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What's Next... iPod Updates?

5GB iPod supplies have been absent since January. Apple has been reporting that this is due to "high holiday demand".



Most recent hints have indicated that iPod updates are imminent... however, only preliminary info has been available. Hints of upgrades continue to trickle in (Tuesday?)... but again, nothing definitive.



New Toshiba drives seem to be the likely candidates for upgrades to the iPod line. iPods were last refreshed by Apple in July 2002 at MacWorld Expo New York with the introduction of the 20GB iPod.

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118 months ago
How long does Apple expect us to believe that "high holiday demand" is still affecting their iPod supply?
Also, Macwhispers says that new iPods are "very likely" this week.
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118 months ago
I REALLY hope we see updates soon.

I don't expect to see many feature upgrades, I hope Apple focuses on fixing some of the problems with the current model such as the battery life issue.

My predictions:
- Price Drops
- Larger HD sizes
- Firmware update (ACC?)

I hope:
- Mic. in
- User Replaceable battery
- Bluetooth/Airport support of some type
- FM tuner


I'll just keep my fingers crossed, anyone think this is going to be happening tomorrow?
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118 months ago
For what it's worth, some of the Apple stores are down for updating.

The rest will probably be down shortly.

I guess we find out in a hour or so what is up.

This could also be an indication that Apple wants to make sure we don't expect everything to be on a Tuesday either. :D
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118 months ago
Maybe it's finally time for the Xserve upgrade? :rolleyes:
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118 months ago
wow! a somewhat surprise product update. maybe not so, since raid xserves were expected. i don't really count macwhispers predictions as anything credible...

it seems early for the uk store to go down, unless one team does them all sequentially.... we'll see in a few hours i gues...
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118 months ago
Well, the US one and the Dutch ARE in fact down - I posted earlier that they were up. My bad. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Still - if I could get a 10Gb iPod at $250, and a 20 at $350, I'd jump. Even without updates (bluetooth, mic in, flux capacitor, etc)

I *would* like it to play OGG, but that's a QT issue...
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118 months ago

Originally posted by melchior
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it seems early for the uk store to go down, unless one team does them all sequentially.... we'll see in a few hours i gues...

The European stores have been known to go down a half hour or so before the US store when new/updated products are being announced.

This was true for last weeks iMac updates.
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118 months ago
Look at the applestores in Europe http://store.apple.com/Apple/Webobjects/francestore/ they're off for 20 minutes now.
But US Store still open. What does that mean ?
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118 months ago
it means, as bear just said that the europe stores go down before the US store...

however, i still think it's unusually early for a realease... i mean it's 0445 Cupertino time...
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118 months ago
Usually, they release updates on Tuesdays, for whatever reason...
The German Store is down too btw.... I just really hope they will have iPod updates, I just sold my 5 GB so that I can afford one of the new ones now :)
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