With Apple’s stock predicted to rise generously in the coming months, there must be some new releases pending; here are some rumors and recent updates:

iPod Touch with Camera - The Examiner reports:

We have heard from an inside source who claims the camera version of the iPod Touch 3G will be released this Spring. The source confirms to us that the iPod Touch 3G with camera had actually been planned for release this past September, but had problems passing quality control.

Unfortunately, the new iPod will only have the video-only capability of the new iPod Nano. However, I was thinking that merely playing the video and stopping it at a desired frame and then taking a screenshot (home+sleep) would probably work well enough.

iPod Click Wheel Games – Apple will no longer be making iPod Click wheel supported games…

MacTablet, and a cheap one at that? – Although it sounds very un-apple-ish, some sources have reported that Apple’s MacTablet will be priced, and I quote, “Shockingly low!” Sounds to good to be true, and although most rumors place the tablet at 9-10 inches in diameter, Macrumors reports that it may be as low as 7 in.

Faster Macbook Pro – The Macbook product cycle predicts a new release in 20 days or so. Releasing the new Macbook on Christmas is highly unlikely and so I would predict the new MBP to come some time in January. Macrumors reports:

Intel is planning on launching three Arrandale-based processors on January 3rd, 2010. These Arrandale processors are based on the advanced Nehalem architecture first introduced into desktop Macs earlier this year, and should represent a significant performance improvement over the Core 2 Duo processors that are currently found in Apple’s MacBook Pros.

The three new processors will be branded under the “Core i5″ and “Core i7″ names and range from 2.4GHz to 2.66GHz with prices ranging from $225 to $332 in quantities of 1000. While Fudzilla describes their TDP (thermal design power) of 35W as “not so attractive”, it matches up with the current high-end processors used in the MacBook Pro. This means Apple could use these processors in a new MacBook Pro update.

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4 Comments

1. Billy Compos, December 11, 2009:

   Hey i need a lot of help on my ipod touch 1G. I can’t put games into the ipod anymore. I think something corrupted it. And i need to update my ipod. But theres no way i would want to pay the $10 for the update. I remember seeing a site where it gives you all the firmware updates for all the ipods that were made. But i can’t remember what the site or link was called. Can you help me get the current update for my ipod touch 1G. PLEASE! PLEASE! PLEASE!!!! I NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!!!

2. abby, January 1, 2010:

   my advise is just to pay the money or call tech support. But surf the web you never know what you may find. All i know is that $10 is less than a whole new ipod touch

3. coin, January 7, 2010:

   Software can generally be found for free, but it most certainly can not be responsible for permanently damaging an ipod touch. If all else fails, restore the ipod via itunes – or if that doesn’t work, format the ipod with Disc Utility, which can be found in the Utilities folder, within the Applications folder on the Macintosh.

   There will be similar methods for Windows computers.

4. Steven E, January 20, 2010:

   type in aff files in google