iPhone nano rumours fanned by case manufacturer

Stephen Withers
Tuesday, 23 December 2008 02:09

IT Industry - Market

iDealsChina subsequently published images of XSKN's iPhone nano case. These images were not photographs of a finished product, but what appear to be CAD renderings of the design.

So will we see the iPhone nano at Macworld Expo? You might have thought that His Steveness would have wanted to do the announcement himself, but we know Phil Schiller is giving the keynote.

Possible explanations are varied: Apple doesn't think the iPhone nano is a big deal; it will be announced at a separate event; it is important but Jobs isn't up to making the announcement (speculation about his health seems likely to continue until he leaves the CEO's chair); or there is no iPhone nano.

One more thought: while it now seems certain that Wal-Mart is set to start selling iPhones, reports say existing models will be discounted by a very small amount.

Could the the supposed $US99 Wal-Mart iPhone with 4G of memory have been a combination of two separate leaks - one being the deal with Wal-Mart, the other the iPhone nano?

On a related note, the domain name iphonenano.com redirects to www.apple.com/iphone/. According to whois, iphonenano.com is registered to an individual in Moscow, and appears to have been first registered in 2006.

iphonenano.com is up for sale through Network Solutions' certified offer service.