It seems that neither the Zune nor the Universal Music Group royalty fee deal won't stop Apple from coming up with more additions to its already big iPod family. There are murmurs being passed around that the Cupertino, California company is planning on introducing three new iPod models during the 2007 calendar year.

The first of the alleged new iPods is said to be a video-centric model that is a speculated replacement for the fifth generation iPod. The details for the two other models are still swimming on murky waters and could not yet be fished. But we suggest that you don't lose some sleep waiting for the rumored video-centric iPod, it's gonna take a while for it to be announced.

Why is that? Sources said that top Apple honcho, Steve Jobs is still unwilling to commit to the marketing and other necessary actions needed to bring it to the market as he still wants to assess reactions to their new iTunes movie service and their iTV set-top box.

Hopefully, we would be able to fish more info about Apple's plans when the annual Macworld gathering takes place on January. Until then, speculations and rumors are all we have.