[Macworld]

Post your comments for Come September: iPods here

[Philip Michaels]

"Oh, and of course there’s the Musical Guest at the end of the presentation. I know what you’re thinking. You know what I’m thinking. But I’ve been burned too many times to mention The Name or The Group again."
The Dave Clark Five?

[doglesby]

That NBC announcement would be nice. In the meantime, I think I'm going to buy anything NBC broadcasts but doesn't own (Chuck, My Name is Earl, etc).

[drimwit]

After updating the iPhone surley they'll do something to the touch. Maybe a little extra memory? Touch up of the design? Maybe even a little price drop?

[Chris Breen]

I wouldn't be surprised to see iPod touch software 2.1, to go along with the updated version of the iPhone software. But other than that I think this will mostly be a "traditional" iPod event.

[sheilanolan]

Ooh now I've got all excited! Just imagine getting updates for both iTunes and iPhone firmware, maybe even the iPod as well. Shame I'm working Tuesday!

[Propman]

I heard a rumor at the local ATT store that Apple was going to release a music centric iPhone based around the Nano this fall.

[deadhippo]

I don't think that ipod shuffle really needs a memory upgrade. I rarely put more than 3 albums on it.

[Chris Breen]

Oh, I'm not sure it needs it either. But Apple's likely to do something to make it more attractive and if they can build 'em with more memory (and therefore entice people who think they need that kind of capacity in a shuffle) why not?

[Wondercow]

I like to think the rumours surrounding the iPod Touch are true: GPS and a speaker.

[deadhippo]

Perhaps they will change the dial a little and add a function like album skip. If they had that then I would definitely add a few more albums to my shuffle.

[pcharles]

If Apple were to do something with the Shuffle I'd like to see it beef up capacity to 8 or 16GB and bring back a reasonable way of using it as a thumbdrive. There are plenty of sub-$50 thumbdrives in this capacity.
I'm holding out on a Touch right now because it does not offer me enough incentive over my iPod Video/Palm combination because I have TomTom on the Palm. If GPS and capacity were added to the Touch then I'd be shopping.
I do not know what they could do to the iPod Classic that would make me buy one at this point. Capacity would need to be huge for it to double as a backup on my new 250GB MacBook. One thing would be a hybrid between the classic and touch to turn it into a monster media center with enough battery to watch a couple of full length movies on a transatlantic flight.

[IsleHdwGuy]

How come no one is offering up the perennial "The Beatles collection in iTunes" prediction? LOL Maybe, this WILL be the year and catch us all off guard.

[MacGod]

I'd love to see some form of subscription-type service. Several of my friends use Napster and swear by it, and I have to admit-it does make trying out new music really easy. However, I still don't like the idea that my music disappears the day after I cancel my subscription. My ideal case would be a hybrid subscription/purchase system: think of it as the offspring of iTunes, Napster and eMusic (the ieMusicNapTunes Store?)
Anyway, I say, charge a subscription fee of $20 a month. This would allow you to buy $20 iTunes tracks at their regular price. Instead, you get 10 tracks per month (that roll over from month to month) and a subscription to expiring tracks (à la Naptser). You can use your subscription to try out whatever you want and when you find something you like, you can get a copy of that song that will never expire. Something like that I'd happily sign up for. You get to experiment with no risk, but also get to keep a good whack of the songs you discover and like.