[Zhuzhu]

Seems pretty clear now what it will be:
http://money.cnn.com...ech/ipod_phone/
<BIG yawn>

[j_drake]

The next thing WILL be the iJeans, with the player built in, guaranteed to withstand 10,000 wash and rinse cycles, but you'll need to hang then up to dry, can't take the heat....... /forums/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[Dan Frakes]

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Also, I'm fairly certain that you are wrong about the availability of a line out through the iPod shuffle's UBS2 connector,. It's just a data port where an intelligent client can read the song files from the internal shuffle memory (like a disk drive).

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This is inaccurate. The iPod shuffle's USB port does provide audio output. However, it's not a line-level output; it's a variable-level output with the level controlled by the shuffle.
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A simple USB connection, with appropriate software on the iPod, could do even more than the dock connector can now.

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This is also incorrect, for a number of reasons. For one thing, the dock connector has more bandwidth than a simple USB connection. For another, it provides a number of features you won't get from a USB plug, such as line-level audio output; video output; and remote control. Plus it supposedly has many other features that haven't yet been implemented such as audio/video input.

[mknight]

I think you're right about the Gap jeans offer. I haven't seen it announced or posted anywhere, but the iTunes music store has had a 'redeem' button on the
main page for codes you'd get from the Gap. No other explaination. I almost stopped at a Gap store to see what the promo was.

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Actually, (didn't see this mentioned above)Gap is giving away free iTunes music if you try on a pair of jeans. The posters are in the front windows of the stores.

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[MacKabalist]

I have content for a video iPod which was made for cellphones.
I really think apple is coming out with a vpod.