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I am still skeptical, if only because for a September launch, we wouldn't be seeing Photoshop mockups now: we would be seeing pictures of hardware.
I think its more likely we'll see a refresh of the iPod touch in September. You give the Touch:
1. the Iphone 4 camera as its rear shooter.
2. The A5X processor
3. Ios 6
You follow it up with the continuation of the wifi only iPad2 next March at the 299 price point.
With that one-two punch, you defuse the demand for a 7" tablet by giving consumers a capable, up to date pocketable device at the 199 price point in September and later on, most of the iPad experience at an affordable price.All this without troubling developers and with off-shelf technology and parts.
For techies unexcited by iPod touch, the IPT has a role to play in the Appleverse: that of gateway device to the iOs platform. Parents buy it for their teen and pre-teen kids who grow up to buy more (and more expensive) Apple devices.
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