So we’re a few away from another Apple event. The invite shows an obvious slant toward music,and unless you’re a fool, you know that Apple refreshes its iPod line every September like clockwork. However, Apple has expanded its line of devices that use iTunes, and the word “iPod” now refers to an application too; the iPod is no longer just a physical device.

So what’ll Apple release today? Who knows. You sure might not. Hell, Steve Jobs could just come onstage in an alcohol-induced rage, wearing a tattered, stained undershirt and just yell at the audience before vomiting on the front row and passing out into a pool of his own bile. Could it happen? Probably not. But why not allow us, the SA staff, make some predictions of our own from which you can choose to agree or disagree? Let’s do that.

Nick:

New iPods! Of course we’ll be seeing new iPods. The iPod touch will get two cameras, FaceTime abilities, a new enclosure, Retina Display and gyroscope. iPod nano will see a new form-factor and storage bump, but not much else will change. Interestingly, I think this may be the year that Apple kills the iPod Classic as well.  They’ll preview iOS 4.1 for iPhone and iPod touch, showing Game Center and new media features, among other fixes. We might see some new features for iTunes, but I feel that next fall is when iTunes in the cloud will arrive.  And of course, what’ll we see for One More Thing? I think (maybe I just hope) that Apple will make iOS 4.1 universal across iPhone and iPad, and Steve will demonstrate some cool new features for iPad (Dashboard? One can only hope).

Preshit:

New iPods. It won’t take a genius to predict this. September has long been Apple’s ‘iPad event’ month. I think we’ll see a new form-factor  for the iPod touch and at-least a front-facing camera — considering how Apple is pushing their FaceTime technology with the television ads. Retina Display will be absolutely added, though I’m not sure about the storage bump. The iPod nano and Shuffle will get minor improvements too. If the Storage on iPod touches is doubled, the Classic is dying.

iOS 4.1 Preview: Apple has been taking its time with Game Center, which I believe will make an appearance tomorrow. Hopefully, we’ll get a preview of 4.1 (or 4.2) as the Unified OS across all devices. But don’t quote me on this.

A new Apple TV or iTV: My gut says it’s happening and the $99 seems to be the new sweet price for it. But being someone who’s never seen or used an Apple TV before, I’m sure I could be wrong about this.

iTunes cloud: Not tomorrow. Not happening.

Milind:

First I’d like to note that Preshit basically gathered all my thoughts during our meeting and wrote them as his own. iPod touch with front facing (but no rear) camera? Done. Retina Display? Obviously. He also stole that line about how if the storage is doubled, the Classic gets killed.

I can see the nano getting a touchscreen with some stripped down ‘iPod only’ features of iOS. No springboard on that one, and definitely no app store. Wifi with a front-facing camera would be sweet. The iTunes cloud isn’t happening. If at all, it’s going to be somewhere around February. This event is going to be all about the iTV. What did I tell you? A shameless copy of the above. If any of my predictions don’t come true, you can rest assured assume that I will have changed it to look like I was completely right.

Any last minute predictions from you?

We will be having a live chat at live.smokingapples.com, while following the keynote livestream, and if that fails, the Engadget and gdgt liveblogs.