New Macbook Air and iPod Launching Before the Winter Holiday Season

Both the iPod and the Macbook are in need of a makeover. A senior analyst over at Digitimes Research predicts that the products will get their makeover in the second half of this year.

Mingchi Kuo has been talking with “upstream component makers” and shared his predictions with the web. As far as the Macbook goes, he says that it will be an 11.6 inch Macbook equipped with an Intel Core i series ultra low voltage processor.

As for the iPod, Mingchi shares that the next generation will come loaded with a 3 megapixel camera capable of shooting pictures and recording videos. Apple’s A4 processor will also be installed in the iPod.

According to Kuo, both devices will be manufactured by Quanta Computer.

Most probably the new versions of these products will be available before or around the holiday season so that they are available when the buying mood is at a high.

Next iPod will Get iPhone 4 Features

The iPod has been one of Apple’s best selling products. It immensely helped Apple with the company’s current popularity. There have been many versions of the iPod. It started from a black and white screen, then transitioned into a color a screen, then incorporated video playback, then had a touchscreen, then included internet and applications support. But for the next iPod to leave a mark, Apple has to do something truly impressive which is exactly what they plan on doing.

Rumors and unconfirmed reports around the web indicate that the next generation iPod will be getting many features present in the iPhone 4. The most discussed of these features is iPhone 4’s dual camera system. No iPod has come with a camera yet; introducing the dual camera feature would surely be welcomed by iPod fans.

The front camera will facilitate FaceTime on the device which hopefully will not be restricted to iPhone 4s by then.

The back camera is rumored to be the same as iPhone 4’s: 5 megapixel images with 720p video recording.

If all of this is true, then people will be getting a phone-less version of iPhone 4 in the next generation iPod – all the fun without the buggy antenna / reception issues.