ThinkSecret claims to have source “pointing the possibility” that Apple releases touch-screen iPod as soon as on Tuesday.

The information, which comes from an unproven source, suggests that Apple will show off the new iPod tomorrow but will hold off on shipping the device until later in June when the iPhone ships.

The site says that its source has not proved to be reliable yet, but the report strangely reminds us a report we published one week after Apple announced the iPhone back in January.

At that time, MacScoop had obtained reports claiming the Multi-Touch powered “widescreen iPod” was at the end of its development and that there was strong possibility this new iPod is unveiled before even the iPhone is made available.

MacScoop didn’t obtain any further confirmation on this subject since the first report we published.

Meanwhile, MacRumors, which mentions the report on its Page 2 - claims to have its own sources denying the report. ArsTechnica pushed the analysis a bit further and concludes that if any update is to happen tomorrow, it will be no more than a storage-bump.

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We’ve come so-very-not-far from Samsung’s original entrant into this particular segment of the DAP market back in 2005, the YP-U1. Samsung did away with its fold-out USB port for a boring old cap with the YP-U2, but the YP-U3 returns to the “innovative” days of yore with a retractable USB port of sorts. Of course, storage is on the rise, with Samsung fitting a whole 4GB into one of these tiny units, and the look is certainly more modern than that frumpy U2, but a 1-inch OLED display, RDS-capable FM tuner and 15 hours of battery life just doesn’t sound too exciting these days, no matter what the form factor. No word on price or release date just yet, but we’ll keep you posted.

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Nokia has released a new firmware version for Nokia N95.

Firmware 11.0.026 is already available and supported by the Nokia Software Updater, package is around 115 MB and it is available for most generic product codes but still not for the branded phones.

Apart from the NSU, software will be progressively available at the official Nokia Points and Nokia Service Points in the next few days.

Well, I know that most of you want to update phone to the version 11 but if you still didn’t update it or if you are in doubt is it worth updating or not, or if you are just curious what you’ll get with new software check out the full change log.

To clear all doubts, log is also supported with the camera test and comparison photos of the latest and new firmware version so you’ll be able to see the difference between old and new camera settings.

Changes/improvements made from
MCU SW v10.0.018 to v11.0.026:

Telephony
* Improvements to packet data establishment after changing to roaming

Network
* Improvements to number grouping
* Improvements to missing calls and new message notifications
* Audio routing improvements
* Say callers name volume increased to match ringing tone volume
* Call reliability improvements
* SIM / USAT
* SIM certificates supported
* SIM card registration improvements

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