August 3rd, 2008
Rumor Mill: iPhone nano in time for Christmas
About this time a year ago rumors began circulating about a smaller nano-sized iPhone. The UK’s Daily Mail has resurrected the rumor again, just in time for the holiday shopping season:
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.
A Flickr picture posted in January (at right) claims that the iPhone nano will have a 2.75-inch screen (compared to the iPhone’s 3.5-inch), MultiTouch and come in 4 and 8GB capacities. One downside to the Flickr concept, is that it doesn’t come with Internet access and uses a T9 software keypad - just like the Prada.
While it stands to reason that Apple is exploring ways to expand the iPhone’s penetration into lower-cost markets, I can’t image them shipping any iPhone without Internet access.
CNet’s Crave blog expects to see another iPod event at Apple in September and points to iLounge’s rumor of a re-designed, taller iPod nano and a memo sent to Apple’s channel partners regarding shortages of iPods and MacBooks for the next 30 days.
Jason D. O'Grady is the editor of PowerPage.org, which has been publishing daily mobile technology news since December 1995. For disclosures on Jason's industry affiliations, click here or to view Jason's full profile click here.
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