iPhone Nano
On August 3, the Daily Mail, a London paper, printed a story about Apple’s intent to release a miniaturized version of its popular iPhone by Christmastime. Before the ink was barely dry on the story, the internet was abuzz with the news.
But is it news? Or an effective rumor – a wildly successful little piece of link bait? Is there really going to be an iPhone Nano or is it just a pipe dream?
Well, for starters, this is not the first time that such an “announcement” was made. Last year saw a similar story making the rounds that an iPhone Nano would be out by Christmas of 2007. Now, a year later we see the same story: different year.
Industry analysts at Piper Jaffray do expect lower-priced versions of the iPhone to come out sometime in 2009. And the Apple Finance Board of The Mac Observer anticipates 3-4 different iPhone variants in the somewhat near future.
But an iPhone Nano?
Maybe so, maybe not. But one thing does seem true – that there hasn’t been word one heard from Apple itself or its chief exec Steve Jobs on such a device. Hmmm…?
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