As we’re just days away from Apple’s event in San Francisco, we can’t help but wonder what iPod goodies the Cupertino-based company has in store for us. As usual, Apple has not been very chatty about it, which gave birth to a lot of speculation about what may or may not happen next week.

Apple invited everyone to “rock” in San Francisco, but then what? We all know that September is the iPod month, and we can all assume that Jobs will come up with a new line of iPods, possibly some new appealing prices, but is it enough to get the world stop talking about the iPhone? I don’t think so.

However, let’s give the iPod a chance! According to Kevin Rose, architect for Digg and co-founder of Pownce, we might be looking at some design changes in the iPod Touch, and a complete makeover for the iPod Nano, some software updates and some price cuts “to distance from the iPhone.”

The bottom line is: if you were planning on buying an iPod anytime soon, don’t do it before September 9, or you might be sorry. iPod fans will probably want to get their hands on the fourth generation iPod, at better prices, and with more features than ever.

Apple will of course keep a complete secrecy until next week, but Rose seemed pretty confident that his predictions are accurate (this time) and that we will see it all happening in Apple’s official presentation in San Francisco.

Whatever new iPod goodies Apple has in store, the company sure knows marketing, since the announcement come just in time for the holiday season shopping frenzy.