News: Update to the iPod line?

Apple is famously tight-lipped when it comes to future product announcements. But the company may have tipped its hand about its plans this week when issuing invitations to a Wednesday, September 5 press event at the Moscone West expo hall in San Francisco. The invitations for Wednesday's event feature the same iPod-wielding silhouette that makes up Apple's ad campaign for its portable music player. And that, plus the large-scale venue selected for the event, has amped up speculation that the company plans to overhaul its iPod line in a significant way. Specifically, chatter on iPod-focused Web sites and other places Apple fans are likely to hang out suggest that a new "sixth-generation" video iPod may be on the way. The more popular rumors suggest the possibilities of Wi-Fi connectivity or a variation on the "multi-touch" interface used by Apple's much-hyped iPhone.