Hmm I'm concerned about these images. Putting that together with the mini-usb port on the last iPod nano rumors...
I am intending to buy a nano for my girlfriend's birthday in the last half of September. I'd also like to buy her a Nike sports kit with it. If they go making the nano not use a dock connector, then the sports kit won't work with it!
A part of me is saying - take no risk, buy it all now. Another part is saying, "Apple wouldn't ditch the dock connector, it's ludicrous.", wait till next Tuesday.
The one point in favour of the "ditching the dock connector" - is Nike's recent Race the World campaign. The entire race seemed targetted at selling more nike gear, in particular nike ipod sports kits. Would Nike go to this much trouble to lower their inventories in light of an impending lack of support?