Daily Mail claims iPhone nano ready for Christmas, the rest of us laugh

Well, Apple did file a patent for something exactly like this back in May...

http://www.engadget.com/2007/05/10/apple-patent-app-reveals-back-side-interface-for-handhelds/

The Daily Mail is hardly the most reputable news source for tech news, but I think you're giving them too little credit - They were writing about the £50 iPod (Turned out to be a bit pricier!) before the iPod Mini was released years back...

I've heard similar stories about an iphone nano/ nano touch. The images look pretty similar to this too. I've just gone for the iphone 3G and can't imagine the features of it on anything smaller.

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/blog/ipod/new-ipod-touch-on-its-way.htm

You said you wanted an Iphone that works on the Verizon network. The people on AT&T network want and Iphone that works on the AT&T network. I'd love to see the "returns" on Iphones as the net is alive with poor reception, Iphone crashes, synch that does not work, uninstalling 3rd party apps requires a restore, 3G that is worse than Edge, 3G causing phone to kill battery (as it switches between Edge and 3G, unlike other phones). AT&T's answer to people whom complain (as they quote from Apple) - turn off 3G - LOL. Welcome Apple to a world of problems on multi-taksing devices that even Microsoft has resolved these days. Not easy, is it.

As soon as they bring out an Iphone that works, I'll buy one. Glad I didn't get in line this time around. Apple are also VERY quiet and not saying a word. Shame on them because that's what they slammed Microsoft for.

The daily mail otherwise known by me as the "Daily Wail" is probably the last place you'd find a lead tech story. It was just made up rubbish and I wouldn't mind but the photo they used in the story has a woman holding an old iPhone (duh). In fact as the average age of the Daily Wail reader is probably 55+ so I doubt if many of them know what a computer is, never mind a mobile phone and might explain the dial on the back on the so called nano phone. As for that inside source, well they probably picked it up off a blog somewhere. Rubbish in rubbish out newspaper!

The Daily Snail are W*nkers... Just ignore them and hopefully they will go bust or something!

Have to agree with previous comments. This is the Daily Mail we're talking about here. There may well be an iPhone Nano coming, but I'd guess this story is just a reworking of numerous blog posts from the past few weeks. Cheap journalism.

The comments
"said an industry source."
and
"One expert suggested"
are pretty standard tabloid stuff. Why actually talk to 'sources' when you can just read some blogs and make it sound like you did some real work?

The Daily Mail is the "Soccer Mom" newspaper over here, and one of the most rumour- and scandal-ridden. I seem to recall they were one of the big perpertrators of the "AMG GTA4 KILLS PEOPLE" story.

Ah the Daily Mail! the Jack Thompson of the British Newspaper World!

"something of a rag" is something of an understatement.

I can definitely understand the logic behind your choice; I would just always prefer to think I'd take the principled response over the popular one.

Daily Mail "scooped" this story, and it's your duty as a journalist to link to them when you comment directly on their story. The omission is really poor form. Your explanation is certainly reasonable, but as you begin to hint at, you set yourself as the arbiter of who gets traffic while simultaneously profiting from said outlets' mendacity.

Thanks for the responses. I can at least take from this exchange the knowledge that there is thought about issues such as these at TUAW. While I still can't agree with the decision, I look forward to watching you like a hawk from now on. ;)