I think it is something with Wifi or 3G. It is portable, black or white, weight is under 1kg, the display is bigger than the ipod or phone displays but not as big as the macbook. Hm, a DIN A5 thing (macbook is DIN A4, phone DIN A6- german paper format)
Something to use the mobile internet, especially social networks and chats instant messages. RSS support is also a must have to stay in touch with the world news and personalized news. Perhaps you could also stream music from the itunes store and read books. A e-ink, e-paper thing with music access on flash.
A”be up to date and always online” thing. The ipod is only music, the iphone is phone+music, but lacks in the interface for fast chats with friends and is much too expensive for the fact that it is only a phone.
Next to the expected major hardware release Apple also could announce a napster like music flaterate for its mobile devices. Definitely Apple has do change to MP3 without DRM soon after all label and most of the competitors changed their system. One more reason for Apple to combine hardware with music to improve its vendor lock-in effects for Apple products. A more vertical approach to the market which gets more and more competitive after the music major labels want to break Apples market dominance.
