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Apple fuels buzz of mystery iPod
Special announcement set for next week

Analysts' speculation on what Apple might unveil next week revolved around two potential products: a long-awaited cell phone from Motorola that plays iTunes music and an iPod that plays video.

The phone was announced earlier, but details have been lacking on what it looks like and how it will work with Apple's online music.
"I don't think we're going to see a video iPod from Apple," said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst at Jupiter Research. "They're still adamant about the notion of portable video: lack of content, poor viewing experience and long download times."

He thinks Apple and Motorola will finally unveil the promised iTunes- enabled cell phone and perhaps a revamped line of iPods.

Wall Street analyst Gene Munster also thinks next week's event will be about the Motorola phone. In fact, he believes that after next week's event, Apple will unveil, at Macworld in Paris on Sept. 20, new versions of the iPod Shuffle and perhaps a new iPod Mini that uses flash memory rather than a hard drive.

The Mini, which comes in five colors, has been the most popular iPod. Apple's color-screen iPod Photo has been a flop, he said.

Word on the street is that it's going to be a release of a larger version of the Ipod shuffle with a larger flash memory. For a secret release, though, there sure is a lot of information about it.