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so by now pretty much everyone knows that Apple is going to show off some "fun new products" next tuesday. people are speculating new iBooks and more Macs with Intel processors. now, to me, those don't sound like "fun new products" as much as amped up old ones. a very popular rumor is that Apple will announce full movie downloads on iTunes, which seems like a logical and plausible next step, but still not a "product" per se.
there are two popular rumors i think are possibilities. one is a new Mac Mini with a DVD-R drive that you can hook up to your living room TV and use as an entertainment hub. that sounds fun and new. the ssecond is the much-hyped "true video iPod"
of course we've all seen the patent illustrations for a touch-screen iPod and there have been a couple of mock-ups of what that iPod might look like but it all seemed a bit too dreamy and unrealistic...until now.
this photograph has been a bit of buzz on the internet lately:

now, of course that could still easily be a hoax/mockup, but it looks pretty real and eerily similar to this photo of a 5G video iPod that leaked shortly before it was debuted in November. this would be almost a given to debut if Apple does go ahead and announce full movie downloads on iTunes, as watching them wouldn't be much fun on the current iPod screen. so i'd say a gesture-based widescreen iPod is very likely to debut next week, especially considering how "fun" and "new" it would be considered.
i'm also in favor of an Apple branded croquet set. that's fun. no, not really.