while there might be a new iPhone out toward christmas (european version?), i don't think it'll be called the iPhone nano. the video iPod and the nano differ in the storage capacity and medium, so the current iPhone is already more akin to a nano than a regular iPod. there's no way to make a 60 gig iPhone without making it cost an ungodly amount of money (flash memory) or killing the battery life (hard drive), and what would even be the point of a 2 gig iPhone?
plus, as has been mentioned, typing is already hard enough on the iPhone keyboard. i shudder to think what it'll be like on a screen half the size, and i don't think apple will ditch the iPod functionality unless they're willing to ditch everything else because a processor that can run OSX is certainly powerful enough to decode MP3s and fetch some emails. maybe a wifi-less version?
imo, a stripped down iPhone would be nothing more than something that can make calls with a touch screen interface, and i don't think even apple could get away with charging a premium for that.
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while there might be a new iPhone out toward christmas (european version?), i don't think it'll be called the iPhone nano. the video iPod and the nano differ in the storage capacity and medium, so the current iPhone is already more akin to a nano than a regular iPod. there's no way to make a 60 gig iPhone without making it cost an ungodly amount of money (flash memory) or killing the battery life (hard drive), and what would even be the point of a 2 gig iPhone?
plus, as has been mentioned, typing is already hard enough on the iPhone keyboard. i shudder to think what it'll be like on a screen half the size, and i don't think apple will ditch the iPod functionality unless they're willing to ditch everything else because a processor that can run OSX is certainly powerful enough to decode MP3s and fetch some emails. maybe a wifi-less version?
imo, a stripped down iPhone would be nothing more than something that can make calls with a touch screen interface, and i don't think even apple could get away with charging a premium for that.