Rumor Mill: Wireless iPods in first half of 2006?

Uh oh, here we go again with the wireless iPod rumors. This time around, however, Engadget has some juicy news and conspiracy theories that fit the bill pretty well: PortalPlayer, the company responsible for the iPod's chipset, has added a mobile phone veteran to their board of directors, and they've announced they're on the hunt "to acquire a small private company with a wireless technology portfolio." Tack on a few more juicy bits like this and Engadget is singing tunes along the lines of Bluetooth 2.0 iPod, a Mac mini with Front Row controller and a true-blue iPhone.

Don't hold your breath or any of this stuff to land at Macworld '06 though, as Engadget notes: we have bigger things on the rumor list in the form of Intel-based Macs that need to land yet.