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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. Re:oh well by DerekSTheRed · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a blackberry and my wife has an iPhone. I am very jealous of her iPhone. The speed of the internet alone makes me want to dump my blackberry and get a new 3G.

  2. Re:This might once have been possible by p0tat03 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    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

    If you poke around the API you will find that Apple has included ways to check the existence of various hardware capabilities (as well as network connectivity). Presumably they've already thought about devices that support different hardware profiles. For example, it is ill-advised to try and initialize the camera without first checking if it is available.

    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.

    Doubtful they will, but the same UI will work at different resolutions and screen sizes. I suspect the people who have hard-coded the screen width into their apps will be screwed at SOME point.

  3. Re:Oh, how user friendly! by PacoCheezdom · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Or, you could use a touch-wheel to dial a phone number like ... a rotary phone dial! It would be such a novel concept.

  4. Re:This might once have been possible by LWATCDR · · Score: 4, Interesting

    One has to ponder the idea that the next IPod Touch might come with a camera and maybe a GPS.
    Why not make your touch your camera as well. A camera on a media player isn't any dumber than on a cell phone.

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