iPhone Nano in 4th Quarter 2007

[420greg]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070709/tc_nm/apple_nanophone_dc_2;_ylt=AsIoAC_yINCUWE2KKMt_HOME 1vAI

[minivini]

Also, check out...
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN0929372220070709?pageNumber=1

[wjp09]

iis that the same thing that was posted earlier? a rumor?

[wjp09]

Ill cry if thats true.

[lilo]

Here is info on relevant Apple patent: http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2007/07/06/the-iphone-nano-patent-surfaces/

This one looks a little creepy :smile:

There is another illustraion to this patent here: http://www.unwiredview.com/2007/05/10/next-gen-ipod-and-iphone-nano-full-screen-with-touchpanel-at-the-bottom/

This is a different concept. Looks better to me but both versions will probably appeal primarily to avid iPod users.

[Brandon!]

Those are very different illustrations. Either way, I think that this is nothing more than a rumor. A rotary dialing system? Even the thought of that seems insane. It's so old fashion that I wouldn't even begin to know how to work it. And there's no way it could be speedy.

I also find it very hard to believe that Apple would create such an innovative interface for their phone and then turn around and scrap it on the next release.

[scolbert]

A patent doesn't really indicate anything. Employees are rewarded for filing patents regardless of product outcome.

Sammy at Personafile (http://personafile.com)

:laugh2:

[Bboy Trick]

The iphone is already small I personally wont want anything smaller than the iphone.

[frank85]

when this thing hit its going to send the apple stock through the roof :)

[nobbie]

That's one of the things that bugs me about the iPods. That shuttle wheel thingy annoys me.

[PhatKid]

All this speculation rarely makes a difference. I remember looking at the conceptual ideas for the iPhone that people came up with before it was unveiled, and no one was really close. Apple has a way of releasing things that far surpass our expectations for them. I'll just wait patiently to be amazed.