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iPhone OS 3.0 Beta References Four Unknown Products

derryquinn said:
If iPhone 3G was 1,2 then iPhone 3,1 must be a HUUUGE hardware change, no? :eek:
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I have a feeling they may be keeping the ipod touch and iphone together as a FAMILY of products. The newest touch has a new processor, advancing it to 2,1. I would expect that since these products are so similar, the iphone released this summer will have an even faster processor that the current ipod touch. This would be denoted by the change in the first number of the series. Just a guess... but the internal architecture of the two products are fairly similar.
 
dewser35 said:
I have a feeling they may be keeping the ipod touch and iphone together as a FAMILY of products. The newest touch has a new processor, advancing it to 2,1. I would expect that since these products are so similar, the iphone released this summer will have an even faster processor that the current ipod touch. This would be denoted by the change in the first number of the series. Just a guess... but the internal architecture of the two products are fairly similar.
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Then again, Apple could have planted this code into their OS to start speculation and rumors, giving them millions of dollars of free advertising in their customer base... I suspect a lot of these so called "leaks" we've seen are actually deliberate.
 
Well, this is more possible proof toward a tablet running the iPod/Phone OS.

Boo-hoo's all around. Unless there is some greater capability to it we aren't sure of yet.
 
Mac OS X for Embedded Applications

Mac OS X is best known for its desktop use, also for servers. With iPhone and iPod Touch, we are now aware of Mac OS X used for embedded devices.

In mid-December 2008, it was announced that "Apple is Licensee and Investor of Imagination Technology." This is an important point with regards to "iFPGA", and "iProd0,1"

Embedded devices include all sorts of "gadgets" include, but not limited to the following:

* Digital radio and audio
* Mobile multimedia & Personal Media Players (PMP)
* Car navigation/information
* Mobile Internet Devices (MID) & Ultra-mobile PCs (UMPC)
* Digital TV and Set-top Box (STB)
* Mobile TV

More info on Imagination Technology website

Global Hemp originally commented on this 4 months ago.

Therefore, I foresee that "iFPGA", and "iProd0,1" refer to one of the products listed above. Time will tell. However, its always best to keep in mind things such as Apple's investment in Fingerworks ... which led to iPhone and iPod Touch. So, ... the investment in Imagination Technology is yet to be seen! Reference to "iFPGA", and "iProd0,1" are most likely the first hints!
 
I hope one of them is a mutant iPod Touch. Oh, how I love my iTouch, but wish it were 9" or 10". With a 3G data card.
 
iPod3,1 is a iPod with

64GB
GPS with Turn by Turn Navi App
microphone and many more

Yes... :D
 
dewser35 said:
I have a feeling they may be keeping the ipod touch and iphone together as a FAMILY of products. The newest touch has a new processor, advancing it to 2,1. I would expect that since these products are so similar, the iphone released this summer will have an even faster processor that the current ipod touch. This would be denoted by the change in the first number of the series. Just a guess... but the internal architecture of the two products are fairly similar.
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It makes sense to me to that Apple may want to resynchronize the model numbers between the iPhone and the iPod Touch. ie. the iPhone 2.1 may have been cancelled or simply just renumbered to iPhone 3.1 to correspond with the next iPod Touch 3.1. If the next iPhone does include completely new internal hardware like a new CPU and GPU, it makes sense to number it 3.1 to completely differentiate it from the lower capabilities of the iPod Touch 2.1.
 
globalhemp said:
Mac OS X is best known for its desktop use, also for servers. With iPhone and iPod Touch, we are now aware of Mac OS X used for embedded devices.

In mid-December 2008, it was announced that "Apple is Licensee and Investor of Imagination Technology." This is an important point with regards to "iFPGA", and "iProd0,1"

Embedded devices include all sorts of "gadgets" include, but not limited to the following:

* Digital radio and audio
* Mobile multimedia & Personal Media Players (PMP)
* Car navigation/information
* Mobile Internet Devices (MID) & Ultra-mobile PCs (UMPC)
* Digital TV and Set-top Box (STB)
* Mobile TV

More info on Imagination Technology website

Global Hemp originally commented on this 4 months ago.

Therefore, I foresee that "iFPGA", and "iProd0,1" refer to one of the products listed above. Time will tell. However, its always best to keep in mind things such as Apple's investment in Fingerworks ... which led to iPhone and iPod Touch. So, ... the investment in Imagination Technology is yet to be seen! Reference to "iFPGA", and "iProd0,1" are most likely the first hints!
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A good point.... and one of the new features available to developers is that the devices can now communicate with OTHER products. So this could be any number of things... perhaps a generic pathway to any sort of connected device.. IE a heart rate monitor or a radio, as demonstrated at the keynote.
 
dewser35 said:
Then again, Apple could have planted this code into their OS to start speculation and rumors, giving them millions of dollars of free advertising in their customer base... I suspect a lot of these so called "leaks" we've seen are actually deliberate.
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Marketing at its best!
 
Great. Now I'll need to wait a few days after the next iPhone gets announced to be sure it's 3,1 and not 2,1 or I'll have to keep waiting to buy one :D
 
Interesting that the iPhone is called iPhone 1,1 and the iPhone 3G is called iPhone 1,2 instead of iPhone 2,1.

And the fact that it lists iPhone 2,1 (I assume coming this summer) and iPhone 3,1, means that Apple is already working on iPhone 2010.
 
MacRumors said:
Ars Technica reports that a property list file in the iPhone OS 3.0 beta reveals the existence of four unknown products. The file references products known as "iPhone3,1", "iPod3,1", "iFPGA", and "iProd0,1".
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MINI-TABLET TIME!!!! :D

iPhone2,1, iPhone3,1: Upcoming iPhones (low-end and high-end?)
iPod3,1: Upcoming iPod touch
iFPGA: ???
iProd0,1: Prototype of mini-tablet?

The iPhone OS-based mini-tablet was last rumored for release a few months after June/WWDC.
 
The 'iProd' is a known apple device!!!!

Apple filed for a patent on the 17th of april last year for a device called iProd
iProd-765814.png

Look for yourself at :
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/04/say-hello-to-iprod.html
 
iProd is definitely for a touch-screen laptop of sorts.

"Where's the keyboard?"

"Don't need one, just prod the screen"

Ahem.
 
will-mitch-123 said:
Apple filed for a patent on the 17th of april last year for a device called iProd
iProd-765814.png

Look for yourself at :
http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/04/say-hello-to-iprod.html
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I don't find "iProd" in the patent link.

MacRumors said:
Update: Boy Genius Report is also reporting the existence of an "iPod2,2" entry. Engadget is reporting an "iPhone3,0" entry, although it is possible that that is a typo intended to refer to the "iPhone3,1" model.
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iPod2,2… how interesting.

Haha it looks like I'll have to sort out all these codes. Maybe there will be "low-end" iPod touches and iPhones, as well as "high-end" versions of them. That would make the gap between the iPod touch / iPhone and the mini-tablet smaller.

ArsTechnica also speculates an iPhone nano (as well as a tablet etc.).
 
iMacmatician said:
I don't find "iProd" in the patent link.

iPod2,2… how interesting.

Haha it looks like I'll have to sort out all these codes. Maybe there will be "low-end" iPod touches and iPhones, as well as "high-end" versions of them. That would make the gap between the iPod touch / iPhone and the mini-tablet smaller.

ArsTechnica also speculates an iPhone nano (as well as a tablet etc.).
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Iphone 3,0 isn't implausible, as it's likely just a devboard of sorts.
 
Yeah i no it can be done with an app, but why would apple patent a device in april of last year when the touch, and iphone had already been released.
i have no idea what they were up to!
 
iPhone 2,1 - Could be the cheaper iPhone model aimed at the mid-range market, possibly with similar specs to the iPhone 3G.
iPhone 3,1 - The new iPhone we've all been waiting for.
And then the 64 GB touches we've been craving.

I wonder what the real name will be for the next iPhone. Can't really call it iPhone 3 as that could be confused with iPhone 3G. iPhone 3G2? :p
 
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