Apple resellers have received notice that MacBook, MacBook Pro and iPod supplies will become constrained in the coming weeks. Apple expects to decrease production of these models and, as a result, Apple is recommending that resellers stock up on supplies now to last them through August.
Based on past experiences and knowledge of their own inventory sell-through, those resellers who received the bulletin believe the notice is a strong indicator that Apple will begin introducing its holiday consumer electronics and Mac offerings sometime in early to mid-September.
Apple has refreshed their iPod lineup in September for the past 2 years and is widely expected to do the same again this year. Apple’s free iPod Touch Back to School promotion coincidentally ends on September 15th.
Rumored possibilities include a new iPod touch, “tall” iPod nano, MacBook with glass trackpad, newly designed MacBook Pros, and, of course, a Mac tablet.
There’s been lots of speculations on Apples New MacBook Touch, Or Mac Tablet, but Insiders have released some information in which they claim that the new product will include:
Multi Touch Glass Trackpads With Gesture Control
Eco-Friendly Manufacturing
Thinner Design, Similar To The MacBook Air
SSD
Also There’s Been Some Rumors On the MacBook Pro/MacBook, The New Ones will be Completely build from aluminium, Come with Bigger Screen Sizes, 14 and 15,6 Inches. And They Will Have 45nm Processors Most Likely “Atom” Which should help The MacBook Air With It’s Battery Issues.
The Release Date For This Updates is expected to be in the last weeks of September.
Apple’s financial results conference call today was littered with references to future products coming from Apple. While some degree of optimism (”very excited about future”) is the norm during these financial results calls, there was more discussion than usual about possible new products in today’s results.
Steve Jobs first suggests in the initial press release that Apple is “busy finishing several more wonderful new products to launch in the coming months.”
Meanwhile, in the conference call, Apple executives repeatedly referred to a “product transition” that may affect Q4 revenue numbers. Typically, “product transitions” represent existing product line revisions. In this case, the MacBook and MacBook Pro have been widely expected to be revised in the coming months with both models starting to approach the end of their lifecycles. Intel has conveniently released a new processor and chipset that could be used in the new Apple laptops.
Apple also described their formula for introducing “state of the art new products at prices their competitors can’t match”. They explain that these new products introduce new “technologies and features” (like the iPhone), justifying their initially higher prices. Over time, they expect to take advantage of scale and engineering to drive prices down. Apple suggested that they would follow this formula again and are “very excited” about what they have in their new product pipeline. Rumors have suggested that Apple may introduce a 12″ or 13″ Mac tablet later this year (September or October). Another possibility: rumors of a smaller PDA-like device that is 1.5x larger than the existing iPhone.
Just A few Days Away From Apple’s WWDC “World Wide Developers Conference”
When The 3G iPhone is Supposed Be Revealed There’s been Many Rumors On how it will look like, But Some Very Credible Images Have Been Sumbited to Some Of The Known Mac blogs. Also theres some real evidence of some of it’s characteristics, which where taken from the 2.0 iPhone Firmware which has only been seeded to developers. some of them are, Obviusly 3G, GPS, Video Conference And Many others.
Also Theirs Uncertainty with it’s price, some say it will be outrageously expensive while others claim there’s going to be a 200$ iPhone. Recently Some Companies From Spain, Hong Kong, Latin America And Others Have Prematurely announced the new iPhone Which is supposed to be by now WorldWide Available.
It is Expected to come in 16 & 32 Gb, White And Black, and incredibly 22% Thinner, I guess we just have to wait and see what happens on June 9th…
There have been rumors that Apple’s upcoming 3G iPhone would come with a glossy black back (1, 2). While there have also been some reported image leaks as well, the authenticity of such images remains highly doubtful.
Update: According to one report from the forum thread, Apple’s online retail staff is indicating that news about the iPhone may be forthcoming in the next week. Whether this pertains to the current iPhone availability shortage or if it indicates a 3G iPhone announcement is uncertain. Typically retail staff are not told about upcoming announcements until immediately beforehand, however the iPhone shortage may have prompted a change from that procedure.
Update 2: An AT&T spokesman spoke to Gizmodo regarding the ‘iPhone Black’ option on their website.
An AT&T spokesperson just told us that the iPhone Black dropdown reference on the AT&T Wireless website is just a temporary placeholder. The spokesperson says that it was used over the weekend for a “scheduled catalog update,” distinguishing the various iPhone models (4GB, 8GB and 16GB).
The explanation does not explain why the “black” distinguisher was used.
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