Didn't Apple make some sort of high dollar deal with the major NAND suppliers to assure them low cost and steady supply over the next five or ten years?? I know they had to pay some sort of outrageous amount of money up front as part of this condition. So does this mean that while others are paying high cost and having limited supply, that Apple will be flourishing? Hmmmm.

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Exciting times!

Yes, for the next five, I believe. It wasn't an outragous amount. By paying a percentage up front, Apple was able to assure continued supply at low prices.

What the hell would a nano redesign even look like? Thiner? Colours again? I really don't see what they can change.

Maybe an ipod nano sized mini?

Duh. Capacity. That's about it. And that's what they're talking about in the article.

Yeah but if you think about apple has never just upped capacity without a redesign.

And the article mentions a redesign, a memory increase aka a refresh and a redesign are not the same thing.

That said the free 2gb one I'm gonna get with my macbook will be enough for me anyways

Well ... do not underestimate the power of Ive!

When Steve Jobs said the MacBook Pro looked so similar to the PowerBook because it was the pretty much perfect design, my bullshit radar told me otherwise. Apple aren't about to set off into a static future churning out unchanging exteriors like the old VW Beetle. They had the chance to do that with the original Mac, which lasted a few years, and the retro iMac which did the same. Although both were design classics, both got old in the same way all high tech does, not to mention cars for anyone but the collector.

Now of course, the nano is a little newer. Not even a year old! But then iPod redesign ocurrs at an even faster pace as evidenced by history ... and last year's great success surely lends a lot of anticipation for another revolution this year. My own tip is to look out for an autumn special announcement like last year, simply because it worked so well and the media couldn't help lap it up all over again now they know what sort of big news to expect. TS and AI etc. reckon the "true video iPod" is due sooner than that, but I'd only think so if the iTMS also went movie crazy just in time for it. Otherwise it'd spoil the expected iPods' "shock of the new" for when it really matters - the festive quarter!

I myself was waiting for a decent flash player from Apple, but wasn't really anticipating it quite like ... oh Intel Macs say! But when the nano came out, instant want, need, buy!

Do that again, with all new material. I think Apple have it in them.

They sure have. For example, the 2G was originally 10 GB, then later 10 or 20. The 3G was originally 10, 15 or 30 GB, then 10, 20 or 40, then 15, 20 or 40.

The screen could be larger. They could shorten and widen the body. It will be pointless to go thinner because the dock cable end would be thicker than the device it connects, the same with the headphone cable