OK time to prognosticate about the September 9, 2014 event

There is so much prognostication going on, it is infectious to some.  I have finally been infected.  What all is rumored?  What do I think might be real?

First let's start with product categories and rumors.  Then I'll make a short personal prognostication list.  I think Apple likes simplicity, and so I do not expect the announcement to cover anywhere near everything listed under rumors.  Here is the rumor roundup:

Hardware:

• Mac
• Macbook Air
• Mainly the talk is about bumping screens to retina
• Macbook Pro
• iMac
• Mac Pro
• Screens
• 4K screen
• iPod
• iPod Touch:
• bigger iPod touches? 
• better camera
• touchID?
• iPad
• iPad Pro 12.9"?
• TouchID?
• iPhone
• 4.7" and 5.5" versions?
• 5.5" even thinner with humongous battery?
• WiFi AC?
• New super high resolutions
• better camera?
• liquid metal outer covering, finally?
• sapphire yet non-shattering screen?
• A wholly sapphire encased phone that does not need a case?
• NFC - near field communication - used for phone-based payment services
• Apple TV
• De Nada - see software and services...
• Beats Headphones
• lightning plug high-res listening?
• iWatch
• Multiple versions (men/women is the most plausible)
• Usable independent of iPhone - useful to customers without other Apple products.
• NFC tie to iPhone
• Tie to HomeKit: use band to get home info and possibly unlock locks at least.
• possible tie to Disney - and their magic bands
• text message tie to iPhone
• sapphire screen, liquid metal band
• flexible electronics, unique form-fitting band
• sensors rumored for tie to HealthKit:
• motion (mainly up/down but also useful for tracking sleep)
• altitude/barometer
• gyroscope
• gps
• heart rate
• blood pressure
• oxygen saturation
• glucose monitoring

Software and services:

• Beats streaming - integrated with iTunes radio
• Movie version of iTunes match?
• Mobile payments service with NFC in new iPhones (with TouchID and Passbook ties)

Notably absent:

• More about HomeKit

Now for my prognostication:

• MacBook Air
• Bump to retina.  If not now, in 2014.
• New iPhone 4.7" and 5.5"
• with a better camera, both with TouchID
• NFC
• some new sensors that aren't rumored
• a sideways mode for some iphone built-in apps that is more like iPad
• higher resolution screens
• Shipping by mid-October
• iWatch
• with more fashion than I can imagine
• fewer sensors than imagined - definitely no glucose monitoring this time around
• coming out in early 2015
• comes with more HealthKit discussion
• Services:
• Definitely mobile payments, and NFC seems very likely, rolling out with many major retailers across the US, tied to TouchID