This past Tuesday a group of analysts at American Technology Research (people who guess things and get paid whether they are right or wrong) decided that Apple is working on a cell phone. Meanwhile, earlier that same day it was confirmed that Apple will be holding a special media event dubbed "It's Showtime" on Tuesday, September 12th. This soon led to more mumbling concerning a recent patent filing that suggests Apple is working on some kind of handheld device that will uses both software and hardware--shocking, I know. Consequently, the end result seems to be a rectangle with what appears to be a pinky finger sticking out of the top of it...

Considering the fact that everyone and their dog has an iPod, the cool factor of those white earbuds just isn't what it use to be, and so Apple is potentially hard at work on creating their next iWant product. Whether Apple's CEO Steve Jobs has something up his sleeve with a screen bigger than 2.5-inches remains in question. However, most Apple rumor mongers concur that Apple will be launching an iTunes Movie Store, even if the only content to be available will be from Disney and its many subsidiaries (Steve Jobs is on Disney's board of directors). Apple's iPod lineup is becoming dated, so at the very least expect minimal capacity increases.

Somewhat related, Amazon.com just launched Unboxed, their own downloadable movie and tv show service.


Via MacNN