Apple May Introduce New iPod on Wednesday

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday September 3, 2007 @03:13AM from the tiny-christmas dept.

UnHolier than ever writes "Apple may be planning to announce a 'revamp' of the iPod on Wednesday. Reporters from across Europe have been asked to view a broadcast presentation by Steve Jobs at the BBC headquarters. Theorized features for this new iPod include a full or wide-screen with touch controls, ala the ever-popular iPhone. '[An analyst with Goldman Sachs] believes that a new line of iPods will boost demand for the gadget from Goldman's present forecast of about 19.8 million units for Apple's key first quarter - the reporting period that covers Christmas. However, that still suggests that demand for iPods will be flat, at best, compared with the same period last year, when Apple sold about 21 million devices.'"

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Re:Based on iPhone? by phoenixwade · 2007-09-03 03:29 · Score: 5, Insightful

Not that unlocking hasn't done that already though... Do you really think that unlocking the iPhone has caused damage to the business model? An unlocking hack made the iPhone available to consumers who didn't want to be locked into AT&T, and Apple still gets whatever the benefits of contract exclusivity provided them.

Sounds to me like everyones business model except AT&T's wins here. I can live with that....

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