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iPhone nano rumor revived for Macworld Expo

By | December 15, 2008, 9:10am PST

Summary: According to MacRumors, the questionably reliable iDealsChina has posted information and renderings of what it claims to be an “iPhone nano.” It is the same height as the just release Nano but wider and thicker and with the same iPhone 3G contours. This isn’t the first time that the iPhone nano has been rumored, iLounge posted smaller [...]

According to MacRumors, the questionably reliable iDealsChina has posted information and renderings of what it claims to be an “iPhone nano.”

It is the same height as the just release Nano but wider and thicker and with the same iPhone 3G contours.

This isn’t the first time that the iPhone nano has been rumored, iLounge posted smaller touch screen photographs in June 2008.

The 2.8” screen is shown as having a 52.6mm (2.1″) by 67.7mm (2.7″) component footprint, with an actual viewing area of 45.6mm (1.8″) by 60mm (2.4″). An additional 15-20mm (0.6″-0.8″) of height is added by the black frame with Home button hole, providing a place for the screen’s control circuitry and connector to rest as well.

iDealsChina claims the iPhone nano will be announced at Macworld San Francisco 2009 but MacRumors points out that the site has a “very mixed” track record, although it scooped the Griffin iPhone 3G case moldings back in May 2008.

Although a smaller, cheaper device would seem like a logical progression of the iPhone line, most people dimiss the iPhone nano as fiction because it would be incompatible with the 10,000+ App Store applications because of its different screen size and resolution.

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Jason O'Grady is a journalist and author specializing in mobile technology. He has published six books on Apple and mobile gadgets and his PowerPage blog has been publishing for over 15 years.

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Jason D. O'Grady

Jason D. O'Grady developed an affinity for Apple computers after using the original Lisa, and this affinity turned into a bona-fide obsession when he got the original 128 KB Macintosh in 1984.

He started writing one of the first Web sites about Apple (O'Grady's PowerPage) in 1995 and is considered to be one of the fathers of blogging. He has been a frequent speaker at the Macworld Expo conference and a member of the conference faculty. He also co-founded the first dedicated PowerBook User Group (PPUG) in the United States.

After winning a major legal battle with Apple in 2006, he set the precedent that independent journalists are entitled to the same protections under the First Amendment as members of the mainstream media.

O'Grady is the author of The Nexus One Pocket Guide, The Droid Pocket Guide, The Google Phone Pocket Guide, and The Garmin nuvi Pocket Guide (Peachpit Press), the author of Corporations That Changed the World: Apple Inc. (Greenwood Press), and a contributor to The Mac Bible (Peachpit Press). In addition, he has contributed to numerous Mac publications over the years, including MacWEEK, Macworld, and MacPower (Japan).

When he's not writing about Apple for ZDNet at The Apple Core, he enjoys spending time with his family in New Jersey.

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RE: iPhone nano rumor revived for Macworld Expo
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Perhaps its not
isulzer 15th Dec 2008
meant to be a smaller iPhone(Phone, Mp3 player, web browser, etc) but an equivalent of the iPod nano(e.g. its not an iPod touch, its a phone, and mp3 player with a simple but neat interface).

But somehow I doubt they would make a phone like this. But maybe it is true. I wouldn't place bets on this either way.
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The iPhone to introduced at MacWorld will have a physical
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Doesn't make much sense.
dcoaster 15th Dec 2008
Since the current one is so popular, why not do this first: Open it to more carriers!

I'm sure eventually there will be different versions, but now doesn't seem like the best time. However, a cheaper iPhone may be just the medicine to offset the slumping economy. Boy, if that's true, Apple is one smart cookie (and an excellent planner of the future.)
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