iLounge

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a new madonna song leaked called “the beat goes on.” she’s been featured in jobs’ keynote before. just puttin that out there.

Posted by ipodman on August 28, 2007 at 9:47 PM (PDT)

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MT hit it on the head.  There’s your widescreen iPod, kids.  5G curves across the top, 2G nano tapering across the bottom.

Posted by Geof on August 28, 2007 at 11:01 PM (PDT)

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the beat goes on - meaning ipod’s reign will continue on with a New widescreen ipod just in time for the holiday season.

Posted by jay on August 28, 2007 at 11:08 PM (PDT)

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...hopes for widescreen ipod
...fears 4x3 nano

Posted by Brian on August 29, 2007 at 1:31 AM (PDT)

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aleluuuuyaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Posted by gonzalo on August 29, 2007 at 2:38 AM (PDT)

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I’m thinking the curved top and square bottom more allude to the fact that the new iPod will be running OSX. The curves match the OSX curves perfectly. The invite actually looks like its supposed to be a screen shot of the new iPod itself.

Posted by RedRavenWing on August 29, 2007 at 5:34 AM (PDT)

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All apple invites have round corners on the top and hard corners on the bottom.  It has to be wide-touchscreen iPods! The Click wheel would not be good for cover flow, and the large iPod hasn’t changed in 2 years.

Posted by Jimmy on August 29, 2007 at 5:52 AM (PDT)

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The click wheel would be sufficient for cover flow—spin clockwise to move the covers to the right, spin counter to move to the left. But touchscreen would be nicer.

Posted by tommy on August 29, 2007 at 6:26 AM (PDT)

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There’s way too much talk here about rounded and square corners on the invite. Insignificant.

The iPod depicted is a 5th Gen, but they wouldn’t put the new one on the invite.

Posted by Japester on August 29, 2007 at 6:30 AM (PDT)

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iLounge reported some iPhones touchscreens have failed. iPods have to be 110% reliable. But part of the screen could be a touchscreen-clickwheel. The clickwheel would disappear if playing a movie.

Posted by Simon on August 29, 2007 at 6:56 AM (PDT)

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From Macrumors.com:

the Beatles’ final press release ended with:
When the spinning stops—that’ll be the time to worry, not before. Until then, the Beatles are alive and well and the beat goes on, the beat goes on.

The launch of the Beatles on iTunes has been long expected, with recent interface videos prominently featuring Beatles album art.

I just PRAY that it’s a full touchscreen iPod (phoneless iPhone)

Posted by urbanslaughter on August 29, 2007 at 7:46 AM (PDT)

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I say they announce new iPods with music already on the iPods. iPods with pre-installed music. The beats goes on and on and on…

Posted by Mike Lande on August 29, 2007 at 8:14 AM (PDT)

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Well, that graphic sits within the alphabet where the name Beatles would show up.

Posted by The Raven on August 29, 2007 at 9:21 AM (PDT)

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oh no, after it comes Mika, yeah there are beasty boys, but then Mika.

I would like to see iPod nano 16 gb.  i would rush to the store. i don’t need a video player.

Posted by Pilot on August 29, 2007 at 9:39 AM (PDT)

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I’m calling widescreen 120 gig ipod if not no buy.

Posted by Steven on August 29, 2007 at 9:40 AM (PDT)

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Please keep a new, good descent iPod under $400. Maybe an 80-100Gb touchscreen model for $400 or less? That would be nice. I will not pay over $400 for an iPod though. If they do charge over, I will be buying an Archos player or that new touchscreen iPhone-phone player by Samsung or somebody. They look relatively cool. The only thing is they’re flash-based, which means no high-capacity version, yet.

Posted by doompod on August 29, 2007 at 10:18 AM (PDT)

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I’m sorry to ask a silly question, but let’s suppose Apple introduces a new line of iPods on September 5th. How soon would they be available in stores?

Posted by Ted on August 29, 2007 at 10:33 AM (PDT)

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I’m not sure. One almost sure thing is that we will see new iPods. But I’m sure of one more thing - the action with fake iPods photo was planned by Apple.

Posted by lonelyboy1989 on August 29, 2007 at 11:45 AM (PDT)

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I’d settle for a 5.75G iPod with 120-160 GB HD.  Forget the touchscreen and forget the widescreen.  I’d also like to see 16 GB iPod nanos in the exact same form factor as 2G nano.

Posted by dodo on August 29, 2007 at 12:10 PM (PDT)

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What is he holding in the other hand? Can’t show it until Sept. 5

Posted by Warren on August 29, 2007 at 1:07 PM (PDT)