Apple to release new iPad, iPod and iPhone 5 in late 2010/ early 2011 - report

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:APPE, NYSE:APPE) is to release its newest version of iPad, iPod and iPhone 5 in the upcoming late 2010/early 2011, iLounge reported on Wednesday, citing "a highly reliable source" which is about as good as can be expected given the nature of Apple-related leaks.

As late as September, Apple will release three new iPods, which are new iPod nano, iPod touch, and a small (1.7") touchscreen replacement for the iPod shuffle, said Jeremy Horwitz, chief editor for iLounge.

There's also continued chatter about a three-inch touchscreen that could make its way into an iPod, shaving half an inch off the diagonal of the current iPod touch.

A seven-inch-screened version of the iPad is substantially finished and will be ready for announcement either later this year or early in 2011, the report said.

Apple is also pushing up the release date of the fifth-generation iPhone to early 2011 because of the antenna issues with the iPhone 4, the report said, and the date can be as soon as January, which is "hard to believe" but "not impossible".