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Riddle me this Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) bulls, gadget lovers, and self-identified nerds: why should I get excited about new iPods if my existing one doesn't work right now?

Much I love my iPod, it drives me bonkers. Sometimes my podcasts don't update even though I make sure that my software is updated. Sometimes the iTunes doesn't recognize it. Sometimes, I can only play music I downloaded from my CDs. Oh, how can I forget the times it's crashed.

Tech companies including Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) all follow the same product introduction playbook. They introduce a device or Internet feature before the bugs are worked out in the hopes that consumers will give them "feedback" about problems they should have caught themselves. Good thing for Apple that the iPod is so cool that people will put up with this nonsense, but it is irritating.

Apple seems to expect me to buy new, expensive devices every few years that in theory should have fixed the problems in the old iPods though likely they will have their own set of problems for consumers to sort out.

About the only help that consumer can get is "support" documentation that's written by geeks for other geeks.

That seems to be the way things work in the digital age and that's sad.

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There has been a lot of speculation over Apple Inc's (NASDAQ: AAPL) special event today, The beat goes on. Everybody wants to know what Apple will reveal, and anything from a new iPod to newly signed artists coming to the iTunes Music Store have been rumored. There is definitely a buzz of interest ahead of today's event.

The beat goes on will be held this afternoon starting at 1:00 p.m. EDT, and knowing Apple, it should live up to the surrounding hype. Most of the media speculation has been forming around Apple's highly successful iPod. Analysts everywhere are expecting to see Steve jobs come out and introduce the world to the new iPod or iPods. According to MacDailyNews, chances are that a new iPod is exactly what we will see today.

MacDailyNews is suggesting that we could see a new lineup of iPods inspired by the new features that were in the recently released iPhone. A couple of new features that the site is suggesting we may see in the new iPods (should we see new iPods of course) would be a flash memory drive, and a possible WiFi receiver, and touch screen interface.

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Apple's (AAPL) 'The beat goes on' event is today - what to expect? originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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