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iPhone Nano To Be Launched By Christmas?
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."
When does the iPhone Slider with QWERTY keyboard launch?
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"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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It's the Daily Mail, FFS. They're as gullible as they are deranged.
No kidding!!! What do you say at this point?
No. It will be a tiny, tiny, tiny one. One billionth the size of an iPhone. So small you will need a stylus the width of just a few carbon atoms in order to dial out.*
It is, after all, an iPhone nano.
*But that's ok, you can compensate for the tininess of your stylus by the smugness of owning the latest and greatest Apple offering.
"Trolls they were, but filled with the evil will of their master: a fell race..." -- J.R.R. Tolkien on Olog-hai
The new iPhone nano will not include a qwerty keyboard, as the new form factor would not allow it. I'm posting anon for obvious reasons, but as an Apple insider I will inform you that there is "slider" technology -- you see, the new form factor is a closely-guarded secret because it will be the must-have gadget of all Apple fans: it's a butt-plug! Yes, the gadget which all Mac users secretly desire but were afraid to ask for. What did you think they wanted to do? Pick up WOMEN? The female Maccies could simply use their imagination to put the iPlug to good use.
No display, and dials random numbers.
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.
Your mind is clear / The things that you fear / Will fade with how much you / Believe what you hear
Techcrunch reckons this is bullshit meant to drive traffic. I'm inclined to agree.
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What it really needs is a bottle opener...
Isn't Zima in screw-top bottles?
"If you are going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
This isn't news. It's rumor and speculation with absolutely no source cited. For shame, Slashdot...
Now I feel old. Until I was in junior high almost no phone had a screen. Including the luggable car phones.
Now a screenless phone is a novelty, and Slashdotters don't think it will work.
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.
Apple is also coming out with the iUnicorn 6G and (Now with Horn!) it will be ridable, require no feeding, able to fly, and it will shoot rainbows out of it ass while it cures cancer and AIDS in the onlookers below. Look for the iUnicorn 6G in Apple Stables starting this Christmas for a starting price of 299, 399 with glitter.
It'll have a screen, but this is the most compact delivery of a truth I've seen around here in a while.
Platform advocacy is like choosing a favorite severely developmentally disabled child.
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.
Oh for Christ's sake - when will Slashdotters learn, the Daily Mail is nothing more than a comic? I realise most contributors here are American and can't be expected to know the wide ranging differences between British news rags, but our tabloids like the Mail can be trusted as far as you can throw a UFO. If an 'inside source' really did leak this story, and nowhere else but the Daily Mail has reported it, it's because everyone else has laughed the source out of the door.
I disagree, it isn't flame bait... My reaction to the title of this article was "YES! They're gonna get screwed AGAIN!"
No one is perfect, but damn, apple keeps burning its customers with phones! I'm too cheap and poor to be buying the latest phone, but at least my HTC mogul (aka titan, ppc 8600) has lasted a while and held it's value more or less over time.
My abilities are only limited by my imagination
iPhone Shuffle: Just drunk dials from your address list. Switch setting to dial in order or random.
iPhone Femto: So small no one but smart people can see it. And you don't have to speak. You just imagine the conversation.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
iPhone one-button: just a button and 15 digit numeric display. You dial it by setting it like you would a digital alarm clock. Just hold the button down while the digits count up, stop when it gets to the number you want to dial. If you miss, you gotta go around again.
Some drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle.
This "article" is advertising. Why the hell would you give apple free advertising on the front page. At least MS pays for a banner. Keep your guard up people, advertisers spend about as much money as the government on psychological studies of the public so they know how to get under the radar of most people.
Is for a nokia style flip phone with an original iphone style scrollwheel and monochrome or minimalist screen similar to regular ipods, that uses mini-SD memory. that's all. Is that too much to ask for?
I work in a research lab that develops technology to be used by the blind. The price of this phone doesn't surprise me at all. I'm not familiar with this specific phone, but when designing a system like this, a lot of work goes into making the design easy to use for a blind person. Because it is such a specialty product, the cost of design and manufacturing is spread out among fewer people. It's unfortunate that devices like this end up costing so much, but trust me, I don't know anyone who's getting rich by making these things.
Absolutely: it isn't flamebait because if you don't buy the latest phone from Apple, they will actually anally rape you. </sarcasm>
"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something" - Plato