New iPods Shipping From Factories?

[dalvin200]

I don't know how true this is, but I just got an email from lajo.biz which has a link to a macool that nwe iPods are being shipped out of China.

http://www.macool.com/macool/news_view.asp?id=682

The article has photo's of the factory warehouses etc..

Don't shoot the messenger if it's total crap - just thought I would share it with you.

If it is spam, can a mod delete this thread please

Thanks

[Chundles]

Originally Posted by dalvin200

I don't know how true this is, but I just got an email from lajo.biz which has a link to a macool that nwe iPods are being shipped out of China.

http://www.macool.com/macool/news_view.asp?id=682

The article has photo's of the factory warehouses etc..

Don't shoot the messenger if it's total crap - just thought I would share it with you.

If it is spam, can a mod delete this thread please

Thanks

BANG!!

Nah, just kidding. Looks like photos from any factory in China - nothing there to show any link to iPods apart from what the guy says.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[liketom]

mmm let me see , new ipod advert with 5G = no new ipod design from china

[dalvin200]

Originally Posted by Chundles

Looks like photos from any factory in China - nothing there to show any link to iPods apart from what the guy says.

Yeah, kinda what I initially thought..

Don't wanna start any further iPod rumours, so let's squash this.

[MacRumors]

Previously unheard of site macool is claiming that new iPods are shipping from Chineese factories. While some pictures are provided of trucks outside of a factory, none of the supplied pictures at this time can verifiably prove the claims made (hence this story's placement on page 2).

If true however, an Apple announcement regarding iPods next Tuesday could be met with in stock models either the same day or later in the week.

[Queso]

I hope this is true. I've been holding out to replace my lost mini.

[Cubert]

Any website with a story about Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie right next to the one about the "new iPods" is not one that I trust.

[Peace]

If this is one of the Apple factories in China one could presume they ship stuff out almost everyday.Nowhere in that article did the guy have any proof that they were iPods.

Pure speculation imho.

[Chris Bangle]

Pleeeeeeeese be true, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeese... ive been waitng for a new ipod since that horrible day when the "fun" products were announced.

[wbread5]

I'm sorry, but if I were in the mood to circulate a false rumor about Apple, this would be it and that would be my website. This is total BS.

EDIT: This could also easily be prototypes being shipped between Apple Labs.

[hob]

Yay!

Originally Posted by wbread5

I'm sorry, but if I were in the mood to circulate a false rumor about Apple, this would be it and that would be my website. This is total BS.

EDIT: This could also easily be prototypes being shipped between Apple Labs.

Did you not read - trucks lined up for BLOCKS... I don't know why Apple would want to ship millions of prototypes...

[superleccy]

Huh. Those photos could be of anything. I don't buy it.

[Zman5225]

new iBooks next Tuesday!!!



anyways, I hope this is true, i've been wanting to add another ipod to the household, and the new release is what we've been waiting for!

[smack416]

I don't see any reason to doubt the legitimacy of the report. ie, that these are shots from an Apple factory. But, given the translation, I would suggest that this is just an expose on the factory and the shipping process of new (read: factory fresh) iPods. I don't believe that this article is suggesting that the new iPods are in fact new models of iPods.

[iGary]

Uh, some guy took pictures of a line of trucks?

Thank God this is on page 2.

[hob]

Originally Posted by smack416

I don't see any reason to doubt the legitimacy of the report. ie, that these are shots from an Apple factory. But, given the translation, I would suggest that this is just an expose on the factory and the shipping process of new (read: factory fresh) iPods. I don't believe that this article is suggesting that the new iPods are in fact new models of iPods.

Hmm, perhaps they have batteries that don't explode!

[whooleytoo]

Originally Posted by liketom

mmm let me see , new ipod advert with 5G = no new ipod design from china

He says himself the iPods wouldn't be available in the US for several weeks, in which case a 5G advertising campaign to get rid of whatever 5G stock exists in the channel would make sense.

I'm not saying I believe they're on the way, but it's not implausible.

[bigandy]

look! trucks! shipping something!

they could contain aaaaannyyything. aaaaaanyyyything.

[1984]

The website states it is the "leading source for all things iPod" yet this is the only iPod news on it. Everything else is about celebrities and stuff that has nothing to do with the iPod at all. How do they know these are iPods? It's just a bunch of trucks.

[BWhaler]

I understand this is page 2, but it is beneath Macrumors to post an article like this.

Looks like MR is drumming up website traffic, that's it.

Don't become MacDailyNews or Spymac guys...

[1984]

Originally Posted by smack416

I don't see any reason to doubt the legitimacy of the report. ie, that these are shots from an Apple factory. But, given the translation, I would suggest that this is just an expose on the factory and the shipping process of new (read: factory fresh) iPods. I don't believe that this article is suggesting that the new iPods are in fact new models of iPods.

I think you're right. They just mean 'new' as in fresh off the assembly lines. This was taken out of context. Appearing on Engadget as gospel and spreading like wildfire in 3... 2... 1...

[Stridder44]

No guys, that article was written perfectly well. I couldn't find any grammar errors at all.

[eatapc]

Originally Posted by Macrumors

If true however, an Apple announcement regarding iPods next Tuesday could be met with in stock models either the same day or later in the week.

If you add up the ship-time calculations in the story, it would be a month between iPods leaving the factory and arriving in stores. How could they be in stock next week?

[wbread5]

He says himself the iPods wouldn't be available in the US for several weeks, in which case a 5G advertising campaign to get rid of whatever 5G stock exists in the channel would make sense.

Companies don't advertise an item they are planning on replacing soon, I agree with liketom. Even to sell existing stock - it's not financially sound, and it's actually bad business if you think about it.

I think we all agree that there's nothing outwardly legitimate about this website. Even MacRumors stated that the website was previously unheard of. That's some "#1 source" if you ask me.

[iGary]

Originally Posted by eatapc

If you add up the ship-time calculations in the story, it would be a month between iPods leaving the factory and arriving in stores. How could they be in stock next week?

The trucks have jet engines and fly, duh.