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"&amp;lt;vc&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Apple plans to launch new iPods featuring Wi-Fi during the second half of 2007, according to a report at &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;DigiTimes&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, the same publication which first reported that Apple would be forced to push out Leopard's release until October.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt; \r\n\r\nIn a &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20070403PD200.html\"&amp;gt;brief posting&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, the Taiwanese rumor publicized cited \"portable music player component makers\" who say that Universal Scientific Industrial (USI) has been contracted by the Cupertino-based iPod maker to produce the Wi-Fi modules and that Foxconn will act as the OEM system assembler. \r\n\r\nUSI will reportedly begin the first shipments of its Wi-Fi modules to Apple later this month, while Foxconn isn't expected to deliver the completed players until the third quarter, which runs July - September.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;em&amp;gt;DigiTimes&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;'s report is somewhat in line with expectations published by &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;AppleInsider&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt; over the course of the past few months. Sources initially reported that &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/06/12/07/source_three_ipods_on_apple_roadmap_for_2007.html\"&amp;gt;three distinct iPod models&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; lie on Apple's roadmap for 2007, later adding that one of those players --- a next-gen video iPod  -- was tracking for &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=2542\"&amp;gt;a third quarter release&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.\r\n\r\nThus far, Microsoft's Zune has led the way to increasing development of Wi-Fi portable music players, with Creative and SanDisk most recently showcasing such players at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show. According to &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;DigiTimes&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, Samsung and Sony are also planning to offer similar products in the near future."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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