Every September, Apple showcases updates to its iPod line, and sometimes reveals new products as "one more thing." According to Bloomberg news agency, this year's event will come on September 7 and the speculations are that Apple will be refreshing the iPod Touch and releasing it's evolution of Apple TV, called iTV. Here's what's expected of Apple's September event and what I'd like to see.
iPod Touch Update
Since Apple's September events usually center on iPods, expect a refresh of its iPod Touch products. The latest iPod Touch will probably look a lot like its smartphone brethren and come with some iPhone 4 features:
- Retina display: Apple's high-contrast retina display looks to be the new face of the iPod Touch. The retina display supposedly has resolution that meets or exceeds the maximum resolution the human retina is capable of resolving, assuming perfect vision. Nice, but not altogether true -- the iPhone display would need to have 1.3 megapixels instead of 0.6 megapixels to be a retina display.
- Camera: A front- and back-facing camera will likely be added to the iPod Touch. These cameras -- reportedly 2-megapixels -- will allow the iPod Touch to use FaceTime over a Wi-Fi connection and would also bring video-shooting capabilities and Apple's video editing app iMovie to the Touch.
Other than those changes, it doesn't appear that Apple plans on doing anything groundbreaking with its iPods (though I'd really like to see Apple do something with the original iPod).
Apple iTV
What's most exciting is the expected announcement of iTV, Apple's overhaul of its fledgling Apple TV product. According to Bloomberg and Engadget, here are the details of iTV:
