Maybe my video iPod isn't so far fetched as I feared.

TUAW's got a source saying we'll be seeing some iPod goodness on September 5th, That in conjunction with Mac Rumor's post about a forthcoming full size iPod and I'm anxiously awaiting 9/5, even if it IS one day before my nightmare project is supposed to be delivered.

I might honestly wet myself if they finally come out with my much anticipated touch screen iPod. THAT would get me into an Apple store even if there was a line.

Come on his Steve-ness, don't let me down, even though you're on a string of that, with the DVR, Tuner free Apple TV, and the making me wait so long for a useful iPod, and the iPhone (insert all things)...

Don't let me down!  

UPDATE:

A few more Rumors. From Think Secret,

ArsTechnica reported Friday that Apple will hold a media event September 5 to announce the new iPods. While Think Secret sources have as of yet been unable to confirm that Wednesday media event, they have privately relayed for some weeks now that new iPods will be in consumer hands by September 7.

Apple last revised its iPod line-up September 12, 2006 when the company unveiled the second-generation iPod nano and iPod shuffle models, as well as the 5.5G iPod.

A substantially revised iPod nano is expected in September, and a new iPod is also likely to be announced but could very well not be available at launch. Sources say Apple has wavered between releasing a touch-screen iPod this year or waiting until next-year, and while as recently as July the consensus was that Apple would hold off until 2008 to avoid facing component shortages, the slower than expected sales pace of the iPhone means those parts may be available in sufficient quantity to roll-out a touch-based iPod this year.

And from AppleInsider,

While the list of what would be released at the event is less certain, the report points to at least one new iPod being announced during the event. AppleInsider's own sources maintain that supplies of fifth-generation iPods and iPod nanos have been extremely low or non-existent at high-profile dealers, including Best Buy. This was a strong sign that Apple was clearing channel inventory ahead of completely new replacements, the insiders said.

Recent reports from these sources add that stock of the music players won't be replenished for at least another two weeks, which coincides with the immediate aftermath of the probable Apple event.

And while most of the details of the iPods themselves are unknown, people familiar with the late summer iPod updates claim that as many as four iPod models could be made available within coming weeks, the majority of which would be based on NAND flash memory rather than the hard disks used in fifth-generation models. The direct replacements for the fifth-generation iPod and the iPod nano are said to rely on a heavily modified version of Mac OS X.

Both sources have been wrong in the past, and Apple is very good at tricking the rumor sights, but this batch of rumors are at least fairly narrowly focused, so that (to me) is a good sign. Fingers crossed.