Precisely when Apple Inc. plans to overhaul its video iPod line of digital media players with the latest NAND flash and touch-screen technologies remains the topic of considerable debate, even among the Taiwanese memory makers who will eventually supply components for the devices, according to a published report.
However, the rumor site reports that based on recent price trends, one flash-related sales manager believes that Apple may need to postpone its launch plans for the NAND flash-based iPod video beyond the third quarter as the product would not be competitive.
Either way, the point appears moot for the time being, as sources have continually reported that a true (standalone) video iPod still appears to be a ways out, with the most recent rumblings suggesting a late 2007, early 2008 launch at best. Those sources have maintained that Apple is unwilling to introduce a product that would square-off against iPhone so early in its life-cycle.
In its report, DigiTimes raises the possibility that Apple should be able to meet a late 2007 launch schedule, but may opt to introduce models with lower storage capacity that the current video iPods in order to do so.
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It's DigiTimes, they might as well make up stories about celebrities, nothing to see here.
DigiTimes is not a "rumor site" - its an "IT/Technology news site"
DigiTimes is not a "rumor site" - its an "IT/Technology news site"
It doesn't matter, they don't do either very well. They have made many claims about upcoming Apple products, I don't think any one of them have come true.
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...l_october.html
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles...e_07_ipod.html
Lets be fair here. Sure the second one is slightly wrong - we've seen them in MacBook Pros, but its still pretty close.
I said it before and I'll say it again. Two versions, one 32GB flash version for great battery life, and two 100GB hard drive based version. Both will be round the same $399 price point.