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Apple May Introduce New iPod on Wednesday

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. oh my by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'm about to cream my pants.

    1. Re:oh my by Goffee71 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      If you'd bought a Sony PSP you'd have had well-creamed pants years ago!

      --
      If he's the Walrus then can I be a penguin please?
  2. More BBC content on iTunes, since they'll be there by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'd say Apple should pressure the Stalinist bureaucrats at the BBC to STOP creating nonsense like the iPlayer and just sell the damn shows via iTunes and offer MUCH MORE Radio 4 content as podcasts.

    The BBC rakes in TONNES of cash with sales of their programmes worldwide and I'm getting sick and tired of being taxed twice to watch television. They seem to be actively fighting a decent distribution scheme in an effort to prop up Microsoft's DRM-take-over-the-world-mania.

    We just want to watch television when it's on and buy shows on physical media as well as via internet downloads. Why do they make it so insanely annoying and difficult?