'Santa' Jobs will be dropping at least one new iPod down our chimneys. So while we wait for the inevitable "Apple Store is Down!" posts, here's what the internet has to say about it.
Vnunet has information from "a reliable industry insider" that a new full sized model will feature digital radio and over the air downloads from the iTunes Store. If you like a track, and Apple sells it, hit a button and it's yours.
The venerable Reg Hardware thinks that Apple will ditch hard drives and go solid state. The flash-only iPod will pretty much be the non-phone iPhone, a touch screen model running OS X. The UK site also reports on a Widescreen Nano.
AppleInsider sees red, and says a (PRODUCT) RED Shuffle is on the cards.
And Digitimes quotes actual manufacturers (anonymous, of course):
Although "high storage capacity" and "NAND flash" don't tend to go together, Apple has been buying a lot of it lately.
What about us? Well, the Fat Nano is ugly. That Apple takedown notice issued over leaked photos was a little odd, and might have been a bait-and-switch, deliberate misinformation to throw gadget hounds off the trail. Then again, it wouldn't be the first ugly product from One Infinite Loop.
One more thing: The Beatles rumors are back. Apparently the band's last press release, after it split, finished:
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