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Just so you know: there’s an iPhone nano rumor

Written on August 4, 2008 – 10:02 am
Ernst-Jan Pfauth, editor in chief

Britain’s second newspaper has thrown a rather interesting and spectacular rumor into the world. Supposedly, there are iPhone Nano’s on their way to thousands of Christmas trees all over the world. The Daily Mail reports that the little device will be launched in December.

The product will be launched in the UK at up to £150 - €190 - for pay-as-you-go customers by O2, states the conservative newspaper. An iPhone Nano will be the affordable alternative that is cheap enough for most people to give to their family and friends for Christmas.

If these rumors turn out to be true, two things will surely happen. Firstly, early adopters will be angry (like me). Secondly: time for the early majority: the iPhone is gonna be as common as the iPod - which partly owes its success to its stocking stuffer task during the joyful feast of Christmas.

But for now, it’s just a rumor. And not really a realistic one if you take the last paragraph of the Daily Mail article in account. A touch wheel on the back… are you serious?

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.

UDPATE: also check out this article on Techcrunch. Foxconn is building 800.000 iPhones a week now. Are those iPhone Nanos?

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Christmas, Daily Mail, iphone, iphone 3G, iPhone Nano, lust, shiny object, united kingdom

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iPhone 2.0: will you be able to resist it, at $199?

Written on June 9, 2008 – 9:39 pm
Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Serial Internet Entrepreneur

I’m sure that if there would have been a ‘Buy’ button at my local Apple store for the new iPhone I would have clicked it today.

Check the new features:

3G, Push email, calendar, and contacts with Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync and new MobileMe patform. Maps with GPS which shows you where all your contacts are. New apps available through built in App Store. Only $199 for the 8GB model and $299 for the 16GB model.

Available everywhere in the world starting July 11. The only thing I gotta figure out is who will get what color here at home. I’m guessing white for Tessa to go with her MacBook and Black for me. What do you think?

Will you be able to resist?

Apple, gadget, iphone, lust, shiny object

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