There’ll be a major Apple event on September 5 (at least that’s what Ars Technica is convinced will happen), and the likely agenda will be to announce the already-leaked new iPod nano, the short, fat one you’ve seen on the net, the one that looks like a small Blackberry with a facelift. The fact that Apple’s Department of Legal Bullies asked Gizmodo to take their spy shots down practically confirms it as the real thing.

Lending credence to this is the fact that the original nano was announced around this time two years ago (Sept. 7). Hope springs eternal as other pundits speculate that the long-rumored iPhone nano might also be part of the agenda.

Just wanted to give you guys a link to a live audio stream of the WWDC Keynote address later from iPhone Alley. It starts at 1 AM, Tuesday, June 12 Manila Time (June 11, 10AM US Pacific DST). It’s an experimental thing, and if it fails, there’s always text-based live coverage on MacRumorsLive.

Stay up. Go listen. You know you want to.

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates - no introductions needed - take the stage together at D 2007: All Things Digital - The Wall Street Journal Executive Conference at the Four Seasons Resort in Carlsbad. Coverage and video over at Engadget and Macworld. History in the making.