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iPhone Nano To Be Launched By Christmas?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the wild-rumor-mongering-is-good-for-the-soul dept.

the-s-dog writes writes to mention that while there have been many people wishing on a star for an iPhone nano, it seems that at least one UK news pub is confident that it will happen, and in time for this Christmas no less. Still completely unfounded rumor, but an interesting possibility. "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 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."

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  1. iPhone Slider by e03179 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    When does the iPhone Slider with QWERTY keyboard launch?

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    1. Re:iPhone Slider by bluemonq · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Had an iPhone for a 8 months. Sold it, got a Blackberry Curve instead. The problem with the keyboard is not that it's unusable. I can type out words with it: usable. The problem is the lack of feedback, which leads me to pressing much harder than I need to, which leads to sore thumbs after more than just a few text messages. And I don't like that clicking noise either.

    2. Re:iPhone Slider by Anonymous+Psychopath · · Score: 2, Insightful

      P.S. I use touch-tone phones, I have had broadband for over a decade, my car has automatic transmission, there is a digital synth in the room I'm in right now, and I haven't used a safety blade to shave my face for at least 20 years.

      However, I still like tactile feedback so that I can push buttons without looking. That doesn't make me old and unadaptable, that just means I have a preference that a touch-screen device does not meet.

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  2. Oh, how user friendly! by Major+Blud · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "One expert suggested the nano phone would have a touch wheel on the back and display on the front so that numbers would be dialled from behind." I can't even fathom how hard it would be to try to use something like this. If this were the case, it would mean that there is no touchscreen, otherwise you would just dial directly from the screen. This is a rumour that I expect will never come to fruition, given the current price of the 3G.

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    1. Re:Oh, how user friendly! by Vectronic · · Score: 2, Insightful

      I dunno, depending on the size, position, etc. I could see that being really easy...

      Move finger/wheel up for higher digit, down for lower digit, one tap for "Next Digit" two taps for Dial, but it would work a lot better with a "real" wheel, like a mouse wheel where it has that resistance between each scroll/click.

      You could dial, while the phone is already next to your ear, dial without even looking at it, dial while looking at the screen (instead of it being covered by your finger) etc.

    2. Re:Oh, how user friendly! by Facegarden · · Score: 2, Insightful

      If you give a Windows Mobile phone to the average 50 year old, they'd be unable to do much of anything. Just saying.
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  3. Move along, nothing to see here by Sockatume · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's the Daily Mail, FFS. They're as gullible as they are deranged.

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  4. This might once have been possible by StreetStealth · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Before Apple had announced the SDK, an iPhone Nano might have been a possibility. The mockups of an abbreviated Apple Touch interface floating around hint at the plausibility of getting the basics of the iPhone UI into a smaller package.

    Post-SDK, however, there's no way that's going to happen. The varying hardware feature set (camera, microphone, etc.) between the iPhone and iPod Touch are already diverse enough to make software marketing a bit dicey, but I can't see Apple introducing a major new variation to the UI for smaller screens along with a whole new set of targeting constraints for developers.

    Perhaps there is yet one way an iPhone Nano could exist: No App Store compatibility.

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  5. Re:So iPhone Shuffle is next? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This wasn't even funny in January 07 when I heard it the first million times...

  6. If it looks like it, and smells like it ... by wpanderson · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Techcrunch reckons this is bullshit meant to drive traffic. I'm inclined to agree.

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  7. Re:Screenless cellphones... by earnest+murderer · · Score: 2, Insightful

    It'll have a screen, but this is the most compact delivery of a truth I've seen around here in a while.

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  8. Re:oh well by wattrlz · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Actually, the biggest complaint I hear about blackberries is that they work. People get blackberries and feel like they are somehow more reachable - even to the point where it now impinges on their downtime.

    In my experience most people don't complain about their iPhones because they realize they are making a compromise by buying one. "Gee, it's closed and I can't install apps on it like my other phone... Oh well, it's an iPhone! I downloaded an update and now it's bricked... Oh well, it's an iPhone!" etc. ad absurdum. It's kind of like a smoker of tobacco, "Yeah, I know it will kill me, but I like smoking! Yeah, I know it's expensive and I'll be reviled, but I like smoking!" Nothing else matters 'cause the user has his fix.