What's Next... iPod Updates?

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.

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?

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

Maybe it's finally time for the Xserve upgrade? :rolleyes:

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...

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...

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.

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 ?

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...

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 :)