“On August 3, 2006, the UK’s Mail Online claimed that ‘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.’ The report went on to state that the product would be launched in the UK for pay-as-you-go customers by O2, the mobile phone group owned by Spain’s Telefonica,” Neo reports for MacNN.
“On August 5, 2008, Lehman Brother analyst Ben Reitzes said in a research report that while he believes that Apple is working on a lower-end iPhone form factor, he didn’t think it would arrive until Spring 2009,” Neo reports.
“Yet the UK rumor may still have some legs when you consider that a prominent Apple iPod and iPhone accessories company by the name of Digital Lifestyle Outfitters (DLO) has been working on a nano-styled iPhone dock,” Neo reports.
Full article, with illustration from DLO’s patent application, here.
I luv fonetic spelling.
iPhone Nano
Yep I called it long ago, except I also predict a iPhone Pro, larger, more storage, a computer in itself.
Nick Fury,
“Good question. But I still dream of moving to Phuket, Thailand.”
Oh yeah, that’s east of Bumfuk, Egypt.
Oh please! As The firs post said, why would the nano have a keypad. That would be the first thing to go….. That’s kind of what makes the whole interface of the Iphone unique right? If apple is comming out with a Inano phone, Not a bad Idea in marketing concept, I think that would be great. But not with a conventionla keyboard.
If they do it will be for all vendors, not just AT&T;There will be GSM and CDMA versions… so Verizon, Sprint, Virgin Mobile etc and T-mobile can all have a sell Apple stuff. Afterall, it is ONLY a phone.
“Afterall, it is ONLY a phone.”
BLASPHEMY !!!
bullshit
no way
who would want a nano?
its all about the screen,
pointless I say
Here’s what’s going to happen:
Apple is going to release a multi-touch PDA that is larger than the iPod/iPod Touch but with a slightly smaller screen than that with a 13″ MacBook. This will either run a full-blown Mac OS X (ala Leopard and later), or be an outright replacement for the iPod Touch and run the same OS X Mobile OS. In either case, this nano iPhone will be intended to be allowed to tether to this new device (or to existing iPod Touch if they continues as-is in this form factor) or serve as a more conventional cell phone with limited features.
As I see it, the existing iPod is facing retirement. And for people who need the larger storage capacities of the iPod Classic (or even the new iPod Touch 32Gb model), it makes no sense to have and tote the existing iPhone models and an iPod Touch (assuming it or something similar does completely replace the iPod Classic). Give me an iPod Touch with 32 Gb or more in storage (or better yet, a 12″ multi-touch Mac/PDA) and a “nano” iPhone that it can tether to, and I’ll have all I need.
I’m holding out for an iPhone Extreme, personally. I also think it’s a damn shame Steve never put to market that 1st gen iPod with the old fashioned dialing wheel.
Think of the cool factor! Although it would take five minutes to dial the number – you’d do so in style!
@ Sir Bill Gates
“I wonder if the Chinese make fun of our names like some of us do of theirs? Just a thought.”
I’m no Chinese, but I am Asian (we’re made up of more than just Chinese, in case many of you don’t know. They’re just the most “obvious” at the moment).
But make fun of your names? Nooo…never!
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MacSheikh,
“I’m no Chinese, but I am Asian (we’re made up of more than just Chinese”
Darn right you are. That whole Asian classification is rigged. You guys darn near got everybody. Russia? What the hell! Why aren’t they considered Europe?
Oh, and I believe you about the name thing. I really do.
Hey, Can the Iphone connect to the web so that I can watch theBeijing Olympics Complete Medal Tally 2008 when Im at work?