Everybody thinks Apple is planning to release a flash memory-based version of the iPod in January, it seems. The newest buzz is that Apple is skipping the Christmas season to instead queue up 2 million of the devices so that there won’t be the sort of launch shortages the iPod mini had—something that is great for buzz but not so hot for actual sales.
There’s really nothing I can say that is going to be anything beyond idle speculation. I do think it makes sense that Apple will also announce an update to the iPod mini at the same time so that they won’t leave it stranded. I would also hope that Apple would start at least 1GB of flash storage—maybe even 2GB, although that might press the price too much. Really, what would be best is an iPod 3G interface (not the click wheel) with an SD card slot so we could basically buy the interface, then add storage as we could afford. That would screw up the song index of the iPod, though, not to mention the market for larger capacity iPods, so I guess it’s not really that likely.
See, I told you had nothing good to add.
Apple iPod Flash said to ship January [TheRegister]
