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Report: Apple to launch ‘iPhone nano’ in time for Christmas

Monday, August 4, 2008 · 9:16 am · 21 Comments

“Apple is about to launch a ‘nano’ version of the hugely successful iPhone. It is expected to be in the shops in time for Christmas,” Simon Fluendy reports for The Daily Mail.

“The product will be launched in the UK at up to £150 for pay-as-you-go customers by O2, the mobile phone group owned by Spain’s Telefonica. ‘This will be a big one,’ said an industry source,” Fluendy reports.

Brief article in full here.

[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Chuckles the Microsoft CEO" for the heads up.]

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Macs King

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:18 am · Reply

This will be another huge one for Apple. They are going to blanket the phone market from low to high prices. Brilliiant, can’t wait.
Macs King

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:19 am · Reply

I forgot to add, F I R S T .. P O S T ! wahhoooooooo
R2

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:23 am · Reply

Here comes the iPod mini/nano bloodbath all over again.

Game over.
IKON

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:24 am · Reply

How will that work on a tiny screen?
Lets Not Get Carried Away

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:37 am · Reply

The Daily News UK? Have you people ever read a British newspaper. Mostly – pure crap.
DLMeyer

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:38 am · Reply

IKON … badly, if at all. But, let’s look back at how well the iPod “Classic” interface worked (works?) on the nano. It doesn’t! So … the nano is a failure, right? I don’t think so, but I could be wrong. When things shrink, you generally lose features. The smaller phone will either lose some of the features of its bigger brothers or find a way to “grow” back up to a barely usable size. There really ARE people out there who can make do – nicely, in fact – with fewer of the “smart” features that make the iPhone such an object of techno-lust.
Chas

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:47 am · Reply

The Daily Mail???? Since when has that frightful rag ever been a trustworthy source?

For those that don’t know, the DM was the only paper to support Mosley’s Blackshirts and Hitler during the 1930s.

You’ll need a couple of kilos of salt with this one

=:~)
@Chas

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 9:59 am · Reply

Oh, and was that last week…last year…last decade? No? It was more than seven decades ago??? I guess that must be the best you can do…
Dolt.
Jake
Nick Fury

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:01 am · Reply

Consider this:

Product: iPod nano
Last Release: September 05, 2007
Days Since Update: 334 (Average = 268)

And . . .

Product: iPod touch
Last Release: February 05, 2008
Days Since Update: 181 (Average = 153)

(source: macrumors.com)

It’s time. Too bad the Mac mini has gone a lot longer [days since update: 363 (Average = 188)].
Falkirk

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:10 am · Reply

Absolute bull. Aside from the fact that this “source” has zero proof and is simply making things up, this makes no sense. What are the killer features of the iPhone? Internet browsing, multi-touch, the app store. Reducing the screen size harms all of those features.

Not going to happen.
MikeK

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:12 am · Reply

Imagine the form factor of the current iPod nano phatty.

Now remove the click wheel and stretch the screen down to cover the entire front of the device, it really is not that small..

It could definitely work for a touch screen.
critic

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:19 am · Reply

@falkirk

You are assuming that everyone is wants (and is willing to pay for) all the data features of the regular iphone.

I think there are a lot of people who would be happy to have a phone just with the features of an iPod for music and video. The ability to have access to ITMS, particularly through wifi, would be a big benefit to a lot of people who don’t want or can’t afford to pay for a data plan.

However, I think that target market would want other things like better camera quality and SMS messaging to work better.
JoshtheiMacGuy

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:24 am · Reply

And will the iPhone nano still be tied to ATT? If so, then I doubt if I will be able to get one as I prefer the service of another cell phone company.
qka

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:27 am · Reply

iPhone Nano and Shuffle pictures here
Er

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:40 am · Reply

I suspect there’s a niche for those — like yours truly — who want the iPhone but do not find the full-blown web/data package worth the expense. A non-3G phone with a $40/month voice-only plan would get me on board tomorrow.
Spark

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:41 am · Reply

This story is a plant by Apple’s competitors to slow the adoption of the current iPhone. Plant a seed that something newer and cooler is coming and some people will hold off a purchase, giving competitors a chance to get their phone to market. Based on the Daily Mail’s reputation, they would probably print any story for the right price.
luke255

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 10:55 am · Reply

My dad pointed this out to me in the newspaper. I told him straight away it was a load of shit. MDN, don’t believe everything you read in the papers.
Macdoc

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 11:16 am · Reply

I wish my iPod touch screen were just a little larger.Who wants small…It would be useless!!
elgruga

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 3:01 pm · Reply

Daily Mail – simply print lies and sell papers and get hits.

Cant imagine Apple making a smaller iPhone, unless it was an iPod with a simple phone in it.

If it was full-featured, or close to that, it would cannibalise iPhone sales.

But the Daily Mail – rotflmao!
Chas

Monday, August 4, 2008 - 3:18 pm · Reply

@Jake

Your jejune and didactic comment serves only to display your total ignorance of history. Judging by other comments in this thread, your ridiculous assertion is also patently absurd.

Thanks for playing!

=:~)