Next-generation iPod comes in August with touch screen and Mac OS X?

According to overseas news site DigiTimes, Apple may release next generation iPod equipped with touch screen like iPhone in August. Also, Mac OS X is installed on the next-generation iPod.

IPod with touch screen comes outStory that,Operate on the back without using the touch screenAlthough it is the next-generation iPod that has talked about such things as saying, what kind of model actually becomes it?

Details are as follows.
Wintek to ship touch screen panels for new Apple iPods

According to this article, Taiwanese manufacturer "Wintek" is supplying touch screen for Apple's next-generation iPod from the second half of 2007. And in August it will be an iPod equipped with a touch screen.

AppleInsider | Multi-touch video iPods to arrive in August - report

Also, according to the article above, Apple CEO Steve Jobs has said that the next generation iPod will be equipped with embedded Mac OS X for a while, so next-generation iPod features touch screen and Mac OS X It is said that it will be done. However, phone features such as iPhone and internet functions are not included.

Even though I think it will be almost two years since the current model iPod has appeared, is it possible to think that the next generation iPod is coming soon?