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Apple Juiced About Big Surprise

Tech geeks believe Jobs will unveil new iPod this week

By Colleen Barry,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 3, 2007 5:46 AM CDT

(Newser) – Apple this week invited tech geeks and reporters to a Wednesday event in San Francisco to unveil a secret something, and rumors are rampant about what it could be. The most popular theory is that Apple will revamp iTunes or launch a new version of its iPod—perhaps a video Nano, iPods based on Mac OS X, or an iPod with a touchscreen similar to the iPhone's.

The invitations appear to back up the iPod scuttlebutt. A silhouette holds an iPod above the caption "The beat goes on." The tagline has also triggered speculation that chief Executive Steve Jobs has finally negotiated iTunes access to the Beatles's catalog. If Jobs does reveal a new iPod, it could be bad news for Microsoft's Zune, which is still playing catch-up with Apple.

A file photo shows Apple Computers Inc. iPod Nano on display in front of a giant Apple poster during in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005.
A file photo shows Apple Computers Inc. iPod Nano on display in front of a giant Apple poster during in San Francisco, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2005.   (Associated Press)
In a file photo Nessia Frazier listens on a Apple Computer iPod nano at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006.
In a file photo Nessia Frazier listens on a Apple Computer iPod nano at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Monday, July 17, 2006.   (Associated Press)
An Apple customer uses an Apple iPod at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, April 24, 2007.
An Apple customer uses an Apple iPod at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, April 24, 2007.   (Associated Press)
An Apple customer plugs in an ear phone into an Apple iPod Shuffle at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, April 24, 2007.
An Apple customer plugs in an ear phone into an Apple iPod Shuffle at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Tuesday, April 24, 2007.   (Associated Press)
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, Jan. 9, 2007.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs holds up an Apple iPhone at the MacWorld Conference in San Francisco, Jan. 9, 2007.   (Associated Press)
The superpopular iPod.
The superpopular iPod.   (Associated Press)
An Apple customer uses a Apple iPod Nano at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., in this July 24, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma/FILE)
An Apple customer uses a Apple iPod Nano at an Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., in this July 24, 2007, file photo. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma/FILE)   (Associated Press)
Apple store
Apple store   (Associated Press)
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