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More Claims of Smaller, Square iPod Nano Next Week, Along With Possible 3G iPod Touch and iLife

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I'm beginning to hate this picture. It's the week of a big apple event; Is there any other news since Friday FFS?
 
willbro said:
Usually there aren't very many rumors over the weekend.
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I know, but I'd hoped the upcoming event might change all that.
I still have fond memories of the iPhone 4 weekend, even though gizmodo were total dicks about it
 
AppleMactablet said:
BEFORE MACRUMORS BREAKS THE NEWS
here are photos of the the new ipod touch/ipod nano/shuffle
cases

Link Below

http://orientking.en.alibaba.com/pr...case_for_Nano_6.html?tracelog=fmotherproduct1
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Much like the fat third gen iPod nano shown everywhere before release that was doubted by many, I'm going to believe that is in fact a new Nano. Apple does away with the clickwheel and goes for a touch interface, they've done stranger before. Looks like the iPod touch may only have a back camera (?)
 
Big Wednesday!

This Wednesday is important to me because I'm planning on ditching my iPhone 3G and moving to Virgin Mobile ($25 a month, no contract!).

Then I'll get some sort of iPod touch for my App needs!

whoooo:p:p:p:p:p
 
jb1280 said:
$25 for 2GB of data is something quite different from $30 for all one can consume.

Can we at least pretend to be honest in this debate?

My last effort here.

Look, in principle I think such a device would be fantastic, I just don't see it being realistic even if Apple wanted to manufacture it. Maybe I'm underestimating the ability of the At&T network. Maybe I'm reading too much into the fact that telecoms from AT&T to O2 to Sonera are promoting the use of wifi hotspots in addition to 3G broadband. Maybe I'm underestimating Apple's willingness to release a device and let all consumers (even in the US) fool around with APNs and find their own microsim cards.

But, I just don't see how in a period where conventional wisdom is that AT&T is losing exclusivity on the iPhone that they are willingly going to offer cheap data to millions of iPhone-like devices that are going to be streaming netflix all day and tax the network.

So let's assume that there is a figurative big red button at Foxconn that can be hit to start manufacturing a 32GB iPod touch with 3G/GPS, Retina display, and two cameras all for the price of $450; it won't happen unless Jobs can get on stage and say "We have reached an agreement with AT&T to extend the breakthrough 3G pricing that iPad customers enjoy to iPod touch customers."

This is not about trying not to offend current iPhone customers. This is also not about intentionally treating iPod touch customers as second class citizens. Everybody would probably love cheaper data with fewer contracts.

This is about a rumor that states: "the company [Apple] has strongly considered mimicking its iPad offerings by adding a 3G option to some of its iPod touch portable media players, though it is unclear whether the Cupertino-based company has decided to proceed with those plans..."

Of course Apple would strongly consider such a move as it is in its long-term benefit to reduce 3G broadband to a dumb pipe. Despite unlocked devices such as the iPad, Apple has always had mobile partners. I doubt there's a willing telecom partner for such a device.
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Okay, there won't be unlimited 3G. There will be 2GB cap 3G, as I said. The rest of what you said is pure speculation, since no one thought the 3G for the iPad would be as cheap either. It could happen, and if AT&T wants to keep Apple's business, at least for the short term, they'll come on board.

The days of unlimited wireless data are rapidly coming to an end for all carriers, not just AT&T. They were just the first to do it. If the promise of increased revenue for people going beyond their 2GB data cap is enticing enough to AT&T others, they'll want to partner with Apple for a device such as a 3G iPT.
 
It may not run the internet at all, and if it does, it will be strip down. (Like, if the nano gets a camera, you could upload the stuff to facebook/flickr/youtube what ever. You will need to set your account up in itunes first....
 
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