WiFi iPod nano 7G Syncs with iCloud, Slated for October [Macotakara]

An iPad mini, a new iPod touch, and a seventh-generation iPod nano are in the cards for Apple’s “confirmed” October event this year, according to the latest rumors from Japan. The new nano is said to be equipped with a WiFi antenna for syncing music with Apple’s iCloud.

A major new product introduced with OS X Lion last year, iCloud replaces MobileMe to provide customers with an all-in-one solution that gets your digital life synced across all your portable devices and computers.

The servic e is being extended to iPod nanos this year, according to Japanese blog Macotakara which has provided accurate Apple leaks in the past.

The Japanese blog cites its sources as saying that “[The] Next iPod nano may equip Wi-Fi antenna on side of that case, and support iTunes Music Cloud in order Apple to provide a iconic product to promote the largest Music Store in the world.”


There have been several reports hinting at the upcoming availability of a new iPod nano this year, including one from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who said Apple would unveil the new player at a September event.

His estimates, published last month in a note to investors, also included a new version of the iPod touch, and the long-rumored iPad mini.

While Kuo’s industry checks may have yielded accurate information regarding the new products themselves, the analyst may have been off by one month as far as th e launch event is concerned.

According to a number of reputable Apple watchers, as well as a new report from the Wall Street Journal’s All Things D blog, the Cupertino giant is holding not one, but two events this autumn.

September is said to be reserved solely for the iPhone 5 launch, with the remaining iDevice announcements planned for October, to avoid “diluting” the hype of the fifth-generation iPhone, pundits say.


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