from InsanelyMac Forum

Someone I know who works in shipping said they recieved a high number of shipments, more then the usual amount, of apple products. But they weren’t allowed to open the boxes at all to count the number of products in their to be sure none were missing. So Apple is definately launching either an ipod update or their rumoured ipod with cell phone capabilities product. Just thought I’d let everyone know. Here’s the convo by the way:

< xxxxx1> i’ve got some news… i work at a freight company up in canada and we handle stuff for apple… this past week, we had 5x the usual volume of apple freight we handle
< xxxxx1> i guess they are coming out with something HUGE
< xxxxx2> xxxxx1: did u take a peak inside the apple boxes? smile.gif
< xxxxx1> xxxxx2: they were sealed inside crates
< xxxxx2> xxxxx1: darn, thought u could be an inside source wink.gif
< xxxxx1> xxxxx2: usually we are supposed to do an item/package count to make sure that the number on the packing list and the actual number of items match… we were not allowed to do that this time round
< xxxxx2> xxxxx1: damn, apple has control of everything smile.gif
< xxxxx2> xxxxx1: put it on an xray machine, see what is inside it
< xxxxx1> xxxxx2: we didn’t even get the packing list… alll we were told that there are supposed to be this many skids of these dimensions weighing this many pounds sad.gif
< xxxxx2> damn lol
< xxxxx1> xxxxx2: all of those are scheduled for monday evening delivery to the various stores… some even late night
< xxxxx2> xxxxx1: oh man, now we all know apple is announcing something
< xxxxx1> xxxxx2: i had exactly the same feeling
< xxxxx1> xxxxx2: and it’s gonna be HUGE
< xxxxx2> xxxxx1: I would sense that
< xxxxx2> xxxxx1: so it had the weight of it on the box?
< xxxxx1> xxxxx2: i have no idea how many boxes there were in the skids… usually we have that number to make sure nothing went missing in transit
< xxxxx1> xxxxx2: most of the apple freight we handle are less than 5 lbs. per piece

I’ve taken out the actual nicks here so that no one gets in trouble of course smile.gif