iTWire - New iPods coming September 9th, but no new MacBook?

New iPods coming September 9th, but no new MacBook?

by Davey Winder
Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Page 2 of 2 The appearance of iTunes 8 in just a couple of weeks is less easy to determine. Yes, there is plenty of speculation about a subscription-based approach to music from Apple in the next release, but nothing conclusive to back this up. Now Rose has claimed during an interview on TWiT.TV during the 'this WEEK in TECH ' podcast that iTunes 8 will feature a music recommendation function based on the music you already have. Rose also claimed that the big Apple iPod launch date will be September 9th. Historically, Apple tends to launch Macs in August and iPods in September so Rose could well be right. I have found nobody amongst my media contacts who has said 'No, absolutely not true' and plenty who have simply said they couldn't possibly comment. Which you can usually take as a yes. Of course, this news will mean that the Apple world online is about to explode with rumours of this being a Apple Super Event and heralding the arrival of that much speculated about new MacBook. Somehow, if this were going to happen, I reckon Kevin Rose, and the rest of the informed rumour brigade, would have been all over it. And they are not... Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Apple Davey Winder Digg Macbook Rumour iPod iPod Nano iPod Touch iTunes Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now << First page < 1 2 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>

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