Could be tomorrow. Ars Technica reports on a report (that probably, yes, reports on a rumor of a report) that an announcement is coming up soon. According to AT, the 6th gen iPod would ship when/after iPhones ship.

According to the “unproven source,” the announcement of widescreen, touchscreen iPods is coming tomorrow, but the new iPods wouldn’t ship until after the iPhone launches in June/July. It’s a cool, and very titillating rumor, but I suspect that this particular source is about as reliable as the guy who sold me a Ziploc bag full of what turned out to be flour cut with Comet and mothballs. In particular, three things stick out about this latest rumor:

First, there’s the claim itself: the launch is coming tomorrow because the touchscreen technology “has been finalized” for the iPhone, but they won’t ship until after the iPhone so as not to lure buyers away. It’s just different enough from what’s been said to already be working, but I don’t think it’s very plausible. First of all, if users are already waiting for the iPhone in order to get their hands on widescreen/touchscreen technologies, so what’s going to stop them from waiting another month to get the 6G iPod that they might really want?