After digging around in the device strings (whatever that means) of the new iPhone 3.0 beta software, some people far smarter than me have stumbled upon listings of at least four new iPhone/iPod touch models.
The first iPhone showed it’s listing as iPhone 1,1, while the iPhone 3G is listed as iPhone 1,2 which means it’s a minor upgrade to an existing design. The first, and second-generation iPod touch show up as 1,1 and 2,1 respectively.
The new hardware strings show up as iPhone 2,1 and iPhone 3,1 as well as iPod 2,2 and iPod 3,1. That means iPhone 2,1 and , iPhone/iPod 3,1 would be major updates, while iPod 2,2 would only be a minor update.
There were also some odd strings found in the listings, one being an “iProd 0,1”, which name suggests is currently an early prototype, or something all together different.
The only thing this proves to me, is Apple has multiple interations of current products in their pipline. This doesn’t mean the rumored iPhone nano is coming. Besides, Apple has denied it’s exsistance.
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