Nosy little spies within the walls of Apple have been at their wits' end in trying to figure out what exactly this company has been up to, particularly if the said company will be releasing a new line of products this fall.

Apple is said to be preparing massive air-freight shipments with unconfirmed contents from the Far East this week, and these shipments are expected to reach US shores by maybe the 5th of September. Could it just be a coincidence that the timeframe of these shipments fits nicely with the date when Apple is believed to be ready to start rolling out its first Core 2 Duo-based Macbook Pro notebooks?

Then there's also the fact that the end-of-life notice of the entire iPod Nano line is on September 16th, which is also the same day that Apple's "Free iPod nano" back-to-school promotion is set to expire. This timeframe also coincides with previous rumors regarding the availability of Apple's next-gen iPod Nano. More coincidence?

These are all general speculations at the moment, and until we either get direct word from Apple officials, or we get to find out what's in those boxes they just shipped, there's still no telling as to what kind of strange fruit will really fall from this tree and hit us on the head.