Canon EOS 450D / Rebel XTii rumors

I'm in the market for a new Digital SLR Camera, i currently have an old Canon D30 (not the more recent 30D) bought in 2001.

If you look at the release dates for the past Canon cameras of the entry-level family:

1. August 2003: Canon EOS 300D / Digital Rebel (6 mp)
2. February 2005: Canon EOS 350D / Digital Rebel XT (8 mp) -- 16 months after previous model
   
3. August 2006: Canon EOS 400D / Digital Rebel XTi (10 mp) -- 18 months after previous model
   

About the more expensive releases:

1. April 2000: Canon EOS D30 (3 mp)
2. February 2002: Canon EOS D60 (6 mp) -- 22 months after previous model
3. February 2003: Canon EOS 10D (6 mp) -- 12 months after previous model
4. August 2004: Canon EOS 20D (8 mp) -- 18 months after previous model
5. February 2006 Canon EOS 30D (8 mp) -- 18 months after previous model
   
6. August 2007: Canon EOS 40D (10 mp) LV -- 18 months after previous model

About the most expensive ones:

1. Sep 2001: Canon EOS 1D (4 mp)
2. Sep 2002: Canon EOS 1Ds (11mp) -- 12 months after previous model
3. Jan 2004: Canon EOS 1D Mark II (8 mp) -- 16 months after previous model
4. Sep 2004: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II (16 mp) -- 8 months after previous model
5. Aug 2005: Canon EOS 1D Mark II N (8 mp) -- 11 months after previous model
   
6. Feb 2007: Canon EOS 1D Mark III (10 mp) -- 18 months after previous model
7. Aug 2007: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III (20 mp) LV -- 6 months after previous model

By looking at the numbers, 18 months sounds reasonable between 2 releases, so the next entry level could appear on August 2006 + 18 months, which gives February 2007 as release date. The good news is that i will be in the US at that time ! With the cheap dollar, that's pretty cool. My guess is that it will officially be announced at the PMA 2008 which will be held at the end of January.

Now for the name, after EOS 300D, 350D, 400D it sounds natural to expect EOS 450D in Europe. The US name is not that obvious, maybe Rebel XTii, that's also just a guess it could also be XTi2.

About the features, it will probably still embed a 10mp CMOS sensor (even though Canon already embedded a higher resolution in the entry models before the medium range cameras i don't see that happening now). It could be the sensor from the 40D instead (the Digic III).
We can definitely expect a live view mode like on the new 40D (mentioned with LV). Live View (so you see what you will capture) is probably an important feature for the targeted market.

What else ? Hard to tell... Some rumors are talking about a movie mode, we'll see...