The Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) rumors are flowing freely now.
“Apple will roll out the second generation of its iPod nano music player at its Worldwide Developers Conference,” Ryan Katz reports for Think Secret. “The new nano is said to be very similar to the company’s current offering but will feature increased capacity and be available in multiple colors, some of which will feature a metal alloy enclosure.”
“Exact capacities are not known, but reasonable speculation suggests the line will top out at 6GB or 8GB. The announcement is expected to arrive alongside the release of movie rentals through the iTunes Music Store (see related story) during CEO Steve Jobs’ keynote presentation on August 7. The iPod nano has not been updated since its introduction last September,” Katz reports.
Full article with information about a “updated 5G iPod” here.
“Reacting to rumors on Tuesday, an analyst for American Technology Research said it’s unlikely that Apple will use its upcoming World Wide Developers Conference to introduce new music-related products,” AppleInsider reports. “While [analyst Shaw Wu] admitted that ‘there is a first time for everything,’ he told clients to ‘keep in mind WWDC is a Mac event and has not been used in the past for major iPod announcements.'”
Full article here.
Related articles:
Analyst Wu: New iPod nano with ‘magnesium-based casing’ may debut in late September – July 10, 2006
Apple’s next-gen iPod nano may be housed in aluminum – July 10, 2006
Analyst: 6GB – 8GB 2nd-gen iPod nano to hit shelves in November rather than September – July 07, 2006
Gartner: Apple to debut 12GB iPod nano by Q4 06 – July 05, 2006
Apple’s new registered iPod designs show various specialty iPod nanos – July 05, 2006
Report: Apple’s 2G iPod nano faces hurdles, but delays unconfirmed – July 01, 2006
Apple books large NAND flash orders, 8GB iPod nano on the way? – June 05, 2006
RUMOR: Apple to surprise WWDC with iTunes movie rentals – July 18, 2006
Apple trying to negotiate movie-download price with studios – July 14, 2006
RUMOR: Apple to unveil ‘Mac Pro’ with new enclosure design, Intel Core 2 Duo at WWDC next month – July 03, 2006
Does Apple face delivery issue if they want to sell movies via iTunes Store? – June 28, 2006
Warner Bros. to distribute movies on Guba.com – June 27, 2006
CEO Steve Jobs to preview Mac OS X ‘Leopard’ with team of Apple execs at WWDC 2006 keynote – June 26, 2006
BusinessWeek: Apple agreement with movie studios for iTunes Store unlikely any time soon – June 21, 2006
Apple prepares debut of full-length feature films via iTunes Store in time for 2006 holiday season – June 20, 2006
Report: Movie studios flatly reject Apples’ proposed $9.99 pricing for feature films via iTunes – June 19, 2006
Report: Apple in negotiations with movie studios; $9.99 feature films coming to iTunes soon? – June 19, 2006
Disney to sell movies over Internet via CinemaNow in Windows Media Video format – June 05, 2006
Warner Bros. to sell movies and TV shows via BitTorrent – May 09, 2006
Universal launches film download/DVD service in UK – March 23, 2006
If Front Row can stream movie trailers from Apple, why not whole movies? – January 06, 2006
BusinessWeek: Movie studios need to smarten up and let Apple sell their movies – or be left behind – October 18, 2005
Universal to put its movies online – October 06, 2005
Think Secret is basically throwing everything up against the wall to see if any of it will stick. I don’t put much faith in their predictions.
These rumors are coming from idiots
NO ONE SEEMS TO GET IT……
The WWDC is a DEVELOPERS conference, not a consumer electronics conference. Jobs’ keynote is going to pertain to developers interests, which means OSX, software and the Mac…. PERIOD!
iPods, iPhones, movies and any other consumer oriented product announcements NEVER have been (historically since 1983,) and NEVER will be introduced at the WWDC.
THIS IS A STUPID RUMOR.
Doubt it.. The developers conference is for developers… I doubt there will be any iTunes or iPod announcements, unless Apple is going to give developers some kind of new plug-in architecture to develop for..
Nope, My guess is 10.5 with the new Mac Pro being the only ‘hardware’…
Now, if Apple is finally coming out with some kind of media center, then I could see it.. Since they’ll probably allow 3rd party media to be shown..
You guys just don’t get it. iPods. . . developers. There is an obvious connectionhere. It is not enought that 10.5 will be previewed. His Steveness really wants to make a bang.
“Think Secret is basically throwing everything up against the wall to see if any of it will stick. “
And MDN is gluing it to the big rumors wall for all to view….
Nope. I don’t buy it. He’ll cover OS X and the expected hardware upgrades. Steve’s only mention of iTunes/iPod will be to cover marketshare and the health of the mac economy.
“there is a first time for everything”
Yes, eventually Wu will be correct for the first
time.
I can see Jobs introducing the Intel PowerMac, and show it running Leopard. I just don’t see him diluting the OSX message with stuff about movies or iPods.
If an iPod is in the offing, Apple will introduce it where they will get a bigger media bang. Same thing with movies. I see that happening at MWSF. Jobs will want the strength of the venue for that kind of announcement.
If true I want to see an ORANGE iPod Nano! I will down to the store and buy one immediately.
Hey idiot Rumors jackass. I’d like to know your name so when it comes time for you to eat crow I can hand deliver it. Anytime Steve does a keynote Apple can take the opportunity to unveil new products.
hey idiot Rumors guy, calm the hell down.
We heard you the first time. And guess what Apple HAS introduced new hardware at WWDC before.
Now, now G-Spank. Take it easy. It is just a silly rumor. Relax, you’ll live longer. I too would say iPod announcements would be more appropriate at MWSF but the developer conference used to not be a venue for product announcements at all other than a preview for the latest version of OS X. So maybe, Steve will take the conference in a whole new direction.
We’ll see.
i dont know, with apple toning down specific events for products lately, it would make sense to make a few announcements at once and at a high profile event!
If the iTMS movie store/New nanos are ready, Apple with simply have a separate press event a week or two later and introduce them. That way they keep their name/products/software/computers in the limelight for a longer period. They have used this strategy before.
I once ate a cockroach.
It is doubtful that ipods and related matters will be revealed at the WWDC. The new power macs (pro macs?) will appear, Leopard will appear, a preview of Pages, possibly Numbers, and some talk about the migration to XCode…possibly some preview of the processor path going forward…but the ipods will only get a mention IF there is something of interest to the developer community. That COULD be…Steve has mentioned in the past that the iPod is a platform…and could serve as the basis for gaming, and other apps that it is appropriate for. Why not have an entire Keynote presentation on the iPod? With a higher resolution output (new chips required) this makes total sense.
G-Spank,
Yes, Apple does sometimes introduce hardware at WWDC. However, it is MAC RELATED hardware.
Developers do not pay $1500 to attend the WWDC to learn about the latest and greatest iPod. They come to learn about Apples latest Mac related technologies that pertain to their needs of developing applications for OSX.
1983 was the first WWDC. In that time, there has NEVER been a non Mac-related hardware announcement at the WWDC.
iPods and consumer related announcements come at appropriate consumer related events, like MacWorld Expo, Paris Expo or special Apple Media events.
Common sense, my friend, common sense. The name says it all. WWDC, stands for World Wide DEVELOPERS conference.
This below link is a pretty good indication as to what the WWDC is for:
http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/index.html?homepage
So there will be no crow-eating here, I am simply stating facts…
well thank goodness you do.
now stfu.
well thank goodness you do.
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And thanks to me, Now you do too.
So THERE! (Sticking my tongue out at you and singing Na, na, na, na, na):)
I like surprises as much as anyone, and I’d be very pleasantly surprised to see a new iPod and iTMS movies at WWDC.
Why?
Because WWDC is just a few weeks away, not because it’s a great venue for iPod/iTMS news, which is exactly why it probably won’t happen.
Sure, developers want to pay $1,500 so they can sit and watch a presentation on the iPod and iTMS movies, right?
Unless…
Maybe Apple is about to open up the iPod with APIs for developers so they can create apps to run on the NEW iPod, thereby making it a full-fledged PDA and game boy.
Yeah, sure. That’s the ticket.
Gawd, I love Mac rumors!!!
Tera Patricks
Mac360
“The WWDC is a DEVELOPERS conference, not a consumer electronics conference. Jobs’ keynote is going to pertain to developers interests, which means OSX, software and the Mac…. PERIOD!”
I wish it were so, but since the end of MacWorld Boston/New York, Apple has used WWDC to announce things that have little to do with developers.
Back in 2003, Jobs announced Airport Express at WWDC. Because the audio is encrypted, there is no way for developers to access Airport Express. It was just there for show (heck, we didn’t even get a free one!)
In 2004, it was all about the iPod. We had BMWs all over the place. That wasn’t quite so bad, but then again I really liked that convertible Cooper mini.
In Apple’s defense, Day 1 of the conference isn’t usually full of useful information anyway. It’s usually the “broad strokes” kind of thing. The rest of the week is the useful information.
I wish it were so, but since the end of MacWorld Boston/New York, Apple has used WWDC to announce things that have little to do with developers.
Back in 2003, Jobs announced Airport Express at WWDC. Because the audio is encrypted, there is no way for developers to access Airport Express. It was just there for show (heck, we didn’t even get a free one!)
In 2004, it was all about the iPod. We had BMWs all over the place. That wasn’t quite so bad, but then again I really liked that convertible Cooper mini.
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2003, yes Jobs introduced the Airport Express (which is Mac-related technology,) however it was introduced alongside the PowerMac G5.
2004, yes in the keynote intro, Jobs talked about iPod and car integration, BUT the product introductions were OSX Tiger and Cinema displays.
Jobs always starts the keynote with a summary of all things Apple, including, iPod marketshare, how many songs iTunes has sold etc.. etc.. However, the meat and potatoes of the keynote and product introductions are Mac OSX, software and hardware related.
Concepts of prototype for iPod Widescreen Edition with possible May 2007 release (Spiderman3 tie-in).
http://flickr.com/photos/rstrb8r/192828749/
“Jobs always starts the keynote with a summary of all things Apple, including, iPod marketshare, how many songs iTunes has sold etc.. etc.. However, the meat and potatoes of the keynote and product introductions are Mac OSX, software and hardware related.”
Yes, but to say that Apple won’t introduce something like movies in iTMS or new iPods because the conference is about “developers” is wrong.
In this case, it is taken as a given that Apple will introduce the Macintosh Pro (C’mon Apple, spell it out!) line of Intel-based computers. So, there’s your professional announcements. I’d also be willing to bet you’ll see changes in the display line. But that doesn’t mean you wouldn’t see an update to the iPod. I could easily believe that Apple would introduce an 8GB iPod nano at WWDC–note that word, “Would.” Not “Will.”
But if it were a revolutionary new iPod that played movies? I’m pretty sure that would warrant it’s own press event. Remember, Apple is not shy about having Steve get up on stage and announce something really cool without having to do it around some other event. If Apple sends an invitation to the media saying, “Hey! Stop by Apple on Thursday, August 22nd, at 2:00PM for some cool product news,” the press would drive over little old ladies to get there.
So you’re right, I suppose. I don’t see Apple making big iPod or iTMS announcements at WWDC but only because they can generate more buzz by having a separate press event.