iPhone nano rumors

the rumor was beyond stupid to begin with .. why did anyone even give it credibility?

Letterman's was funnier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ1bGYMudv0

Great example of Buckminster Fuller's "dymaxion principle" from 1938 ... http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2007/07/nano-iphone-and-dymaxion-principle.html

I wish bankers would stay out of the things I love...like Apple , music and boards of directors in general... They are running Hollywood , record labels , TV channels. I have not seen real quality in a long time. Movies from the majors are generally crappy , same things for records , TV quality has lowered it's standards to vulgar reality shows , just because they sell and one analyst from JP Morgan speculations makes stocks go up and down...

I posted the link to the WSJ story on my iPhone link blog and after looking at it from a business stand point it makes sense to me.

It obviously makes sense for Apple to make a cheaper version of the iPhone from a sales perspective. Apple will want to rebrand the new, cheaper phone so people don't feel like they are getting a crappy version. Calling it a Nano makes it sleeker and more appealing, even though it truly is irrelevant in the grand scheme of things. Consumers already associate with the term nano from the ipod, and making an iPhone nano would be a smooth transition.

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Ok, my turn to speculate: I think a Nano is extremely likely first or second quarter next year, they're going to milk the monolithic iPhone adoption curve as long as they can - thats obvious. My speculation is about the relationship between the NanoPhone and the iPhone

If we say the current iPhone has 10 'features' I can see Apple releasing a NanoPhone with 9 of those features, and maybe one new one just to spice it up. In the release dog-and-pony announcing the Nano, they'll probably do a 1-trick upgrade to the $5-600 variety, (likely storage) and a big software update - think another 5-10 features. The result will be:

iPhone with 10 features and 4/8gb
--becoming...
iPhone with 15-20 features and 8/16 or 8/24gb
iPhone Nano with 9-10 features and 4/8 gb

The iPod nano can't play videos. The iPhone nano will probably be unable to play videos, too.

The iPod nano is, well, small. Browsing the web will be much harder than in the current iPhone. Hence no internet at all or wap pages for the iPhone nano and simple email.

What's left? iPod functions, of course: music playing, Coverflow animations, etc. Phone functions, SMS, visual voicemail. The built-in camera.

1 or 2GB is too little. The iPhone nano can stick to 4 & 8 just like the current iPhone, with its price cut justified by lack of internet and video functions and smaller display.

I work on Wall St and I actually just received a note from JP Morgan retracting the report by Kevin Chang. They basically said that he was incorrect and was basing his analysis on a patent filing picture.

Random speculation. Apple will keep this rev going for about 18 months. Perhaps some storage jumps along the way.

In about 8 months (MWSF), They will cut the price of iPhone and announce iPhone Pro. Video out, 3G, Bluetooth keyboard, other goodies, brushed metal styling.

At the 18 months point they will refresh the original making it shorter and a tad thinner.

Yes! Thank you for calling the "news-o-sphere" out on this bullshit. We've seen so many patents that have lead to nothing. There's no reason to believe that this one will be any different. Not to mention, the idea of a click-wheel phone sounds hilariously bad and inelegant--definitely not Apple's M.O.