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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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  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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  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. 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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