If you’re a student planning on taking advantage of Apple’s “Buy a Mac, get a Free iPod touch” back-to-school promotion, you might want to plan a trip to the Apple Store in the very near future. Because sources in the Apple reseller community tell Ars Technica that it looks like the company’s current iPod line is being discontinued.
Seems stocks are running low, there’s no sign of resupply shipments and current SKUs are being scrapped. That all this is occurring in advance of Apple’s as-of-yet unannounced Sept. 9 event suggests that a fall iPod refresh is a near inevitability. Though just what it will entail isn’t clear–presumably, increases in clock speed and memory, and perhaps even a camera.
Trying to have the most recent iPod is a bit like hitting a moving target. A camera would be very cool. Almost worth accidentally dropping my current model down the toilet. Oops, have to buy a new one.
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If you’re a student planning on taking advantage of Apple’s “Buy a Mac, get a Free iPod touch” back-to-school promotion, you might want to plan a trip to the Apple Store in the very near future. Because sources in the Apple reseller community tell Ars Technica that it looks like the company’s current iPod line is being discontinued. 
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Trying to have the most recent iPod is a bit like hitting a moving target. A camera would be very cool. Almost worth accidentally dropping my current model down the toilet. Oops, have to buy a new one.
Posted by Ken Okel at August 28th, 2009 at 5:42 pm