Analyst: New Apple MacBook, iPod touch to debut in September

"Apple is likely to announce a redesigned iPod touch and slimmer MacBooks at an event in September, analysts said on Monday," Agam Shah reports for Macworld UK.

"The new MacBooks will be slimmer, might have exteriors made of aluminum instead of plastic and could also have a newly designed keyboards, said Mike Olson, an analyst at Piper Jaffray & Co.," Shah reports.

"The design of the iPod touch will be tweaked to resemble Apple's new iPhone 3G... At the same price, the storage capacity of the iPod touch could increase, or the same capacity could be offered at a lower price, Olson said," Shah reports.

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"Apple has held a special event in September to launch new iPods for the last three years, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster wrote in a report. This year, Apple might announce increased capacity of iPods, including the Shuffle and Nano brands, but the products won't be redesigned, Munster wrote," Shah reports.

"Over the next few years Apple will also use technology developed for the iPhone in its laptops, including touchscreen-based multitouch technology, Munster wrote," Shah reports. "The company will replace the trackpad multitouch technology on MacBooks with touchscreen multitouch technology in the next two to three years as the technology matures, Munster wrote."
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