Most people in the Applephile world know that Apple is making an announcement tomorrow.  Since predicting Apple’s next moves is a celebrated past time for those who pretend to know what’s going on in tech, I’ll thow in my two cents while I still can.

Everyone is talking about new iPods.  Fuck that.  I’m sure they’ll have some nicely designed new iPods but unless they’ve figured out a way to incorporate a lighter and bottle opener into the design, they won’t make any iPhone users into iPod buyers.

What I’m waiting for, and hoping for, is that they combine their Mac Mini, Time Machine wireless internet/hard drive device and Apple TV into a single box top device that sits by your TV.  It should do the following:

Play steaming internet video.

Give me an innovative new keyboard that finally makes my TV into a useful computer.

Backs up all your computers wirelessly.

Hold all my media (audio, video, photos) and wirelessly send it to airport express like devices that I can  place by my other TVs and stereos.

Has communication functionality built into it.

Is all controlled via iPhone or iPod touch

Not give me cancer by filling my house with tons of radio waves.

I hope to see my brand new Apple iPort (?) tomorrow… and maybe an iPhone nano.