September 2009

Apple’s September 9th iPod Event Rumor Roundup

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We love September 9th? Why? Because 2 years in a row Apple has chosen September 9th as the official date for new iPod releases! This year is shaping up to be no exception. Tomorrow at 1pm EST/10am PST Steve Jobs will host the special event for the media. There are plenty of rumors this year to be excited about, so let’s run through the list:

The Beatles coming to iTunes (finally!)

Tonight Yoko Ono leaked news that the entire Beatles catalog would be released to iTunes, possibly as early as tomorrow, to coincide with the international release of The Beatles edition of the popular “Rock Band” video game.

New iPods with cameras and increased storage

The iPod Touch is rumored to be getting an upgrade that includes a camera, similar to the iPhones. Will the iPod Nanos and iPod Classics also receive the upgrade? Our sources tell us they will.

Also, expect the entire iPod line to get a capacity upgrade. 60 GB iPod Touch’s anyone?!

iTunes Pre-cut Ringtones

Do you hate the fact that you have to purchase a song and then pay another 99 cents so you can cut it up into a ringtone? Tomorrow Apple is rumored to be announcing pre-cut ringtones. Will this make the labels as happy as it will users?

iTunes 9

iTunes is due for an upgrade. Why wasn’t it just included with Snow Leopard? Strong chance of this happening.

The Beatles Coming To iTunes/iPods/iPhones As Soon As Tomorrow

It looks like a certain Yoko Ono may have leaked information regarding Apple’s September 9th event, stealing Steve Jobs thunder in his return to the stage since his secretive surgery earlier this year. For years now Apple has been working to bring The Beatles catalog to its iTunes music store, to no avail. However, tonight Sky News posted a quote from an interview with Yoko Ono:

“The whole of the Beatles back catalogue will be made available to buy on iTunes, Yoko Ono has told Sky News.”

The article is now showing a blank page on the site but was cached by Google for a short amount of time. The cache has now mysteriously disappeared from Google as well, in record time.

The Beatles catalog has been rumored to be coming to iTunes for a while but was written off recently with little indication or leakage of any information on the deal. The September 9th date is significant because it is also the international release date of The Beatles highly anticipated “Rock Band” video game.

Keep your fingers crossed and stay tuned for full details after Apple’s September 9th event.